Nutrition: FutureLife Energy Meal

I got a sample packet of this new energy meal at a Dirtopia Trail Run on Delvera farm. After my training run today I decided to mix it up with the milk option and give it a bash.

Verdict: It tastes, OK. A bit like drinking Pronutro. I mixed mine with cold milk (200ml) and the powder devolved easily and well. Based on the nutritional information I would say it is worth it as a supplementary meal and maybe never as a 'gu'. I haven't used it often enough to say how it supports my training, but maybe later. The powder is 'formulated with ModuCare' and ModuCare I have used for some time as a vitamin/immune supplement.

What does it say on the packet that is worth noting:
High in Protein, Gibre, Omega 3
23 vitamins and minerals
19 amino acids
Prebiotics

Naturally free from Gluten, wheat, lactose, cholesterol and transfer fatty acids
No added preservatives or colourants
Mixes well with milk or water

It has logo support from Diabetes SA, Gi Foundation, Halaal and Vegeterian
Listed allergens include soya and the milk protein Sodium Caseinate

The expiry date seems to be about 6 to 9 months

This is the front of the sample packet.



This is the rear with the nutritional information.



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Nutrition: Rungry and thirstrail!?

I have never given much thought to nutrition in my other sporting endeavours. Following my last Slow Long Run I was forced too, this is what happened .... Sunday morning came and I decided to up my distance length from 12km to 13km - which doesn't seem like much. However, at that stage I wasn't to know that the new course I would tackle for my 13km trail run also had about 700m of cumulative climb in it.

This pushed my average HR to 159 with a max of 176 (my age related max is 179) with a pace of a mere 8.10 min/km. So my LSR become a hill course.
By the time I got home and cleaned up my BP had dropped to 100 over 80 and I felt like cr@p! So I started thinking about nutrition.

Beautiful run though through the Silvermine Reserver East near Cape Town, South Africa.

I can't remember on which of the sites I was perusing I stumbled upon 'rungry' - the seemigly insatiable appetite that developes during or after running. After this hill run I coined the term (not sure if there is one already in existance) 'thirstrail'! All I wanted to do was drink fluid, any fluid. I knew that I had pushed my body out of balance. In reviewing this situation I did realise that all my other sporting endeavours (I played squash, baseball, gym, swam etc) the length of activity was approximately 60 to 90min with frequent rests - half times etc - with time to eat and drink. I was treating my trail running as a very loooooong first half. This would have to change.

I am not sure exactly how yet. But this trail running thing is a journey and now I will have to include nutrition and hydration as a integral part of that journey and learning experience.

So, what am I reading:

• I will need to get an updated The Lore of Running by Dr Tim Noakes
• The role of protein in my diet - http://goo.gl/zTQgx (I know they are a supplier but it has elements of being a sound sceintific atricle. BTW, I am not in any way affliated to Hammer Nutrition.)
• A nutrition formulae - http://goo.gl/zTQgx
• A 'real runners' approach to nutrition and diet - http://goo.gl/zTQgx
• Another layrunner's view - http://goo.gl/zTQgx

So what is your stratergy?