Feeling the growl again
I ordered 3 bottles of S-Caps. I have been using them religiously for the past week or so, I take one cap for every 30min I will be running (rounding up to the nearest cap) before I go out on the run each day I've run.
I'm going to jinx myself, but damn if I don't think I feel the difference. Today I did 10 miles, 85 degrees or so, I actually felt pretty good by the end and could have turned it into a fast finish run if I'd wanted to. Now, I didn't run the past two days, but lately any run at 80 degrees plus would be a shitty experience regardless of how many days off. I'm starting to believe this is going to make a real difference. We'll see how the next week goes, it's supposed to be in the 90s.
I'm still a little floored by the price...maybe I should have claimed the charge as fraud considering I have to file paperwork on half the charges on that credit card over the past 2 weeks...
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
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Scaps are the bestest ever. And they are the cheap too. Look up the price on Endourlytes someday. That shit is highway robbery.
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Prince of Fatness
Spaniel, could you please describe the difference that you are feeling in more detail? I run in the afternoon on weekdays, so when it is 90 degrees out I am out there slogging away. I am wondering if these would help me.
Not at it at all.
Before it was a real struggle to run even at slow pace. If I pushed it at all I would start feeling woozy and sick. Yesterday I was maintaining decent easy pace (6:50ish) and just did not feel I was overheating so bad. Sometimes on a day like that when I pass the house 8 miles in I just cut the run short and bag it, but I had no issue finishing out 10.
It will be hotter in coming days. We shall see.
Hmmm. I may have to give them a try. Where do you get them, online?
I used DB's link, he copied it again on the Ultra Nutrition thread. My computer has decided to be bitchy and not paste today or I'd move it here for you.
I have been using them too, and feel loike they have made a difference for me in the heat (though that hasn't been put to a real 95 degree test yet). Pretty sure I got them through Running Warehouse last fall.
I found the link. Looks like it is direct from the manufacturer, Succeed....
http://www.succeedscaps.com/main_scaps.html
I'll have to order myself some. Thanks.
I ordered 3 bottles of S-Caps. I have been using them religiously for the past week or so, I take one cap for every 30min I will be running (rounding up to the nearest cap) before I go out on the run each day I've run. I'm going to jinx myself, but damn if I don't think I feel the difference. Today I did 10 miles, 85 degrees or so, I actually felt pretty good by the end and could have turned it into a fast finish run if I'd wanted to. Now, I didn't run the past two days, but lately any run at 80 degrees plus would be a shitty experience regardless of how many days off. I'm starting to believe this is going to make a real difference. We'll see how the next week goes, it's supposed to be in the 90s. I'm still a little floored by the price...maybe I should have claimed the charge as fraud considering I have to file paperwork on half the charges on that credit card over the past 2 weeks...
Beforehand, eh? I thought the idea was to pop it every half hour while on the run. Same difference, I'm sure.
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Well, then I would have to carry them and water. Since I am running for 60-90min and not an ultra I think it's fine. If I were running for 2 hours or more I think your way would be better.
POD
I really do not know. I do think you are OK taking 3 or 4 beforehand - But when I run 7 hours, I would not take 14 before. When I take a lot on a really long run - I find if I do not drink a gallon of h20 afterward, I have actually accumulated salt in my system and the next day I am bloated and fat ... well fatter. On tuesday evening after Mondays really long run, my feet were big sausages. Once I drank enough h20 wednesday they were back to normal.
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
+1
Last summer I started taking Thermotabs. I could tell a big difference because I was running in the heat quite a bit. No really long runs, but I remember a 2 mile run/ 20 mile bike/ 2 mile run brick getting ready for a duathlon and it was 100 deg. One of my neighbors was outside and told me I was crazy.... I agreed, but when you're training for an August race in Tennessee, you just about have to train in the heat.
The label says it has the following:
Chloride (as sodium and potassium chloride) 287 mg
Sodium (as sodium chloride) 180 mg
Potassium (as potassium chloride) 15 mg
S-caps may have more ingredients, but the Thermotabs work pretty well for me.
CORRECTION: I looked at my log and it was 3 mile/18 mile/ 2.6 mile, and it was 99 deg, not 100.
Also I saw that I called the Thermotabs Endurolytes in my log, but I didn't take endurolytes, they were Thermotabs.
Well, today felt like shit. Cut it after 4 miles. We'll see what tomorrow brings....very hot and humid.
Mine too. Hot, humid, and I'm pretty sure the gravity index was high.