Know Your Gatorade

Jenn Edwards

Greetings! 

Looks like the Gatorade offered at Ironman Canada Whistler this year may be the regular “G” version vs. the “Endurance” formula that was expected.  The caloric composition is similar, however the electrolyte (and notably sodium) is different.   Regular Gatorade has 160mg of sodium and 45mg of potassium while the Endurance formula which has 300mg of sodium and 140 mg of potassium. Both have 80 calories per 12 oz. What this means to you may need to adjust the sodium in your nutrition plan!

 

It would appear this quandary is exclusive to the Canadian races.  The Ironman Canada Whistler site simply lists “Gatorade”.  The Ironman Mont Tremblant lists the regular “G” series.   The original press releases announcing the partnership with Gatorade listed the Endurance formula specifically for the US without clarification for the Canadian races.   

 

Regardless, looks like it will be a great weekend to practice your warm weather nutrition plans!  Cheers!

 

Nutrition facts for regular Gatorade: http://www.gatorade.com/products/g-...t-quencher

 

Rumor mill from Slowtwitch: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/S...r_P5555911

 

Whistler FAQs listing simply “Gatorade” http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/ev...z3c1s8ETDO

 

Original press release announcing partnership: http://www.ironman.com/triathlon-ne...z3c1s8ETDO

 

 

thekidduxc

Jenn, I believe most of the International IM races are regular Gatorade. I know IM South Africa was in 2015. So I am preparing for that when I race in 2016

tim cronk

Thanks for that Jenn... The only race I ever DNF'ed was IMCOZ and they were serving "that" Gatorade.... Pretty sure that wasnt the cause of my troubles but I definitely did not like it and I have an IRON gut and train with anything! This can definitely become an issue to people not prepared....

Marceloperod

Here in Mexico the three Series, IMCOZ, IMLC and Monterrey 70.3 uses Gatorade G in the bike course, in the running they use Gatorade powder which is even worse...

Shaughn Simmons

You nailed it Jenn!  Good post!!

stephanb

During my last  two IMMOO I used Perpetuem  on the bike in concentrated form for six hours with water in the torpedo.  I then used the stuff available on the run for my nutrition there.  Lately, I have been riding with Gatorade E and I seem to be doing ok with that when I use it alone or with water.  I had great experiences with Perpetuem.  However, I have noticed that when I drink both Perpetuem and Gatorade E (from the mix) on recent training rides  my stomach can feel a bit funny on the ride.   I'm thinking about switching to Gatorade E totally to reduce weight on my bike and to make it easier.

However, I don't know if I should mess with what has worked for me in the past.   I do worry that the Gatorade won't sit well with my system during the run after using Perpetuem for 6 hours on the bike and I don't want to carry fluids with me on my run. 

Are the bottles they hand you 20 ounces on the bike?

Stephanie Hartmann

I bought a can of the endurance, thinking i'd try to get used to it. If they offer regular gatorade that's even more useless koolaid than the other. I think I'll just ignore it for a few months and use some of it closer to the race. 

thekidduxc

Stephanie, I think you are being a bit hard on regular Gatorade. I do not contest Gatorade Endurance's superiority over the regular version; however, the recent nutrition webinar gives guidance on how to use regular Gatorade on race day while supplementing it with other salt products to achieve an ideal condition. Yes it creates more moving parts, but if some of us want to utilise on course nutrition (international IM competitors), we have to figure out a way how to make regular Gatorade work.

Stephanie Hartmann

Of course you're right. It just all makes me a bit nervous. I'd rather not have to carry (forget/drop) much stuff with me. I've never done one of these things (IM or HIM) so I get a little cranky about it. I don't do salt pills and I don't want to. I also don't do gels so it's pretty important to have "stuff" in the bottles. I'll work it out. And maybe learn to meditate. 

scott dinhofer

anyone know where to find nutrition info for "endurance gatorade" EG the bottle size, etc on the courses in the US?

while we are at it, what else is on the course?

John Bayone

Scott,

Go here. http://www.gatorade.com/products/endurance/endurance-formula

Click on Nutrition Label near the right hand side of the page.

Note that the Nutrition Label is for 12 oz. serving size, and the bottles on course are 2 servings, 24oz.

Then Go to Page 10 of 33 of the Athletes Guide (FOR IM LAKE PLACID) here

http://www.ironman.com/~/media/e39e8ddd7bbd4f048c9945c4faa46be6/2015 ironman lake placid ag 7 8.pdf



Bike:

Gatorade Endurance Formula

(Flavor: Orange)

Water

Bananas

GU Original Energy Gels

Roctane Ultra Endurance Gels

GU Chomps



Run:

Gatorade Endurance Formula

(Flavor: Lemon-Lime)

Water

Cola

Chicken Broth (after dark)

GU Original Energy Gels

Roctane Ultra Endurance Gels

GU Chomps

Pretzels

Fruit



Good Luck.

John.

scott dinhofer

additionally, trying to utilize the leventhal food calculator worksheet, with macros enabled, it doesn't seem to populate nutrition values :-(

scott dinhofer

Thanks john!
Crazy that there is no "bar" only gu chomps... something solid would be nice...