high juice

[country joe]

My runs are between 17 and 20 miles,roughly twice a week, breakfast is porridge honey fruit and yogurt,
I dont think i need specialty drinks when I'm out,
what about supermarket apple juice and a bit of chocolate,
Any help would be appreciated, i get baffled with all those energy drinks out there.

 

[Chrisz]

To be honest mate - 17 - 20 miles takes you what? 1hr 15min? Not really much need to worry about fancy go faster juice and stuff. For that sort of duration I'd stick to plain water and ensure I'm topped up food-wise around an hour before I set off

 

[country joe]

Thanks for that, just im not a great water drinker, but i like fruit juice, apple, mango etc.

 

[Chrisz]

Personally I find any fruit juice too sweet (and thick) when I'm on the bike (I happily drink it at home though). Water, or very watered-down juice is palatable on short rides

 

[palinurus]

Yeah, you might want to dilute the juice.

 

[montage]

flask of tea
....could be painful though

 

[bonj2]

as regards energy drinks, i think nutritionally there's not much in it, they all claim to have the best science but they're basically just some carbs and sugars of different complexity and minerals.
get what you like the taste of.
afaik, fruit juice has complex sugars but doesn't have much carbs in.

i personally like maximuscle viper, it tastes quite acidic

 

[jimboalee]

Milk.

 

[jayce]

water for the first 2 hrs then you can look at other drinks with carbs and such if the ride is longer i use protopure and frortress before and after

 

[Twenty Inch]

50:50 water:juice with a pinch of salt for your very own isotonic sports drink that costs tuppence ha'penny. But you shouldn't really need it for shorter rides.

 

[Joe24]

I do all my training on Tesco's Blackcurrect High Juice.
I have no need for that fancy stuff, i just keep drinking it, and eat a cereal bar every so often.
Ive used fancy drinks before though, and they arent bad. Sometimes i put some glucose powder in with the high juice, which isnt bad, dont feel a huge difference though.

 

[country joe]

Thanks everybody i bought a bottle of Robinsons Apple and pear with no sugar
Diluted with a lot of water it does the trick.

 

[fossyant]

Water, or pure orange diluted 50%...TBH for upto 1h.30m (or 30 miles) I'd be using just water....over that then an energy drink or two if a 50-60 miler....