This race is run.
We'll be back in 2025, but for now the partner offer has ended. Use this finish line as your new start line — to be continued.
Chicago runs on hydrogel. You run on hydrogel. Fueling your Chicago Marathon all the way to the finish in Grant Park starts now — in training. This is when you plan, experiment, and get used to your race day fuel. No surprises after the start line.
From fartlek to long runs, fuel each session properly to help your body adapt faster to the process of becoming a marathon runner. You’re in good company — the fastest marathons in history have been fueled by hydrogel.
Order your Maurten fuel using the same email address that you registered with for the marathon and a 20% discount will automatically be applied at the checkout.
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As Official Hydrogel Sports Fuel to the 46th Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Maurten will be there with you, on-course. Hydrogel Fuel Depots — with Gel 100 — will be at Aid Station 10 (13 miles), Aid Station 14 (18.1 miles), and Aid Station 18 (23 miles).
Simplify your hydrogel intake with the Maurten Gelflask 150 ml. Hold 3x Gel 160 or 5x Gel 100 in one race-ready portable.
Read moreThe following Fuel Guides outline fueling strategies for common running training sessions and race plans. A fuel guide is highly personal. Use this information as reference only to fuel your training and racing better.
Sports fuel is supported by science and works alongside real food — not as a replacement. Some Fuel Guides — longer or more intense — rely heavily on the specific composition of sports nutrition. Others less so.
Preloading
The day before
Nothing
Pre-race
1-4 hours before
1 x Drink Mix 160 or
1 x Solid 160
Maurten recommends:
Warm-up: Gel 100 Caf 100 or Gel 160 or Gel 100
Why should I use sports nutrition with Caffeine?
What’s the difference between Maurten Gel 100 and Gel 160?
During warm-up
15-45 min before
1 x Gel 100 Caf 100 or
1 x Gel 160 or
1 x Gel 100
During the race
Nothing
Preloading
The day before
Nothing
Pre-race
1-4 hours before
1 x Drink Mix 160 or
1 x Solid C 160
Maurten recommends:
Warm-up: Gel 100 Caf 100 or Gel 100 or Gel 160
Why should I use sports nutrition with Caffeine?
What’s the difference between Maurten Gel 100 and Gel 160?
During warm-up
15-45 min before
1 x Gel 100 Caf 100 or
1 x Gel 100 or
1 x Gel 160
Maurten recommends:
Race: Either Gel 100 at 6k and 12k or 1 x Gel 160
What’s the difference between Maurten Gel 100 and Gel 160?
During the race
2 x Gel 100 or
1 x Gel 160
Preloading
The day before
1 x Drink Mix 320 and
1 x Solid 160
Pre-race
1–4 hours before
1 x Drink Mix 160 and
1 x Solid 160
Maurten recommends:
Warm-up: Gel 100 Caf 100 or Gel 160 or Gel 100
Why should I use sports nutrition with Caffeine?
What’s the difference between Maurten Gel 100 and Gel 160?
During warm-up
15 min before
1 x Gel 100 Caf 100 or
1 x Gel 160 or
1 x Gel 100
Maurten recommends:
Either: 1 Gel 100 every 6k or 4 x GEL 160
Why should I use sports nutrition with caffeine?
What’s the difference between Maurten Gel 100 and Gel 160?
During the race
Six Gels, one every 6k
Different options.
6 x Gel 100 or
2 x Gel 100 Caf 100 and 4 x Gel 100 or
4 x Gel 160
Preloading
The day before
1 x Drink Mix 320 or
1 x Solid 160
Pre-race
1-4 hours before
1 x Drink Mix 160 or
1 x Solid 160
Maurten recommends:
Aim for 30-60 grams of carbohydrates per hour.
In hot, humid conditions remember to increase water intake.
Reset taste buds every 3 hours with Maurten Solid.
Use Gel 160 for 40 grams in each sachet.
How do I combine Maurten products to get the right amount of carbohydrates per hour for my sport?
How can hot weather conditions affect my nutrition plan?
During the race
Aim for 30-60 grams of carbohydrates per hour.
1 x Drink Mix 160 = 40g
2 x Gel 100 = 50g
1 x Drink Mix 160 and 1 x Gel 100 = 65g
The Maurten range of sport fuels can act like a modular system, enabling athletes to pick and choose their preferred format and still get the right amount of carbohydrates per hour.
Patented Hydrogel Technology is the innovation that fuels the fastest — delivering world records, gold medals, and world champions. So you’re in good company. It enables high concentrations of carbohydrates to be more tolerable to athletes during high intensity training and racing.
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