nuun Active Hydration is absolutely amazing for keeping an athlete's muscles hydrated and firing efficiently. We've found no better product for preventing cramps (and we've tried pretty much every way known to man) and keeping us going as human machines.

Face Level sponsored the world-class adventure racing team Dart-nuun for the Riverboarding section at Primal Quest® in 2006 (and will again for PQ08, should they decide to race), and we were impressed not only with the company, but with the people involved in the company. Most importantly, though, nuun is a fantastic electrolyte replacement product that works, without the sugary side-effects.

So we're excited about their support for Team FLI for 2008, and are putting nuun to the test from the snowy mountains to the steamy jungles!

From the nuun website:

what is nuun?

in real words? imagine being out on a long run or ride, or being in the gym. rather than settle for water or buy a sugary drink from a convenience store, you just fill up your water bottle and drop in a couple of nuun tabs. by the time you’ve tied your laces or put on your pack, you’ve got a complex electrolyte drink that recharges your salts, but is refreshing and more efficiently absorbed than water alone or most sports drinks on the market.

said simply

nuun was designed, formulated and tested to keep you optimally hydrated, wherever you are.

nuun is:

portable

nuun comes in a tough tube that is water resistant and perfect for carrying in your hand, bike jersey, pack…wherever. 1 tube = 6 litres (~1.5 gallons) – enough for a good ride or a week at the gym. and if you travel, forget trying to find your normal drink or suffering the indignity of bags of powder bursting in your luggage, a couple of tubes in your bags will get there in one piece and get you through the week of training in colorado or the pyrenees.

balanced

we spent years researching the levels of electrolytes needed for the product to be absorbed the quickest and to provide optimal salt balance to prevent cramping and maximise hydration. an editor of a major triathlon publication used nuun and had “no cramping issues for the first time ever in an ironman”.

refreshing

designed for the active palate, nuun’s got a light flavour that’s not overwhelming when you’re on the go. if you’ve ever watered down sports drinks because they’re too strong, then you’ve made them less easy to absorb; this ultimately defeats the purpose of using them. some call the nuun taste ‘tart’ and that’s probably the best description we’ve found yet, other than ‘just right’!

simple

a bottle of water, 1 nuun per 500ml (~16oz) … doesn’t matter where you are, how windy it is, how much space you’ve got – drop in nuun and you’re good to go.

Check out the nuun website for in-depth information on what nuun is, how it works, and the importance of staying hydrated while doing extreme sports.

nuun Active Hydration company website: www.nuun.com