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Sodium for long-course racing
Best Electrolytes for Triathlon: Sodium Built for Race-Day Math
Long-course racing can call for 800 to 1,200mg of sodium per hour. Saltivate delivers 800mg per serving, so one bottle an hour keeps your race plan simple.
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Why triathlon drains your sodium
A triathlon takes everything a single-sport race does and stretches it across hours. You sweat through the swim without noticing, lose fluid steadily on the bike, then start the run already down on sodium. Long-course days make it worse: more hours, more heat, and on-course drinks that often carry only a token amount of sodium. Plain water dilutes what is left, which is why so many athletes fade or cramp in the back half of the run. The fix is not drinking more, it is replacing the sodium your sweat takes out at a rate that matches how hard and how long you are racing.
Signs you are running low
- Cramping late on the bike or in the back half of the run
- Salt crust on your kit, helmet straps, or face after long sessions
- Fading in the final miles despite fueling on schedule
- Headaches after long bricks or hot race days
- Drinking plenty of water and still feeling flat
How triathletes plan sodium by the hour
Sodium is the electrolyte you lose most in sweat, and across a four to twelve hour race those losses are too big to ignore. Many long-course athletes plan sodium by the hour, and targets of 800 to 1,200mg per hour are common for hot races and salty sweaters. Your number depends on your sweat rate and how salty your sweat is, which is why our sweat calculator is a useful starting point. Whatever target you set, rehearse it in training: run your bottle plan on long bricks so race-day fueling is a routine, not an experiment.
Why Saltivate fits a race plan
Saltivate makes hourly sodium math simple. One serving delivers 800mg of sodium, plus 240mg potassium and 60mg magnesium, and mixes into 16 to 32 oz of water, the size of a standard bike bottle. That puts a common hourly target one bottle away. There is zero sugar and about 10 calories per serving, sweetened with OnoSweet for a clean watermelon taste and no bitter aftertaste, so it stacks on top of your carb fueling instead of competing with it. Tear a Watermelon stick into your bottle, canteen, or bladder, and the light, crisp flavor makes it easy to keep drinking deep into the bike and run. Each box holds 30 single-serve sticks, pocket-sized for your gear bag, special needs bags, or tri suit.
- 800mg sodium per serving keeps race math simple: one serving per bottle, per hour
- Zero sugar and no stevia, so it stacks with your carb fuel instead of adding to it
- One serving mixes into 16 to 32 oz, sized for a standard bike bottle
- Raw Unflavored stacks with any carb mix; its roughly 2g of salt lightly seasons the flavor
- Made and third-party tested in the USA
Try it. Sweat on it. Decide later.
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What customers say
Great watermelon flavor. It tastes like if you put some salt and a watermelon jolly rancher in a 20oz bottle and fully dissolved it. Not too salty not too sweet. No weird sugar alternative aftertaste. I put one scoop in 40oz of iced water. It...
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Common questions
How much sodium do triathletes need per hour?
It varies a lot with sweat rate and how salty your sweat is. Many long-course athletes plan 800 to 1,200mg per hour for hot races, while shorter or cooler events need less. Our sweat calculator is a useful starting point, and long training days are where you dial in your personal number.
Can I mix Saltivate with my carb mix?
Yes. Raw Unflavored adds 800mg of sodium to any bottle, and its roughly 2g of salt lightly seasons whatever it goes into. If you prefer to keep fueling and hydration separate, run carbs in one bottle and a flavored Saltivate in the other.
Will it sit heavy on the run?
There is zero sugar and no stevia, with zero calories in Raw Unflavored and 10 in the flavored mixes, so it adds electrolytes without adding to the gut load your carb fueling already creates.
Flavored or unflavored for racing?
Both work. Raw Unflavored is the stacking option for carb mix bottles. Orange, Mango Pineapple, and Watermelon are all zero sugar, sweetened with Reb M rather than stevia leaf, if a flavor helps you keep sipping through a long day.
Make race-day sodium one bottle an hour
Set your hourly sodium target, rehearse it on long bricks, and let one serving per bottle do the math on race day. Stick packs travel light to any venue. Buy 3, get the 4th free on full-size.
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| Serving size | 1 stick (6g) | 1 scoop (5.6g) | 1.5 mL (1 squeeze) | 1 scoop (~3g) | 1 scoop (8.3g) | 1 scoop (6g) | 1 stick (10g) | 1 stick (11g) | 1 powder stick (35g) | 1 scoop (9g) | 1 scoop | 1 scoop (3g) | 1 scoop (4.93g) | 1 stick (5.4g) | 1 scoop (5.7g) | 1 scoop | 1 stick (6g) | 1 stick (5 to 6.5g) | 1 packet (3.4g) | 1 stick (10.5g) | 1 tablet (5g) | 1 packet (8.5g) | 1 stick (9.8g) | 1 scoop (5.18g) | 1 stick (3g) | 1 scoop (5g) | 1 stick (6.6g) | 1 scoop (4.1g) | 1 packet (22g) | 1 scoop (10.4g) | 1 stick (4.8g) | 1 stick/scoop | 2 capsules | 1 stick (3.0g) | — |
| Sodium | 800mg (from salt) | 500mg (from himalayan pink salt, citrate) | 50mg | 500mg (from citrate) | 240mg (from salt) | 40mg (from pink himalayan salt) | 330mg (from citrate, salt) | 380mg (from citrate, pink sea salt) | 230mg (from salt, citrate) | 150mg (from citrate, himalayan pink salt) | 500mg (from salt) | 600mg (from citrate, bicarbonate, chloride) | 1000mg (from salt) | 250mg (from salt) | 100mg (from salt) | 510mg (from salt, citrate) | 1000mg (from salt) | 300mg (from salt) | 100mg (from himalayan pink salt) | 851mg (from citrate, salt) | 300mg (from bicarbonate) | 260mg (from salt, citrate) | 40mg (from sea salt) | 1000mg (from salt (himalayan pink)) | 260mg (from salt, citrate) | 810mg (from salt) | 968mg (from chloride (solarsea salts)) | 1000mg (from salt) | 400mg (from citrate) | 485mg (from salt, disodium phosphate) | 230mg (from pink himalayan salt) | 55mg (from salt) | 500mg (from salt) | 550mg (from pink himalayan salt) | — |
| Potassium | 240mg (from citrate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 10mg | 300mg (from citrate, bicarbonate) | 310mg (from coconut water) | 1000mg (from citrate) | 185mg (from citrate) | 1000mg (from citrate) | 70mg (from phosphate) | 375mg (from citrate) | 100mg (from chloride) | 300mg (from bicarbonate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 200mg (from chloride) | 300mg (from citrate) | 390mg (from citrate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 150mg (from citrate) | 250mg (from citrate) | 393mg (from chloride) | 150mg (from bicarbonate) | 180mg (from citrate) | 700mg (from dipotassium phosphate, coconut water) | 200mg (from chloride) | 80mg (from phosphate) | 400mg (from citrate) | 408mg (from chloride) | 200mg (from chloride) | 49mg (from citrate) | 96mg (from citrate) | 250mg (from phosphate, citrate) | 250mg (from phosphate) | 100mg (from chloride) | 140mg (from citrate) | — |
| Magnesium | 60mg (from malate) | 25mg (from bisglycinate chelate) | 0mg | 40mg (from oxide, citrate) | 0mg | 120mg (from citrate) | 39mg (from citrate) | 40mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 83mg (from citrate) | 30mg (from malate) | 150mg (from glycinate, citrate) | 60mg (from glycinate) | 15mg (from oxide) | 50mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 60mg (from malate) | 210mg (from malate, gluconate, glycinate) | 50mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 25mg (from oxide) | 0mg | 124mg (from citrate) | 60mg (from malate) | 0mg | 50mg (from glycinate, malate) | 178mg (from chloride (solarsea salts)) | 60mg (from glycinate) | 48mg (from carbonate) | 40mg (from lysinate glycinate) | 100mg (from citrate) | 100mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 20mg (from malate) | — |
| Sugar | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 7g | 0g | 32g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 2.5g | 0g | 11g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 7g | 1g | 6g | 2g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 19g | <1g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | — |
| Sweetener | Reb M (not from stevia) | Stevia (steviol glycosides) | None | Stevia | Stevia, monk fruit | Stevia | Sugar, sucralose | Stevia, monk fruit | Sugar, dextrose | Sucralose | Stevia extract | Sucralose | Stevia | Sugar, sucralose | Stevia, monk fruit | Cane sugar, dextrose, stevia | Stevia | Stevia | Stevia | Sucralose | Stevia | Dextrose, sucralose, Ace-K | Sucralose, acesulfame potassium | Monk fruit (lightly sweetened versions) | Sucralose, ace-K | Stevia | Stevia (RebD and RebM) | Stevia | Cane sugar, dextrose | Stevia (Rebaudioside A) | Sucralose, stevia | Stevia | None | Organic stevia leaf extract | — |
| Artificial ingredients | None | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose | — | Artificial flavors, dyes (Yellow 5, Red 40) | Sucralose, Artificial flavors, dyes (Red 40, Blue 1) | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | Sucralose, Ace-K, Artificial flavors, dyes (Red 40, Blue 1) | Sucralose, Acesulfame | — | Sucralose, Ace-K | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose | — | — | — | — |
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| Servings per unit | 30 sticks | 50 (jar) | 40 servings | 90 (jar) | 28 (jar) | 50 (jar) | 32 sticks | 12 sticks | 30 sticks | 40 (jar) | 100 (jar) | 100 (jar) | 45 (jar) | 30 sticks | 30 (jar) | 30 (jar) | 30 sticks | 28 sticks | 30 sticks | 30 sticks | 10 tablets | 8 packets | 6 sticks | 30 (jar) | 40 sticks | 75 (jar) | 30 sticks | 30 (jar) | 20 servings | 30 (jar) | 45 (jar) | 20 sticks | 50 (100 ct) | 60 (jar) | — |
| Price per serving | $1.33 | $0.90 | $0.98 | $0.46 | $1.37 | $0.97 | $1.12 | $2.50 | $0.90 | $0.82 | $0.22 | $0.30 | $0.78 | $1.20 | $0.83 | $1.39 | $1.50 | $1.96 | $1.47 | $1.33 | $0.75 | $1.25 | $2.33 | $1.40 | $0.75 | $0.60 | $1.20 | $1.00 | $1.20 | $1.13 | $0.67 | $1.05 | $0.50 | $0.50 | — |
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