Make SIS BETA fuel yourself just a few pence per bottle

[RMS138]

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Thinking out loud here…

Trying to nail down fueling for a “fast” century with maybe one stop for water. Want to get my gut trained to handle as much as possible. Target time 5hr fwiw.

I do my long road rides with 2 1000ml bottles which usually last 2 hours each. I’ve handled 85g/hr of carbs in a couple long races earlier in the year. Sometimes I teeter on gut distress depending on the effort level though.

What I’m wondering is if I mix 2 hours worth of carbs per bottle (around 20% mix, call it 160g in 1000ml bottle minus the room the powder takes up) would that be way too much to handle?

I normally do 90g in these big bottles and the taste is great and it works well coupled with other things like gels and stroopwaffles. This is 2:1 Gatorade powder, maltodextrin and some sodium citrate.

I know the only way to find out is to try but just had these thoughts pop up this morning and thought I’d see if anyone is doing something similar.

The follow-up… https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/gatorade-maltodextrin-mix-and-a-sub-5-hour-solo-century/59817