How Are You Fuelling Like A DirtBag? The Sustainable Fuelling Guide

Martin

This thread is an extension of the Sustainable Fuel Guide and the place to share exactly how you're using DirtBags to fuel your adventures.

DirtBags are part of Project #1 - Fuelling Shouldn't Cost The Earth

It covers the first two pillars of For The Trail:

How to make trail running more affordable
How to ask less of the environment

Whether you're buying in bulk, making your own fuel at home, or carrying whole foods on the trail, I want to hear what's working, what isn't, what you've discovered and what's surprised you.

The Sustainable Fuel Guide started with my own testing and research but the best knowledge in here will always come from people actually doing it. Every suggestion shared in this thread has the potential to be added to the guide as it grows.

Check out the sustainable fuel guide: www.forthetrail.com/fuel-guide

A few things worth sharing if you have them:

What you're putting in your DirtBags and why
Your cost per serving compared to what you were spending before
How you're setting up your DirtBags for different distances
Any tips, tricks or discoveries worth knowing
Are you buying in bulk or making your own fuels at home?
Recipes that work brilliantly or ones that definitely don't

This is about finding what works for you, spending less doing it and asking less of the planet at the same time.

I'll start below with how I'm currently fuelling. Over to you. 👇

Martin

Here you can see what I regularly use in my trail running and adventures, depending on the distance or what I want for that day.

This will cover me for 4-5 hours and from left to right;

Home made energy gel with maltodextrin
Turkish delight energy chews which are identical to some premium brand energy chews
Maple syrup, one of my favourites, have used it for years and years and is usually about half of my nutritional plan when carrying my own fuelling for races
Chewy sweets from Lidl, these are Leo the Lions
Home made energy powder which is the same powder I use to make my home made energy gels and chews
More turkish delight
Active root energy gel mix which comes in a bulk bought bag, you simply add water to it to create the consistency you want, i really like their ginger fuel products and bought this ages ago and still use it occassionally.

Everything is a minimum of 30g of carbs and upwards of 50g of carbs, in the form of the energy powder. This means it's great for a 60-80g of carbs per hour, depending on how I take them.

Just two an hour for 4+ hours and it all cost less than £3 and most of these, minus the chewy sweets, are identical to name brand energy gels, chews and powders that cost 6-9x more expensive!