Thursday, December 19, 2013

86,182.48 calories of awesome!

This beast just arrived in the mail today. Way more fuel than I need for 2014, but what's that saying? Quantity has a quality all its own? Well, hello quantity!

50 lbs of maltodextrin goodness

50 lb x 453.59 g/lb x 3.8 cal/g = 86,182.48 calories.
86,182.48 cal / $61.48 = 1,401.80 calories per dollar.
86,182.48 cal / 300 cal/hr =  287.28 hours of running.
$61.48 / 287.28 hr = $0.21 per hour of running.

4 comments:

  1. Do you have any recipes or plans on how you are going to mix it or use it?

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  2. You should do all your training runs with that bag strapped to your back till all that awesomeness is gone!

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    1. Ha! Yeah, instead of dragging a tire around I could lug around the bag! Badass!

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  3. My basic 1 hr (i.e., 1 bottle) recipe is to use 2 scoops of maltodextrin (200 calories), 1 scoop of gatorade mix (80 calories), and then misc. other stuff-- in the past I've thrown in 1/4 scoop (~30 cal) of soy protein, 1 tsp of bcaas, and 1 endurolyte cap. That served me pretty darn well last summer.

    I think next year I'll remove the protein (I'm not convinced it's necessary and it can make the drink a little gritty) and maybe experiment with replacing some of the maltodextrin with vitargo just to see if i can see any difference.

    The most important thing to get right is the amount of water, I think. If it's hot out the ~18 oz of water I add to fill up the bottle (to 20 oz total) might not be enough for 1 hr. Basically, I pretty much always need ~300 calories/hour but I may need anywhere from 18-28 oz of water. So, I need to grab extra cups of water at aid stations to make up the difference.

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