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How to prepare a marathon with the gels in 226ers XS format
Preparing for a marathon is not just adding kilometers, it is also taking care of what you give to your body during the race. This is where the Gels XS of 226ers, designed to give you a push of energy just when you need it and help you keep up to the goal.
The XS format reaches three flavors of the High Energy Gel and High fructose gel to facilitate the use of different types of carbohydrates according to needs.
High Energy Gel
Energy gel designed for resistance sports, with 45gr per unit that provide 30gr of carbohydrates. This range of energy gels uses as the main source of cyclodextrin, a latest generation of high molecular weight and low osmolarity, which ensures rapid and sustained energy absorption.
- Lemon
- Strawberry With 150mg sodium
- Cherry With 95mg of caffeine
High fructose
Gel formulated to maximize energy absorption during exercise, with 44gr per unit that provide 30gr of carbohydrates in a 10: 8 proportion of maltodextrine and fructose. A perfect combination of multi transportable carbohydrates, ideal for efficient assimilation.
- Spulloos With 140mg of sodium
- Strawberry With 140mg of sodium
- Line with 55mg of caffeine and 140mg of sodium
How they prepare and what strategy the elite athletes follow in a marathon
Laura Luengo It is one of the representatives of Spain in the Tokyo Athletics World Championship in the Marathon test. He ran last 2024 in Valencia at 2:22:31 in his second marathon. In the World Cup will have water supplies placed by the organization alternating with those of each athlete, with what will have every 2.5 km something to take. His idea is to increase the amount of hydrates that he will take and, above all, the amount of mineral salts due to the high degree of humidity that will reign in Tokyo. In the personalized ones he will put in their drums Sub9 Race Day with cyclodextrin to make the take very high in carbohydrates. It also takes isotonic gel every 5 km and always leaves in the drums.
Noval, current Spanish marathon record (2:05:48), it is clear. “My option is Take a lot of carbohydrate and salts Whenever I can, because it may happen that in some supply I cannot take it well, I fall out or any other circumstance, so if I know that I am going well for carbohydrates I do not get nervous if I cannot take at any time.
"When I made the record of Spain in Valencia mixed High fructose energy drink to drink with an Istonic gel In all supplies. With that I assure a very high load of two types of carbohydrates and a lot of sodium to continue hydrated. It went perfect. " Tariku will run the Berlin Marathon on September 21. "
Javi Guerra He has a callus in the marathon and 2:07:27. He has run in Olympic Games, several world championships, has been twice in Europe and four times champion of Spain marathon. As the years passed identified The importance of taking more carbohydrates Because he doesn't spend fat. Your strategy goes through High Energy Gel of cyclodextrin. Javi takes a 30 minutes before leaving because it contains 50 g of carbohydrate, then in the avituallamientos shot ISOTONIC DRINK and some ISOTONIC GEL, although himself recommends carrying some xs gelon top to be able to take in the first part when you are still more comfortable.
"If the runners, who do not have the possibility of having drums with liquid, combine the new XS gels with the isotonic gel, can guarantee a good load of hydrates in all their marathons. Do not forget that it is important to train it and take a lot of Hydrazero."
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