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Frequently Asked Questions
Not at the moment. Our current range is energy chews and gels: Clif BLOKS, SaltStick Energy Gummies and Koda Energy Gel. Chews do the same job as a bar on the trail, giving you carbohydrate in small bites, and they pack flatter in a hip-belt pocket.
Clif suggests half a packet about 15 minutes before you start, then one to two packets an hour once you're moving, each time with water. Each cube is 33 calories, so it's easy to count. Practise your fuelling in training before you rely on it on race day.
Clif BLOKS Orange, Tropical Punch and Sour Strawberry Lemonade have 25 mg per serve, and Black Cherry has 50 mg. Strawberry, Mountain Berry, Sour Green Apple, Salted Watermelon and Margarita are caffeine-free. SaltStick Energy Gummies have no caffeine in any flavour.
For hiking, most people prefer chews. You can eat one cube at a time and keep walking, and they are less sticky to carry. Gels suit hard efforts like racing or steep climbs, where you want fast carbohydrate in one go. Both work best with regular sips of water.
How to choose energy chews
Chews sit between a gel and a bar. You can eat one cube and save the rest, which makes pacing easy on a long ride or hike. Look at three things:How to choose energy chews
Chews sit between a gel and a bar. You can eat one cube and save the rest, which makes pacing easy on a long ride or hike. Look at three things:
• Carbohydrate per packet: a packet of Clif BLOKS is 33-calorie cubes in a 60 g pack. A packet of SaltStick Energy Gummies is 8 gummies with up to 36 g of carbohydrate (28 g in the sour flavours).
• Caffeine: BLOKS come caffeine-free, with 25 mg (Orange, Tropical Punch, Sour Strawberry Lemonade) or with 50 mg (Black Cherry). SaltStick gummies have no caffeine.
• Sodium: BLOKS Margarita has three times the sodium and Salted Watermelon twice. SaltStick gummies carry up to 130 mg of sodium per packet.
Energy chews vs gels
A Koda Energy Gel is 117 calories and 29.8 g of carbohydrate in one 45 g sachet, taken in one go. Gels are quicker to take at race pace. Chews are easier to spread out and many people find them easier on the stomach when gels start to cloy. Plenty of riders and runners carry both. For more gels, see Nutrition.
Fuel for long Australian days
On a hot day in Queensland or a long Larapinta or Overland Track section, small regular feeds beat one big snack. Clif suggests half a packet of BLOKS about 15 minutes before you start, then one to two packets an hour, each with a mouthful of water. Keep a packet in a hip-belt pocket or a jersey pocket so you eat before you're flat, not after. On multi-day walks, count your chews into daily bags before you leave so you know you have enough. Pair chews with electrolytes on hot days.
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