Saturday, February 25, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
nuun - my electrolyte of choice
Since I started AIDS/LifeCycle (ALC) on February 2014, I learned more about cycling, and what we needed to have on each ALC training ride. February 2014 is when I purchased a road bicycle. When Richard from Tip Top Bike Shop asked me how much I wanted to spend, I responded with "Maybe $500." Those of you who know the cost of road bikes scoff at me, but I digress.
I became aware of electrolytes because of ALC's guide to training.
These are the required items needed to participate in an official AIDS/LifeCycle training ride:
For my first year of training mostly in the East Bay and the 7-day 545-mile ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, I used Gatorade and Powerade. For me, these drinks were much to sugary and on one of my many visits (shopping sprees) to REI, I discovered "nuun." Well, more like, I saw this hunk, Bobby Mack, marketing dreamboat for nuun. Bobby shared with me the virtues of nuun including its ingredients at 10 calories per tablet per 473 ml / 16 oz bottle:
I became aware of electrolytes because of ALC's guide to training.
These are the required items needed to participate in an official AIDS/LifeCycle training ride:
- Bicycle (mechanically safe and in good working order)
- Helmet (ASTM, Snell, ANSI or CPSC approved)
- 2 Water bottles (one filled with an electrolyte replacement drink) OR 1 hydration pack (like a Camelbak), plus a bottle filled with an electrolyte replacement drink.
- Bike frame pump or CO2 cartridges
- Patch kit or spare tube that will fit your tire size.
- Tire Irons
For my first year of training mostly in the East Bay and the 7-day 545-mile ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, I used Gatorade and Powerade. For me, these drinks were much to sugary and on one of my many visits (shopping sprees) to REI, I discovered "nuun." Well, more like, I saw this hunk, Bobby Mack, marketing dreamboat for nuun. Bobby shared with me the virtues of nuun including its ingredients at 10 calories per tablet per 473 ml / 16 oz bottle:
- 10 calories
- sodium: 360 mg
- potassium: 100 mg
- magnesium: 25 mg
- calcium: 13 mg
- vitamin c: 38 mg
- 10 calories
- 1 g of sugar
- other ingredients include:
- plant based sweetener monk fruit and a touch of stevia leaf extract to provide a crisp and light sweetness
- non-gmo sourced dextrose to increase the speed of absorption and hydrate you faster
- avocado oil for clean, plant-based production
After tasting and really not hearing anything Bobby said, I did purchase a tube of nuun Active and nuun energy. I was hooked and since the fall of 2014, my electrolyte of choice is nuun.
As a volunteer ALC Training Ride Leader, I'll be sharing nuun Active with fellow riders on each ALC training ride. I'll let you know their response.
Please note this post is not an advertisement or that I am not being paid to share this information.
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