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Thanks for the fuel tips. I am not a gel, Gatorade, etc., user because I generally seek real food and avoid chemicals. I have professional experience in the manufactured food industry and recommend this to anyone - avoid products with ingredients that you would not carefully select at a high quality grocer and use in your home cooking. Not easy, I realize.
In the past I have used raisins, almonds and chocolate. Trail mix of sorts. Yes some chemicals in the chocolate but it's hard to win every battle. Even with the trail mix I get weary of eating and I don't like a full stomach feeling on the trail/road. Gels would help in that situation but I'm not going there.
I was on the (hiking) trail for 9 hours in Shenandoah NP in Virginia last year. We brought sandwiches, water and trail mix. I ate all of it and bonked harder than I ever have. The hike was great with my family, but I was figuratively in ICU on the couch for the evening and the next morning. Strange stuff this bonking.
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