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Screw High-Dollar Trailrunning Chow

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Trail-dining at The Lounge, Boney at Chamberlain Trail jct. Boney Mt Wilderness. All better with the Eat-n-Tool. I’m having recovered ultra- memories of what I ate and trained with before there were gels. Its only a matter of time before you discover that energy bars and gels are expensive and taste pretty bad . Since I’m not sponsored, I’m on my own for making this happen. Running nutrition is Big Business. In 2012 alone, energy drinks and shots market sales totaled $12.5Bn . Energy bar sales jumped 71% between 2006-2011 , hitting $1.7Bn by 2011. We're seeing stuff that didn't exist ten years ago. Energy gels an d drink mixes make claims of absorbability, energy, and with all the sub-variants of vegan, gluten-free, etc. Taste ranges from OK to poisonous. As to the whole gluten-free thing: if you have celiac disease, its legit. Otherwise you’re an unpaid test-subject in a mass epidemiological study with unknown outcomes. Go ahead, enjoy your gel. No, really! You can