Just wanted to mention: I read the thread about the ultra marathon runner who used, or was considering using, Huel as their food source.
Feeling encouraged by this, I participated in the London to Brighton cycle ride with my backpack full of Huel powder, water, and my shaker.
I consumed 3 bottles of Huel (3 level scoops made up to 700ml with water) over the course of 6 hours, and had no energy issues. Many cyclists along the way use short-acting energy sources such as sugary snacks and those god-awful isotonic sachets; I stuck with 100% Huel and had no problems, and even tackled the Beacon!
So, just a note of my experience for anyone else wanting to do the same
Great achievement, thank you for letting us know. I’m a massive believer that Huel is better than anything an ‘energy drink’ can offer. Do you have any idea how many calories you used doing the cycle? 9 scoops of Huel is about 1400kcal.
Congratulations and thanks for taking Huel along with you.
Thanks guys. I do eat Huel fairly regularly on weekdays (3-4 meals) but eat whatever on the weekend.
The ride was on Sunday, so I ate random stuff on Saturday (Thai!) but just the 3 Huel meals on the day. Allegedly I burned about 6000 calories during the event, but no idea how to verify this
It will probably be more like 3500 calories. If it was a good steady pace it will be around 700 cals per hour extra assuming it was 60 miles which is around 4 hours.
