When I started running years ago, there weren’t a ton of different electrolyte replacement options that I knew about. I remember when I first heard about Nuun (and learned how to pronounce it, “noon,” in case you were wondering) I was grateful for an alternative to the super sweet sugary drinks on the market. Over the years, Nuun has continually upped their game, which is so necessary in the running community today, when there are…
As someone who hasn’t really spent much time on hydration, except water, until this past year, I have really come to enjoy and appreciate nuun. As I have been spending more time running in more distant locations, as well as on the treadmill in my constantly warm garage, staying energized and fueled up has been essential. I have tried a ton of different flavors of nuun and they always seem to deliver. If I had…
Anyone perusing an event’s website these days will inevitably come across a statement that goes something like this: “Aid stations will be stocked with water and electrolyte drink”. Sometimes the electrolyte drink will be accompanied by a specific brand name and more and more I’m reading that it’s Nuun. (In fact, I just ran the Hop Hop Half marathon in Portland and indeed, Nuun was the featured aid station drink!). Starting with the basics, it’s…
The first time I heard about nuun, I was training for a marathon and thought it was a very convenient product for a long run. It was so simple.. it meant I could get the eletrolytes I needed to fuel my long runs by simply putting a tablet in my own water… And when I tasted it, I was relieved that it didn’t have the strong, sugary taste so many other electrolyte drinks have, as…
Run Oregon sometimes receives products to review. We recently received some hydration and fueling gear from three companies. Company: Tailwind Nutrition Product: Endurance Fuel Flavors: Mandarin Orange Berry Lemon Raspberry Buzz Green Tea Buzz Tropical Buzz Naked Unflavored Price: 7-pack for $16 Description: The easiest way to wrap your head around Tailwind is to think of the 3 components of successful fueling: calories + electrolytes + water. Moderate exercise burns 500+ calories/hr and race pace can exceed 1000 calories/hr, but…
This month I was given the pleasure to sample the electrolyte product Nuun. I was given grape, pink lemonade, tropical and fruit punch flavors to sample in addition to the blue water bottled with the Nuun logo across the front. I decided to start by sampling the fruit punch flavor. I opened the capsule, took out the tablet and placed it the Nuun water bottle. After a couple of minutes of fizzing it dissolved completely in…
