Particularly for a race? I'm running a 10k next week and am thinking of trying it. I've done caffeine before and felt like I benefitted from it, but I can't find the little caffeine shots any more and 5-hour energy is the only other thing I could think of that's concentrated into 1-2 oz.
Experiences?
It contains a goodly amount of niacin which will give your heart a pickup. Some it bothers, some it don't. I can't use it. Give it a try a few days before before the race.
Haven't used it for athletic performance so to speak, but I used it when I was doing two chicks back to back and it lived up to the hype and so did I.
You can buy caffeine pills at WalMart etc. or online
It can work. Like that on guy said, try it before your race so you don't f yourself on your big day.
so can that gu rockenfrazzlepuss with 35mg of caffeine and other magic.
No. No one ever has.
If you think it is going to take you 5 hours to run a 10k, you have bigger problems to worry about.
I used it before a 50k earlier this year. Dunno if it helped, but it was a lot easier to run my target pace than I expected.
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used it in a half this weekend. Took half at the start, the rest at the halfway point. Felt AWESOME 12-15km. Then the wheels came off a little.
But it works....for me
USE IT BEFORE THE RACE! PREFERABLY IN A WORK OUT! I tried it before a work out (thank god not before a race) and I had poor results. I felt EXTREMELY focused for the workout (8x800, 8x400). Then during the workout I could not settle into it. I felt jumpy and totally not myself. I ended up bombimg the 400's because I could not get into a rythm. In my opinion you may as well light three dollars on fire. But, everyone is different and I say go for it. Just do not use conferences (I am presuming) as a trial run.