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Cliff gels; take with water
Topic Started: Aug 31 2013, 03:56 PM (174 Views)
darth vader
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Seems like these have been implicated in the death of a marathon runner in Brighton earlier this year

seems he was dehydrated and took one of these with no water
this lead to a bowel shut down and heart attack


Taking neurofen and being asthmatic didn't help either the message is to read the instructions with care
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Dave le Trek
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Darth.

This is terrible thing to hear...is there any other information surrounding this tragedy. .ie local news/manufacturer response.

Feelings to the family of a lost soul.

DLT.
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darth vader
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Yes it is very sad, first time runner raising funds for a good cause
Cliff are looking into this

seems like they were handed out as freebies ,

possibly in the excitement of the event instructions not read ? But lots of other factors involved as well

I picked it up on the local news , from what I can gather a gel will draw water out of you and into the gel if not taken with water compounding the dehydration

The Family keen to get the message out, attaching no blame but want people to be aware, Just thought it worth mentioning in this warm weather
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Worrying info indeed, sad news.

Just in case anyone doesnt know, any kind of Ibuprofen ( eg, Neurofen) is out of the question if you have asthma as it can spark off attacks.



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Baby_Gixxer
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After consuming 10 gels last week, I had unusual side effects for a couple days after :P
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Ming the Merciless
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From what I've read it does sound like an unfortunate series of events leading up to his death.

Stay hydrated (but not too much as that causes it's own problems)
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darth vader
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@Ricky other than your guts :huh: , how did you get on?
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He must have been quite dehydrated already. I see quite a few mountain bikers out without water bottles or camelbaks. In the hot weather we've had recently I've been going through over 2 litres a ride easily.
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