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Replacement for Gatorade Endurance / Ironman Perform?

Hey all, I just ran out of my Gatorade Endurance, which I find overly sweet but tolerate, and went online to buy Ironman Perform, which I like better and have used racing for years in combo with Gatorade ever since I got a nutrition race plan from QT2. Seems it is no longer available! Any recos for a replacement with similar calories and electrolytes? I do like Skratch but noticed a huge difference in potassium btw Gatorade and Skratch, plus generally lower calories (which I can adjust with gels). Per 24oz, Gatorade has 280mg potassium vs Skratch's 58 (little higher for the strawberry and passion fruit flavors). Appreciate any input! I do like to keep it simple - electrolyte drink and gels on the bike; same electrolyte drink (maybe different flavor) and clif bloks on the run.

1/2 IM in 4 weeks - Long course nat'ls...

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  • @Julie Pfeifle I used NBS nutrition at Blue Ridge Camp and thought it was very good. Can’t remember nutritional values but since it’s on the teams discount list I would check it out.

    And of course, I have good outcomes with infinit as well.

  • @Julie Pfeifle - available on amazon prime this morning......

  • @Julie Pfeifle NBS is is similar to Skratch and Osmo. We get a discount and it's a great product. The important criteria in a sports drink is Osmolality. You don't need that much potassium. Sodium and types of carbs is more important. NBS label shows one Tablespoon. Typically you would put two in 20 ounces.


  • @Julie Pfeifle MiamiMan (where I will also be next month) has "Hammer Sports Drinks" listed for their aid stations: http://www.miamimanhalfiron.com/aid-stations That probably means Heed: https://www.hammernutrition.com/products/heed-sports-drink/

    Since I'm doing IM AZ the following week, I'm training with Gatorade Endurance for the run, and using my own combo of nutrition for the bike (Infinit, Reg. Gatorade, Clif Bars, and maybe some Hammer Perpetuum tablets)

  • edited October 16, 2018 2:03AM

    I went back to regular cheap Gatorade to start the bike.

    And for training out of season.

    ironman Canada has had regular Gatorade which worked for me.

  • Thanks all for the feedback so far! I'm def going to look into NBS; never heard of it! Thx @Sheila Leard & @Josh Church !

    @Shaughn Simmons , I was looking for Ironman Perform, which I like better than Gatorade. Ya... finding Gatorade - no prob. thx!

    @Al Truscott , well... will see ya in Miami, and yep, saw that they have Hammer/Heed... yuck! Want to bring my own. I would def be doing Gatorade if training for an IM, @robin sarner .

  • To be clear I am differentiating between regular Gatorade and Gatorade Endurance.


    gatorade Endurance used at USA races.

    and regular Gatorade used at races like Ironman whistler. Less sodium.

  • I'm gonna make a plug here for Base Performance. I've been using it for 2 years now and love it. Let me see if I can get a discount code for you. baseperformance.com

  • I really like Infinit, because you can adjust everything about it, but their standard formulas are pretty close to what most people probably need.

    Infinit Go Far Custom formula for the bike....... I adjust slightly from their standard Go Far formula, and this has worked really well for me.

    Infinit Trip Wire for the run

    EN discount is about 10%

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