Made for risk takers
the relentless pursuit
those willing to give everything
those who never quit
Made for personal records and podiums
IF YOU WOULD OF TOLD ME…
AT THE END OF THE 2016 ROCK N ROLL NASHVILLE MARATHON THAT I WOULD PURSUE RUNNING ANOTHER MARATHON OR EVEN TRAIN FOR A FASTER TIME I WOULD HAVE LAUGHED. THE GOAL WAS TO JUST FINISH. I WALKED MANY PARTS, CRAMPED, THOUGHT ABOUT STOPPING, HAD A HORRIBLE NUTRITION PLAN, HAD TO GO TO THE MEDICAL TENT AT THE FINISH, AND FINISHED IN 4 HOURS AND 23 MINUTES.
FAST FORWARD TO THE BOSTON MARATHON APRIL 15TH 2024…
4 MONTHS OF TRAINING WITH TEMPS BELOW 55 DEGREES AND 1 DAY OF 70 DEGREES ON RACE DAY LED TO THE GENERATOR BEING BORN. I USED EVERYTHING FOR REFUELING. I TOOK 8 OF THE LEADING GELS (PRESCRIBING TO GENERICALLY TAKE EVERY 25 MINUTES DURING), I BROUGHT 8 SALT TABLETS (SODIUM CHLORIDE) TO TAKE (2) EVERY 45 MINUTES FOR SWEAT LOSS, I TOOK 8 POTASSIUM GUMMIES TO TAKE EVERY 30 MINUTES TO HELP WITH CRAMPS. PART OF IT WAS THE CONDITIONS, PART OF IT WAS MY REFUELING. NOTHING WAS WORKING. MY COMPRESSION SHORTS WERE HEAVY, PACKED FULL OF FOOD, DEALT WITH THE STRESS OF TIMING INTAKE, AND POOR ABSORBING INGREDIENTS THAT SEEM TO DO NOTHING. THIS MADE THE RACE MISERABLE. AFTER I FINISHED, I KNEW SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT FOR OTHER ENDURANCE ATHLETES, THERE HAD TO BE A BETTER WAY…
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE FORMULA? WHAT WERE YOUR GOALS? THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TAILORED GEL CALCULATOR?
TRUSTING MY GUT, THE MATH, AND FEEDBACK FROM DOZENS OF DISTANCE RUNNERS AND CYCLISTS. THE GENERATOR WAS RELENTLESSLY TESTED OVER 2 YEARS WITH HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS THAT LED TO CARBOHYDRATE LEVELS (GOAL OF 75 GRAMS PER HOUR OR MORE), FRUCTOSE:GLUCOSE RATIO (0:80:1, TO MAXIMIZE CARBS WITHOUT CAUSING STOMACH PROBLEMS) , ELECTROLYTE AMOUNTS (THAT ACTUALLY REPLACE WHAT YOU LOSE IN SWEAT: NOT SOME CATCHY ADVERTISEMENT), FAT CONTENT (TO KEEP YOU FEELING FULL), INGREDIENT FORMS (IE, MAGNESIUM MALATE FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION OVER MAGNESIUM CITRATE FOR STOOL SOFTENING), POUCH SIZE (NOT TOO SMALL, NOT TOO BIG), SUGAR CONTENT (LESS ADDED SUGARS THAT AVOIDS ENERGY SPIKES), MCT OIL FOR BRAIN ENERGY AND FOCUS DURING INTENSE EXERCISE (ORGANIC AND FAST ACTING OVER HEAVILY PROCESSED SYRUPS), NO PRESERVATIVES THAT SLOW DOWN ABSORPTION, NO SECRET BLENDS OR UNPROVEN ADAPTOGENS; JUST WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS WHEN YOU ARE GOING FOR IT.
CONSOLIDATED NUTRITION. NO DISTRACTIONS. PURE RACING FUEL.
I DEVELOPED THE GEL CALCULATOR TO MAKE TRAINING AND RACE DAY MORE PERSONAL, BECAUSE IT IS, NOT EVERYONE WILL BE IN A PERFECT CLIMATE, ELITE SHAPE, HAVE THE SAME SWEAT RATE, AND TRAIN IN THE SAME AREA.
DON’T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. I MADE SURE OTHERS DID MOST OF THE TALKING. THE GEL CALCULATOR IS BACKED BY OVER 40 SOURCES FOR EXERCISE INTENSITY, FITNESS LEVEL, SWEAT LOSS, HEAT INDEX, AND OTHER DATA FACTORS SUCH AS A HILLY TERRAIN THAT CORRELATES CALORIC AND ELECTROLYTE LOSS. WITH SUCH DATA, I DESIGNED THE GENERATOR TO ACCOUNT WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SWEAT. WITH THIS DATA: CUE MY ENGINEERING FIXER MIND, OBSESSIVE EXCEL DETAILS, AND COLD BREW COFFEE, YOU WILL HAVE A RECIPE THAT WILL WORK AS HARD AS YOU DO.
I PUT MY SWEAT INTO THE GENERATOR NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT WHEN ITS TIME FOR YOU TO COURAGEOUSLY TEST YOURSELF, TRUST YOUR TRAINING, HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE A RISK, AND BET ON YOU.
ITS TIME TIME TO UNLEASH YOUR DYNAMO.
FRANK