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Water alone will not provide the minerals, vitamins or good quality calories to keep you going.
I would try various sport drinks and other nutritional supplements. A salt tablet, or salt equivalent like Endurolytes is the first product to try. I've also had good success with other Hammer products, including: HEED and Perpetuem.
Your body can function well for 2 or 3 hours with just water. However, if an athlete is not adding the electrolytes, minerals and calories the body can begin to fatigue and the 3rd, 4th and subsequent hours on the bikes can become very difficult.
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Last edited by Barrettscv; 10-03-14 at 01:42 PM.