Re: Energy Drinks
I consumed Jelly Belly's Sport Beans while running in last year's Honolulu Marathon. Many runners (including myself), for years, have relied on jelly beans to provide them with a quick bit of energy when running a marathon starts to get tough....in Honolulu, that's usually around the turn-around point in Hawaii Kai. Jelly beans are a good choice of instant carbs because they can be transported in one's running attire without much effort or additional weight, unlike the sport gel packs, which can be awkward to run with in a race if one is not using the special waist belts to carry them around with during a race. Personally, I carry a supply of jelly beans in my Wrist-runner, which is a zippered wallet that wraps around one's wrist. Before Jelly Belly came out with these sports beans in the summer of '05, I used to bring the bubble gum flavored Jelly Bellys to races with me.
About Jelly Belly's Sport Beans: They do not contain caffeine...their main benefit is the delivery of electrolytes and carbs. I imagine they could easily contain caffeine should Jelly Belly ever want to produce a variety with it, ala the sports gels that come with it. The sport beans are also larger than a standard size Jelly Belly...by at least 2 times. They also have a consistancy that is similar to the pectin-based jelly beans one can buy, i.e., more jel-like than a standard, Easter basket jelly bean. These sports beans are not going to fuel a runner through a 26.2 mile race on their own; rather they are meant to give runners who've been using jelly beans in the past a source of quick carbs, not only carbs, but carbs with electrolytes...and in the Honolulu Marathon, with the "Amino Value" sports drink runners get at the water stations, electrolytes are hard to come by during the race. (In my opinion, Amino Value simply doesn't have enough salt or potassium in it)
Jelly Belly Sport Beans sell for about a dollar a bag, but can be often had for less when they are on sale.
Originally posted by Pomai
About Jelly Belly's Sport Beans: They do not contain caffeine...their main benefit is the delivery of electrolytes and carbs. I imagine they could easily contain caffeine should Jelly Belly ever want to produce a variety with it, ala the sports gels that come with it. The sport beans are also larger than a standard size Jelly Belly...by at least 2 times. They also have a consistancy that is similar to the pectin-based jelly beans one can buy, i.e., more jel-like than a standard, Easter basket jelly bean. These sports beans are not going to fuel a runner through a 26.2 mile race on their own; rather they are meant to give runners who've been using jelly beans in the past a source of quick carbs, not only carbs, but carbs with electrolytes...and in the Honolulu Marathon, with the "Amino Value" sports drink runners get at the water stations, electrolytes are hard to come by during the race. (In my opinion, Amino Value simply doesn't have enough salt or potassium in it)
Jelly Belly Sport Beans sell for about a dollar a bag, but can be often had for less when they are on sale.
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