I think there there may be a shadow issue (a soft issue) associated with motivation too. (Based on the observation that people are not just chemical processing units and the notion that people appreciate foods & drinks at emotional levels)

If you like it and you feel it is doing some good and it is not absolutely harmful then it probably is doing some good (I think?)

Yeah, a placebo effect. I thought I'd put that in. Something like 'this is an energy drink, therefore I will have more energy' so you feel more energetic, even if you haven't got more actual chemical energy. After all, the brain can often over come a tired body.

Too true Dan. If I had a choice of better-nourished under-motivated team members OR lesser-norrished well-motivated team members I would pick from the second bunch.

When it gets really, really tough and you are thinking things like "Why the ***** am I doing this. Why am I here?" sort of stuff a gel ain't gonna help directly. Motivation will and if using a gel improves motivation then stick with it.

There`s only Albert E. left to comment and we`ve got a full house !!

What a thread! I'd always been sceptical about the various claims of these energy bars/drinks etc.Except Staminade which has helped through many fellrunning seasons.
However this years Hebridean Challenge got us some sponsorship from SIS in the form of a small larder of their products (and some very smart tee shirts). I have to admit that our trusty malt loaves, flapjack and even bananas were left mostly in reserve. Placebo or not those gels kept my cycling going better than I would have believed possible. Did enjoy fresh baked salmon pie on Scalpay for the old taste buds though!

Hi 5 with out any doubt has given me just that bit extra towards the end of a long MTB ride. They work but not in the way most people expect. they dont mean you can yomp to mars but if you keep drinking it you can keep going at near full on long after you would be at the wobbly legs phase otherwise.

Hmmm, I only really kicked off as Mike D wondered just how effective these things are.

Of course the thread wasn't originally about that but just which ones people like! Feel a bit guilty about hijacking it, should have started a seperate one really. Sorry everyone!

You will be shot at dawn.
Well last time I spoke to her she didnt mind having a bloke shot at her.

Comfortable landing too.

Speaking of dawn, the day after the Heb I really couldn't face any of our food, but the Calmac fry-up was a delight (despite the price), as opposed to dawn who was a little grey. I've stuck to bananas, malt loaf, pasta, porridge etc. since then, oh and Grizzly bars

Ohhh! don't talk to me about Dawn, oh lovely Dawn... She's camping in Ogwen Valley at the moment... want to go and see her but she's busy running a DoE trip... and she has a boyfriend anyway. ****.

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Just looked at the side of my Robinson's Orange as a made myself a glass of orange squash. It's 4% carbohydrate at the ratio I dilute it. About the same as a sports drink, but I've never spotted that before.

And guess what? I've never noticed, nor have I now, it having any effect on my energy levels.

Just been to the Northeast and asked one or two of the locals there about carbo drinks and a girl, funnily enough also known as Dawn, reckons her chap swears by abottlabroonale. He could take the world on after a couple, and apparently often does but remembers nothing about it the next day. None of the sports shops (all with really giggly staff)could help me with this product. Is this another wonder product we can't get hold of?

Dan have you tried the Fanta orange in Spain? It has something like 8% real orange juice in it, but I suppose less carbo than Robinsons or the UK Fanta.

She gets everywhere, doesn't she?

Is everywhere all one word?