Beach to Battleship

the race information packet indicates that Hammer HEED will be provided on the bike and run courses.....

does anyone know EXACTLY how the HEED will be provided on the bike ? i'm not aware that this product comes packaged in individual bottles (as is with water bottles, or gatorade, for example), so i'm wondering how this will be done ? will volunteers fill bottles with pre-mixed HEED ? this seems highly improbable to me.... will Hammer Products deliver pre-packaged bottles ?

this could affect my race planning. i use Perpetuem (same as HEED, but with a little protein), so i'd welcome using the on-course nutrition where i can. brings me back to asking how HEED will be packaged / provided ?

any clues ?

I think last year there was a water bottle exchange, but if you wanted Heed you had to fill your bottles from coolers. Am I remembering this correctly? All I'm doing is exchanging water bottles. I'm bringing my own stuff as Heed messes me up bad, and I don't like the taste either.

that makes some sense, i suppose. i'm with you, i'd rather bring my own stuff than have to stop and refill. i handle HEED and perpetuem just fine, but not if i have to stop repeatedly. thanks for the input...

they handed you a water bottle with the heed in it and you did with as you wanted.

russ124. i thought of that. makes no sense to me; at what carb/calorie concentration would the bottles be mixed ? how would the bottles be filled in the frst place ? to my knowledge, Hammer products doesn't sell/provide pre-mixed bottles. that would be one hell of alot of bottles for volunteers to fill; that seems highlly impractical.

i emailed the race organizers with this question, no reply yet. will post if/when i hear.

dab wrote:russ124. i thought of that. makes no sense to me; at what carb/calorie concentration would the bottles be mixed ? how would the bottles be filled in the frst place ? to my knowledge, Hammer products doesn't sell/provide pre-mixed bottles. that would be one hell of alot of bottles for volunteers to fill; that seems highlly impractical.

i emailed the race organizers with this question, no reply yet. will post if/when i hear.

They will be handing out pre mixed Heed in 20oz standard sized bike water bottles. They are going to be mixed with 1 scoop of Heed so that is 100 calories.
They will also be handing out Deer Park Sport Cap water bottles. I am not sure how these fit in a standard bike cage.
I received this info direct from Setup when I emailed a month or so ago.