You should be able to get enough calories with a gel or "real" drink like Endurox (not Gatorade- nothing against it, I drink it all the time, but it is low calorie). (Or, of course, chocolate milk). There are a million gels out there- you should be able to find one you like. They run about 80 calories per packet, and you need about 250-300 calories per hour. Drink water with the gel. I am not sure how electrolyte caps would work for you (they are in geletin capsules) since your stomach probably empties immediately. I know someone I can ask, though. Ok- have sent off the e-mail to "my" expert- we'll see what she says. But if the answer is no, you need an entire stomach to break down the gel caps, you could still eat eGel instead, which has a much larger dose of electrolytes than other gels.

Nanci