This was excellent guys. V knowledgable and informative. I stepped up from 10/HM distance to marathon this year and cramps killed my last 10km. Rookie mistakes in my hydration strategy
I've started using more real food, for example bananas, or small slices of bread, on longruns. Recovery after longruns are much better. I got an Salomon running vest which is so good that carrying stuff doesnt slow me much.
Great video. Seriously: useful. Question: do you have advice about pre-hydrating and worrying about needing pee? I find I don’t drink enough because I’m so scared of needing the loo. Recently did a Duathlon needing to go the whole race and was really distracting. Is it something you can practise? What about timings before races or training? Help! Ps I also find gels really hard to open, teeth or not!
Thanks! Great questions and yes we do have a protocol for pre-hydration before big sessions or races. You can listen to or read a blog titled 'how to start hydrated and why it's so important' on the blog section of the precision hydration website. In this, we talk through the do's and don't's of pre-race/training hydration and this should answer all of your questions. There's an anxiety/nervous element to needing to pee at the start of a race which is hard to eradicate entirely but making sure you're not over-hydrating or making this worse can be a big help. Let us know if you have any follow-up Q's, we're always happy to help.
@@precisionfandh wow that’s so helpful thanks so so much! I’ll have a look. It’d be game changing to sort this out. Btw-probably a silly question-if caffeine takes so long to get into your system and gels are meant to be quick acting (I often have them say 12/13 mins before a hill in cycling or a big effort running) does that means caffeine in gels is kind of pointless? I get that the caffeine would work for later on but in terms of it being part of the effect of that quickly absorbed gel is it a waste of time? Thanks! Such a great and detailed video. Need to watch it 3x!
@@notmyrealname6272 No such thing as a silly question! Not necessarily though, as you want to steadily take on your carbohydrates to hit your overarching grams per hour goal you could certainly structure a plan so you take your caffeine gels strategically so the caffeine 'kicks in' at the desired time - for example, if you're doing a long 5hr ride you could take on some strategic caffeine at the ~2-3hr point. You want to think of your carbs and your caffeine as two separate entities and get absorbed independently. Does that help?
@@precisionfandh yes it does. Thanks very much. I feel like a lot of caffeine gels are marketed as and used as ‘a quick hit’ for both the sugar and the caffeine. I listen to a lot of athletic/cycling podcasts and pros esp cyclists are always talking about saving that special caffeine gel for before the last climb. Placebo too I guess.. Anyway thanks so much. All clear!
We wanted people to be able to use our gels in conjunction with their chosen strength of our electrolyte drink mixes allowing for easier individualisation
Hi Andy, I suffer from cramps during and after my long runs and races although I do use electrolyte drinks before and during my runs to hydrate. I've read online that apart from dehydration magnesium deficiency may also play a part in cramps and taking magnesium tablets may help to alleviate cramps. Have you heard of this or do you think it has any merit?
Hi Marius, it's an interesting topic and one we've done a deep dive in a blog on the precision hydration website. Heads to the blog section and search 'Do you need potassium, magnesium, and calcium in your sports drink?'. In short, probably not. I think the more likely reason is a mismatch between your specific fluid and sodium losses and your current intakes. If you would like us to help further, please drop us an email via the site with a detailed breakdown of what you're doing currently and the team will get back to you with some feedback
@@precisionfandh Thanks for the response and directing me to the blog article, it's very informative. I have done a sweat test on your website and currently trying the hydration products in my training runs with the intent on using it in my next race.
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Thanks guys. 🙏
Andy is so knowledgeable. 👍🏻
Absolutely, knows his stuff.
This was excellent guys. V knowledgable and informative. I stepped up from 10/HM distance to marathon this year and cramps killed my last 10km. Rookie mistakes in my hydration strategy
Fantastic series on this subject, being new to running I found everything about this extremely informative! Nice one guys. 🙌🏻
Thanks Marcus and really happy this was helpful.
Great video guys, right on time for my next marathon !!!
Nice. Where you racing?
Really appreciate you answering my question chaps. Thanks a lot 🙂👍🏻
No problem Mark. Hope it was useful.
Such great info. Just ordered some product.
Glad it was useful Craig. Let us know how you get on.
Thank you for answering my question.👍
You're welcome Roger. Hope that's helped.
I've started using more real food, for example bananas, or small slices of bread, on longruns. Recovery after longruns are much better. I got an Salomon running vest which is so good that carrying stuff doesnt slow me much.
LOL, I thought you had ignored my question. Thanks for answering!
Never! Hope it was useful and thanks for throwing in a question.
Great vid, thanks for the answers!
You're welcome. Thanks for sending in a question.
I know 3km is short distance, but is there anything I can take for an all out 3km (2 mile) effort??
Great video. Seriously: useful. Question: do you have advice about pre-hydrating and worrying about needing pee? I find I don’t drink enough because I’m so scared of needing the loo. Recently did a Duathlon needing to go the whole race and was really distracting. Is it something you can practise? What about timings before races or training? Help! Ps I also find gels really hard to open, teeth or not!
Thanks! Great questions and yes we do have a protocol for pre-hydration before big sessions or races. You can listen to or read a blog titled 'how to start hydrated and why it's so important' on the blog section of the precision hydration website. In this, we talk through the do's and don't's of pre-race/training hydration and this should answer all of your questions.
There's an anxiety/nervous element to needing to pee at the start of a race which is hard to eradicate entirely but making sure you're not over-hydrating or making this worse can be a big help.
Let us know if you have any follow-up Q's, we're always happy to help.
@@precisionfandh wow that’s so helpful thanks so so much! I’ll have a look. It’d be game changing to sort this out.
Btw-probably a silly question-if caffeine takes so long to get into your system and gels are meant to be quick acting (I often have them say 12/13 mins before a hill in cycling or a big effort running) does that means caffeine in gels is kind of pointless? I get that the caffeine would work for later on but in terms of it being part of the effect of that quickly absorbed gel is it a waste of time? Thanks! Such a great and detailed video. Need to watch it 3x!
@@notmyrealname6272 No such thing as a silly question! Not necessarily though, as you want to steadily take on your carbohydrates to hit your overarching grams per hour goal you could certainly structure a plan so you take your caffeine gels strategically so the caffeine 'kicks in' at the desired time - for example, if you're doing a long 5hr ride you could take on some strategic caffeine at the ~2-3hr point.
You want to think of your carbs and your caffeine as two separate entities and get absorbed independently. Does that help?
@@precisionfandh yes it does. Thanks very much. I feel like a lot of caffeine gels are marketed as and used as ‘a quick hit’ for both the sugar and the caffeine. I listen to a lot of athletic/cycling podcasts and pros esp cyclists are always talking about saving that special caffeine gel for before the last climb. Placebo too I guess..
Anyway thanks so much. All clear!
Why don’t the PH gels have electrolytes?
We wanted people to be able to use our gels in conjunction with their chosen strength of our electrolyte drink mixes allowing for easier individualisation
Hi Andy, I suffer from cramps during and after my long runs and races although I do use electrolyte drinks before and during my runs to hydrate. I've read online that apart from dehydration magnesium deficiency may also play a part in cramps and taking magnesium tablets may help to alleviate cramps. Have you heard of this or do you think it has any merit?
Hi Marius, it's an interesting topic and one we've done a deep dive in a blog on the precision hydration website. Heads to the blog section and search 'Do you need potassium, magnesium, and calcium in your sports drink?'. In short, probably not. I think the more likely reason is a mismatch between your specific fluid and sodium losses and your current intakes. If you would like us to help further, please drop us an email via the site with a detailed breakdown of what you're doing currently and the team will get back to you with some feedback
@@precisionfandh Thanks for the response and directing me to the blog article, it's very informative. I have done a sweat test on your website and currently trying the hydration products in my training runs with the intent on using it in my next race.
@@MEC78 Awesome, let us know how you get on and don't hesitate to fire any further questions our way, we're always happy to help
Are these vegan?
Yes, our electrolyte drink mixes and PF 30 gels and energy drink powder are all vegan