 Second video publishing today on the channel. Welcome back everybody. Today's second video is all about Figuring out continuing to figure out what is gonna work for hydrating during the marathon. This is my first marathon It's a lot different than running an ultra marathon I'm figuring out and so I'm big I'm testing and that is you know This is a good tip for all of the beginner runners out there if you're getting ready for a half marathon marathon Maybe an ultra marathon you definitely want to test out ahead of time the different Drink mixes that are available on the marketplace for figuring out what hits your stomach Well, what gives you that nice long slow burn of energy for two and a half hours three hours four hours However long you're racing. So that's what I'm doing right now I started testing this guy this company a couple weeks ago It's spelled you see a n you can hydrate and I'll just put this guy right up there Basically, you can has a couple different options out there. This is their Electro light replacement drink So they also have another powder that you can purchase which is designed more for energy burning And I need to do a little more research, but I believe you can take both and mix them together So again, this is why I'm doing this now and not like two weeks before The marathon you don't want you don't want to wait to you. You don't want to do it too close to your peak race You want to do it well before the race? And so the next step for me is to test out the you can energy powder and Basically figure out okay What is going to be the right combination for the energy powder the electrolyte powder and What is going to hit my stomach? Well, and I've got good news everybody So you've seen me mixing this up quite a bit over the last two weeks on I don't know at least it feels like at least a half a dozen times on different runs and So far it's really fascinating, but so far. I have had no GI issues So what is it gastrointestinal intestinal? Am I pronouncing that right? No GI issues so far Using this powder this electrolyte replacement powder for the last two weeks. So that's good And I haven't been running in very hot temperatures yet. I guess the other day was about 74 degrees That's not I realized Fahrenheit. I realize that's not very hot But so it'll be I guess it will it will be interesting to see as the temperatures creep up how my body responds To the you can hydrate electrolyte replacement drink and the basic premise behind you can is that it is based around a complex carbohydrate called super starch and Basically, there's no sugar in here So the idea from what I understand and again, I'm still testing just so you know But from what I understand is that it's designed to burn Slowly so you don't spike your blood Insulin levels so you it's a nice Steady slow burn and I must say like it's hard to know like in your when you're actually out there pounding ground And running and like to really listen to how your body is feeling like I need to do better at practicing that just like running and Drinking and then listening to how I feel after I drink I will say I was using this yesterday You can up on the 14er and I went for it was almost a four-hour run and I drank this for four hours basically and I felt pretty darn good like I just was putting it back putting it back and up on that 14er I was probably pulling the water bottle up to my mouth with a straw and probably drinking five times per hour Depending on whether I was going up or down in that given hour. So um, yeah, it's so far again Just I think I would agree thus far that it feels like a steady burn So I would say that's good and I'm just gonna read on the box some of the facts here the nutrition facts Here we go sodium 110 milligrams so pretty high Potassium remember we talked about potassium at the live stream to check it out electrolytes. We talked about electrolytes 90 milligrams. So that's good total carbohydrates one gram seems a little low to me But that's interesting and then as far as the ingredients sodium citrate citrate dihydrate Citric acid natural flavor. I'm always a little concerned when I hear natural flavor like what does that mean? But I will say it tastes really good all the flavors. I've tried lemon lime watermelon I think I've tried berry as well and then also magnesium phosphate. I've heard great things about magnesium Potassium citrate monohydrate salt stevia extract and try calcium phosphate I'll also just read on the front of the box. No added sugar Naturally sweetened five essential electrolytes zero calories So just so you know for ultra running I've heard ultra runners say that they don't like mixes like this that don't have calories They want calories if you're running for Five hours six hours ten hours over like 24 hour races. You need calories to burn So anyway, just putting that out there. That's what this and again This is not the energy mix from you can this is the electrolyte replacement mix And we're gonna go with slow as the keyword because you can is promoting that this is a slow releasing Complex carbohydrate, which is what they call a super starch So slow is the keyword and I'm very excited to continue to test But I will say I'm intrigued by I don't know how to pronounce it Morton m a u r t e n I know a lot of elite athletes use Morton So I'm gonna continue to test and I don't think I'm too close to the marathon to keep testing But I do want to nail it down sooner rather than later. So stay tuned for some more thoughts on You can and Morton as I get some and that question of the day if you're an experienced marathon runner And I know we've dabbled in this topic, but let's nail it down. What do you drink in a marathon? That's the question of the day. What do you drink? Just put it out there It could be remember we talked about the 1924 Paris Marathon 1924 what were they handing out at aid stations Veno? That's right red wine So if you're drinking red wine more power to you because I have no clue how anybody could finish a marathon drinking wine But that's the question of the day. Thanks for being here. See beauty work hard. Let me try all good times good times