Salt Tabs...

Want to share those with your fellow competitors?  Enjoy the last few days of your recovery week 

You need them - you just don't know it yet!  Your comment reminds me of a race report comment from IMAZ - maybe Madcow's.  A female acquaintance of his (also racing) commented on his sweat crust during the race and that she wasn't sweating as much as him - he should be careful to stay hydrated.  She was removed by ambulance later in the race and put in the hospital with severe dehydration.

Hopefully I remembered something close to the real story.  You can check it. 

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OK, now a follow up.  Do y'all use these in addition to sports drinks?

Thanx

I use them with water and gel (hammergel). Gel for energy, endurolytes for electrolyte replacement/proper hydration.

When this thread began I said I hadn't noticed much difference between using and not using the ENdurolytes, but I need to amend that!  Now that I've used them more...incl at Spirit of Racine in 115 deg heat index...I won't go without them if it's warm.  I would NOT have finished that race without them.

I use 1 or 2 depending on the heat, beginning just before my swim ( or at the beginning of my workout)and at 1 hour intervals after that.  For the bike I cut corners off of plastic baggies, put 2 in each, and taped them to my aerobars...worked like a charm. 

  I use Carbo-Pro mixed with water which has zero electrolytes so I can't comment on using them with sports drinks.

As always, try them in training before you try them on race day....

EDIT:  I only use 1 or 2 because I'm relatively small...I would think that like anything else you would base the number of caps you use on your weight...

I've started experimenting with Endurolytes on my long rides.  Last week on another forum, a post about 1/2 IM nutrition suggested:

Consume about 600 mg of sodium (1 gram of salt) per 150 pounds per hour on the bike and run. Getting too much salt is not a problem unless carried to excess. Remember to include sodium from all sources.

For me, this is roughly 750mg of sodium/hr.  With sports drinks & gels, I'm probably at 350-450 so 3-4 tabs/hr is what I'm targeting (each tab has 100mg).

I found these http://www.cranksports.com they have a sports drink and gel that have electrolytes in them.  A LOT of electrolytes.  I've pretty much switched over to these products as they seem to work better for me, plus a couple of Endurolytes as needed. 

Of course, they may be too much for you, I am Human-Salt-Lick while working out. 

I used to get chills, nausea, stomach cramps, etc - and now no problems, so I swear by the stuff.

Rob, It really depends on the heat.  I have begun taking 2 prior to exercise and then 1 every 30 minutes if it is hot out, (Tupper I was taking one on the 1/2 hour and 2 on the hour).  I am a heavy sweater and salter (i.e. my shorts tend to have white salt marks on them after long runs and rides) so, like you are planning to do, try them in training and make sure to take w/ a large drink of water / drink.

If you have ever seen the M&M minis plastic containers they make a great container to hold the endurlytes in, you can fit a mess in there and it has a pop top for easy opening and closing.

Adios
Dave