GU’s latest power gel taste goals to nip bonking within the bud — and get some path work achieved within the course of.
Salted Lime Roctane Gel is salty, candy, and particularly designed for operating or using in scorching, dusty situations. The model launched the flavour as an power chew in 2020. Now, it’s obtainable as a single-serving 1.1 oz packet.
In accordance with GU, Salted Lime Roctane is available in response to an abundance of particular requests from athletes on the 2021 Western States Endurance Run. When requested what taste they would like for operating 100 miles within the Sierra Nevada summer season warmth, they “overwhelmingly” selected Salted Lime over 4 different choices.
GU began on the 1989 Western States run. Now, it comes full circle: 10% of the proceeds from the brand new gel will fund path work that helps make the enduring run — the world’s oldest 100-mile path race — occur.
Higher but, it’s at the moment on deep sale.
GU Salted Lime: a pairing suggestion, discover it, and who it advantages
Reviewing the brand new taste, Extremely runner and endurance bicycle owner Camelia Mayfield introduced up a basic pairing. “It’s so good…all that’s lacking is the tequila.”
Salt is important for balancing the fluid stage of blood and regulating muscle contraction. So, naturally, the human palate craves the style in instances of want. GU says it developed Salted Lime to ship sustenance to the physique with out upsetting the abdomen.
The Roctane Extremely Vitality Sequence is a revved-up model of GU’s unique power gel packets. Every 100-calorie Roctane has as much as 1425mg of amino acids, and 125mg of sodium. Every pocket-sized pouch additionally has 35mg of caffeine to spice up power and combat fatigue. GU recommends that customers down the entire packet in a single go moderately than swallowing some and saving the remaining for later.
A portion of the proceeds from Salted Lime Roctane Extremely Sequence Gel gross sales will help the Western States Endurance Run Basis. The affiliate group of its 100-mile namesake race goals to steward the path system used throughout the occasion. BikeRumor reached out to GU to learn the way a lot of the proceeds from the marketing campaign will go to the Basis however hadn’t obtained a response as of this writing.
Salted Lime GU advantages the Western States Basis.
The gels are available packs of 24. MSRP clocks in at $63 however now, they’re on sale at a listed worth that looks as if a typo: choose up a 24-pack at GU’s web site for the kingly sum of $7.
