Today's Test Foods: Gu, Stinger, GFB, ramen, cranberries

Today's long run started my experiments with new foods to see what will work for my 50 miler. I'm keeping a page with all the foods, mostly for my own reference, over here.

Today:
  • Mike's Mighty Food Vegetable Ramen - pretty tasty, but too spicy for a running food.
  • Gu Espresso - Gu chocolate is my go to, so I decided to try this. Was not a fan of this flavor
  • Stinger honey waffles - not bad, but they'd probably be a backup food for me
  • GFB chocolate coconut balls - didn't like the taste of these at all. Couldn't even finish the pack despite being hungry. 
  • Dried cranberries  - not bad, easy to eat. I'm going to try some other dried fruits to see if any really grab me. There was nothing wrong with these, but I wasn't super enthusiastic about them.
Nothing made me sick, but no big winners in this group. All good data.


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