ELEC Stamina

Description

Sweating buckets at KM30? You’re losing more than water.

• 220 mg sodium in ONE caplet, so you take fewer pieces per hour
• Sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium + vitamins B1 & B2
• Swallow and go: no powder, no sticky bottles, fits a shorts pocket
• Straight from the brand owner. No grey imports.

Three hours into a hot long run, you know roughly how much you have sweated. What you rarely know is how much sodium you have put back. Elec Stamina makes that part simple: every caplet has 220 mg of sodium, so you can count it the way you count gels.

What’s in one caplet (1.15 g)

16 caplets per pack, small enough for a shorts pocket or race vest. Swallowed with water, so there’s no powder to mix at an aid station or petrol station.

Ingredients: salt, potassium chloride, microcrystalline cellulose, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, thiamine hydrochloride (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sucralose, magnesium stearate, pullulan.

Allergen information: made in a facility that also processes milk, eggs, fish, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and crustacean shellfish.

Who it’s for

Runners, cyclists, hikers and triathletes doing long sessions in the heat, where their own numbers say planned sodium makes sense. That usually means efforts past about 90 minutes in the heat, or from an hour for heavy or salty sweaters and people training twice a day.

Who doesn’t need it: most people doing a 10K, an easy hour, or any session under 60 minutes. Between 60 and 90 minutes, only on hot days or if you sweat heavily or salty. Water and normal meals cover you. We’d rather you bought it for the right race than for every run.

How to use it

Take 1 caplet for every 500 ml of water you drink during exercise, up to 10 caplets a day. Never take them without water. On races longer than about 10 hours, the 10 caplets cover part of your sodium; take the rest from sports drink and salty food at checkpoints. Take them at set points on a schedule, not as a rescue when you feel bad.

To work out whether you need it, and how many, measure your sweat rate first. Our guide How Much Sodium Do You Lose Running in Malaysian Heat? walks through the arithmetic.

Common questions

How do I know if I need it?

Look at three things: sessions longer than about 90 minutes in the heat, heavy sweating or white salt marks on your kit, and drinking a lot of plain water. If two or more fit you, planning your sodium is worth it. Read How Much Sodium Do You Lose Running in Malaysian Heat? to work out your own numbers.

Can I take it with a sports drink or QC Stamina?

Yes, but count the sodium in those too. A QC Stamina pouch has 221 mg, about the same as one caplet.

Does it replace water or food?

No. It has no energy. Keep drinking to thirst and keep eating carbohydrate on long efforts.

Can cyclists use it?

Yes. It is especially handy on long rides where you refill bottles with plain water from shops.

How many caplets for a marathon or ultra?

Count your water. Take 1 caplet for every 500 ml you drink, up to 10 caplets a day. A marathon where you drink 2 litres works out to about 4 caplets. Salty sweaters, the ones with white marks on their cap, can sit at the top of that range.

Do I dissolve it in water?

No. Swallow it whole with a mouthful of water. Nothing to mix, nothing sticky in your bottle.

Is it halal?

Halal certification is in progress. We will update this page as soon as it is issued.

Should I try it before race day?

Always. Use your full race-day schedule on a long training run in similar heat.

Additional information