Accelerade
Both Discovery and The Ocho show ads for Accelerade at least nine times an hour. I’m not kidding. Each and every commercial break it’s “don’t fade. Accelerade!” Turns out that Accelerade is giving free cases out to bloggers to get some of the old internets buzz going. Here’s one account of a “month’s supply” of the stuff:
I did try to come up with a scenario where I’d voluntarily choose to drink Accelerade and I think I’ve come up with it. I imagine a super hot day. I’ve just ridden the Issaquah Alps 100K loop four times without taking a drink. I stagger home, open the fridge and see two bottles. One contains Accelerade and one contains goat urine. In that instance, I would slam down the Accelerade.
I’d save the goat urine to wash the taste of Accelerade out of my mouth.
This fits in with the one first-person account I’ve heard. Stephanie had it and wasn’t exactly thrilled by the taste. I guess she’s not alone.
Anyway, I think I’ll stick with water.
September 14th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
I’d rather drink Crystal Gravy. It was all wrong. The free sample bottle I got at the gym left me with an unsettlingly mouth-coating feel. It seems like they’d simply put protein powder in it.
I like protein powder in smootihes as it works with the expected texture. Bananas and yogurt are supposed to coat your mouth. Not so fruit punch. Yech. They offered me a second free bottle on the way out of the gym. I declined as did another woman. See? They can’t even give it away.