Now boys & girls, don't EVER try this at home.......

[JimB.]

As a lot of you are aware, it is now Officially Hot & Humid in the south.

As a result I always carry some fluids with me (although probably not enough) when I run.

Today I got the bright idea "Hey! Instead of wearing a pack to day when I run, I'll just drop a few "Endurolyte" tablets in my water instead. That way I won't have to dig them out when I think I need them & can travel "Lighter"".

"Aren't I Smart!!!"

Well.

Today I found out why they are TABLETS, designed to be SWALLOWED, not DISSOLVED in water, chewed, sucked, etc., etc., or any other thing that will alter their form prior to reaching one's GI Tract.

Lets just say............

I would rather die from dehydration than to have that GodAWFUL taste in my mouth again.

If you have ever tried to drink a rusty car with salt sprinkled on it you will know what I mean.

Ugh. Remember. You heard it here first.

 

[Honeibee]

OK, Jim, as much as I respect you for all the things you do for us....I'm sorry but.....

 

[wtpclc]

I feel fro you Jim. WHen I was 5, my parents replaced my chewables with adult vitamins and didn't tell me. That would have been the rusty car minus the salt. Uhgh.

Hope you choked down enough to not be too dehydrated.

BTW, I think Nuun tablets are supposed to be done that way. not sure if the carbonation will explpde the water bttles, though. Maybe skfuilkers could tell us if that might be a bad thing.

 

[bunnyfoo]

Yikes!

That is quite the description!

 

[Big Vic]

 

[gsu1988]

I needed a good laugh today so thank you for your hydration experiment.

 

[ms.mightyduck]

Too funny! Thanks for the description!

Hope you got the taste out of your mouth (if not, I recommend ice cream).

 

[curiouser]

Ugh, I know EXACTLY what you are talking about and I feel for you!! When I was little I had pneumonia a few times and my parents could not get me to swallow the pills. My mom eventually would crush them up and put them in ice cream.. it still tasted awful!

Word of warning: for the same reason, don't ever buy Zicam Ready Melts.. they taste all nice and orangey for the first minute and then its pure hell until the rest of it dissolves!!

 

[Caseydilla]

Oh goodness, that is too funny! Thanks for the tip.

 

[dsnyfan21]

Jim : That's a funny story.
I was actually thinking about how to give up my Camelback waistpak because of the "extra" strength it takes me to carry it around and all the sweat that collects under it. yuk!! (I used this when training for my previous half marathons when I go over 6 miles and NEVER had this issues.) I guess I shouldn't do that now, unless I can get a crew of people to man a few water break stations along the way. Any volunteers??

Heat and humidity this past Sunday was terrible. I had the hard part of the temp and the humidity numbers almost the same. Temp was 81 and humidity was 85% when I left the house, not a good recipe I found out. The sweat does not and can not be evaporated enough in order to cool the body, so it just drips off of you. I have read that the body just can't cool itself and actually will feel hotter. This is what happened to me. It also does no good to try and throw water over you head because again it will not evaporate because the humidity is very high.

Good luck with staying cool out there!!

 

[Roxy]

 

[Kristi1357]

Sorry Jim, but

 

[wfloyd]

Glad someone else tried this and reported the results. Jim - You took one for the team so you deserve an extra drink for that.

Bill

 

[suzannews]

Heat and humidity this past Sunday was terrible. I had the hard part of the temp and the humidity numbers almost the same. Temp was 81 and humidity was 85% when I left the house, not a good recipe I found out. The sweat does not and can not be evaporated enough in order to cool the body, so it just drips off of you. I have read that the body just can't cool itself and actually will feel hotter. This is what happened to me. It also does no good to try and throw water over you head because again it will not evaporate because the humidity is very high.

Good luck with staying cool out there!!

I was out walking/jogging in it yesterday and today and both days my eyes were stinging from sweat...it was so nasty. Not sure what the humidity was today but my car temp said 94 after my jog today.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Thanks for taking one for the team, Jim!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Eeeeyyeeewww. I'm sorry. Thanks for the tip. Never gonna do that.

 

[twoWDWfools]

Thanks for that Jim!

 

[ultramickeymouse]

As a lot of you are aware, it is now Officially Hot & Humid in the south.

As a result I always carry some fluids with me (although probably not enough) when I run.

Today I got the bright idea "Hey! Instead of wearing a pack to day when I run, I'll just drop a few "Endurolyte" tablets in my water instead. That way I won't have to dig them out when I think I need them & can travel "Lighter"".

"Aren't I Smart!!!"

Well.

Today I found out why they are TABLETS, designed to be SWALLOWED, not DISSOLVED in water, chewed, sucked, etc., etc., or any other thing that will alter their form prior to reaching one's GI Tract.

Lets just say............

I would rather die from dehydration than to have that GodAWFUL taste in my mouth again.

If you have ever tried to drink a rusty car with salt sprinkled on it you will know what I mean.

Ugh. Remember. You heard it here first.

Are the Endurolytes capsules from Hammer Nutrition? I open up the capsule and drop it into my bottles as well as swalloing them. They never seem to leave a bad taste in my mouth. The are bland.

 

[mogulskr]

Jim,

You can check out this which is designed to go into water bottles. I use the endurolytes from Hammer Nutrition as well, but have heard good things about the drops.

 

[Duanerice]

Hee hee thanks for doing this for us. Saves me the experience.

I have used Nunn in the past in one of the bottles on my hydration belt. But by the time I drink it the mixture it is warm or hot and doesn't taste too good.

Stopped using it and I now use S Caps by Succeed. The verdict is still out as whether I like them.

But, thanks again Jim!

enjoy,
Duane