Special thanks to Kevin Sayers and all the people who contributed!
Experience From: Chip Marz, Randi Young, Jay Hodde, Gordon Chace, Mak Sorrells, Tom Andrews, Mike Farris, Vida, Karl King, Dale Perry, Matt Kavanaugh, Brick Robbins.
COMMENT: A number of these posts talk about mixing SUCCEED! CLIP. It should be noted that clip now comes in individually sized packages for mixing directly into water bottles.
Chip Marz
Carrying cannisters of powdered mix is not practical, obviously. I have used balloons, however, with success.
Get a balloon, fill it (using a funnel) with the premeasured amount that you will need for your size water bottle. Tie the balloon off, and you have an easy-to-carry container with a premeasured amount of dry powder to mix when you need it. Simply untie it and pour into the bottle, add water, shake, and voila...instant energy, right!? You can carry 6-8 of those balloons fairly easily in fanny packs. Just need a watch out you don't get stopped by police, with white powder in balloons.
Depending on how long a run you're on, you can carry as much as you need. I was able to carry about 7 balloons at the Strolling Jim 41 miler a few years back. Cantrel had water every 5 miles. I just mixed a new batch about every hour, and I was fine. On 100 milers, you may need to use drop bags. But again, it allows you to have a premeasured amount at your disposal, and not have to deal with canisters.
Randi Young
Years ago, I was given a Christmas gift which elicited several "now what am I going to do with THAT??" comments. I thought my mother had lost her marbles. Really - a "Seal-A-Meal" - I was certain that I'd never find a use for the little appliance.
Well - you guessed it!! It's the perfect way to package your drink powders, supplements and even dry socks! The bag material is the kind you can boil food in, so it's very tough and durable. By making small packets of drink powder and notching a corner to tear off, you'll have no difficulty pouring the powder into water bottles. (I even went so far as to use a permanent marking pen to indicate which corner had the notch, in the event of brain death...) On the supplement packets,
