Using Pre-Race Over Extended Time Periods

Robert and Team,
I got the following question from one of my athletes:

I am still playing with the Pre-race mix in all my water bottles, for the long stuff (3+ hours). To the tune of
1/2 scoop or less of EFS mix with 1/2 scoop or less of pre-race in each
bottle. So far no problems and I think the pre-race is keeping me
interested and alert longer. Or could just be the placebo affect.
Question: Me not understanding the key ingredients in pre-race can you
see adverse affects of taking 3-4 total scoops spread out over 5+ hours?

Any advice?
-Brandon

Tags: pre-race, racing

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Permalink Reply by Robert Kunz on January 26, 2010 at 9:46am: Brandon,
there seems to be a big variance among athletes in terms of appropriate dose for PreRace. We also throw caution that as you use large doses, you also increase your chance of gastric distress. Our general recommendation is no more than two servings in a day, but, then again many can handle much, much more.
Its best to limit the use of PreRace to one or two workouts per week. Maybe one long session, and one intense session.
Your best approach is to systematically test an appropriate dose for these workouts to help determine your sweet spot.; ▶ Reply to This