3 Best Places to Buy Maurten Gels & Drink Mixes for Marathon Training

How many Maurten [1] gels belong in the next order depends on which long runs are coming up. A runner may need ordinary gels for most sessions, a smaller number of caffeinated ones for a planned rehearsal, and drink mix only when carrying or accessing a prepared bottle is practical. Ordering the same box count for each can leave very different amounts unused.

The right store makes those quantities easier to manage. Small formats are helpful while the plan is taking shape; manufacturer guidance and larger boxes become more useful once the products and sessions are settled.

1. The Feed

The Feed [2] is the strongest starting point for a mixed Maurten training order because its Gel 100 page offers Single Serving, Box of 6, Box of 12 and Box of 48. That gives a runner room to order around the next few sessions rather than making every trial a full-box purchase.

Smaller quantities for planned rehearsals

A runner who needs only a few ordinary gels can select that quantity and leave room for drink mix in the same order. The store’s high-carb category includes Maurten Drink Mix 320 and Drink Mix 320 Caf 100. Different formats can therefore be compared within a single nutrition shop.

The store offers free standard delivery within the contiguous US. That can make a modest rehearsal order easier to keep small, without adding spare gels to cross a shipping threshold. Its published delivery window is an estimate, so an order needed for a specific long run still needs enough time to arrive. This offer does not apply to every US address.

The format distinction matters more than the shared brand name. Standard Gel 100 contains 25g of carbohydrate and no caffeine. Drink Mix 320 provides a different amount, and its caffeinated version adds another decision. A gel and a drink packet should never be entered as interchangeable servings in the training calendar.

Check the selected pack before ordering

Several quantities share the Gel 100 product page, so the selected pack needs to agree with the intended order. The availability of one size does not establish that every other size is available, and the same care applies to drink variants.

The Feed’s advantage is control over the number of ordinary gels bought while choosing other fuel. It does not remove the need to decide which product each session calls for. Keeping those amounts separate also helps the runner avoid swapping a familiar gel without caffeine for an untried one that has it.

2. Maurten

Maurten’s direct store is useful when the runner wants to understand its product system before repeating an order. It puts the gel and drink families alongside Fuel Guides and a Fuel Planner, which can help connect a product choice to a training or race plan.

The gel numbers deserve a careful first look. Gel 100 contains 25g of carbohydrate, while Gel 160 contains 40g. Gel 100 Caf 100 has the same 25g carbohydrate as standard Gel 100, plus 100mg of caffeine. These names do not describe the carbohydrate amount in grams.

The direct US catalog offers ordinary gel boxes of 12, along with a six-serving Gel 100 Mix Box. Its 48-serving Gel 100 and Gel 100 Caf 100 boxes are members-only products. That makes the direct shop more useful after a runner knows which format will be used regularly. A box with an attractive unit price can still be too much of a product that has only one planned place in the next month.

Drink Mix 160 supplies 40g of carbohydrate in 500mL water, and Drink Mix 320 supplies 80g in the same water volume. The US shop sells those in boxes of 18 and 14 respectively. Matching box counts would therefore buy different numbers of drinks as well as different amounts of carbohydrate. The direct store stays within Maurten’s own range, so any other manufacturer’s fuel requires another source.

For orders placed directly with Maurten, its Gel 100 and Drink Mix 320 pages state that boxes arrive with at least four months of shelf life. That is useful context for a longer training block. The dates on the delivered products still belong in the stock check, particularly when a later race is the reason for buying in volume.

3. Running Warehouse

Running Warehouse [3] makes sense when Maurten will join a wider running order. Its Gel 100 listing has Individual and 12-Pack options, while Drink Mix 320 has Individual and 14-Pack selections. A runner can buy a small number of both formats or repeat known ones in boxes.

The November 6, 2026 listings showed Gel 100 at $4 individually and $45 for 12. Drink Mix 320 was $4.20 individually and $51 for the 14-pack. Those figures can help compare the actual quantities in a training order, but they do not include any delivery charge or tax. A lower unit price does not reduce the immediate cost when the larger pack buys more than the runner plans to use.

The store also carries shoes, equipment and other nutrition brands, so a known Maurten restock can accompany another running need. Its advertised free two-day shipping starts above $50 and carries restrictions. The Maurten pages limit sales to the US, and the selected pack needs its own availability check. A runner ordering for a particular weekend should use the delivery estimate for that order rather than assume the general shipping offer applies.

Match Maurten quantities to the training calendar

The useful planning unit is the session. A long run that will use gels needs a gel count; a workout with access to a bottle needs a separate drink-mix entry. The amounts already on hand can be subtracted before anything is added to a cart.

A clearly hypothetical order shows why this matters. If the next planned rehearsals call for six ordinary Gel 100 packets, two Gel 100 Caf 100 packets and three Drink Mix 320 sachets, those should appear as three separate quantities. The example is an ordering exercise, not a fueling prescription. The runner’s own plan determines whether any of those amounts are appropriate.

That small order also creates a useful stopping point. A full box of each would leave different amounts after the same sessions, with more caffeinated gels left over than the example requires. The decision to buy larger packs should account for those leftovers and the later sessions that could use them.

Drink mix adds a practical condition to the calendar. The required water and a way to carry or access it have to be available when the planned drink will be used. A sachet in the order cannot stand in for a prepared bottle on the route.

After each rehearsal, the runner can update the quantity still needed and keep any product changes explicit. Changing from Gel 100 to Gel 160 changes the carbohydrate amount per packet. Changing to a caffeinated version changes the caffeine plan [4]. A missed long run may also reduce the next purchase, while a revised workout can call for a different format. The next order should reflect the calendar as it now stands.

Keeping the order confirmation beside those notes helps with the following restock. The full product name, pack size and quantity can be checked together, rather than copied from an old cart that may have been built for a different stage of training. Unused packets remain part of that count.

Build the order around the next long runs

The most useful restock date is the one that leaves time to use the wanted product before race week [5]. A runner can work backward from the upcoming long runs, allow for the store’s actual delivery estimate, and decide which quantities must arrive first. If one format remains unfamiliar, buying more of the familiar fuel can wait until that question is settled. Expiration dates on the delivered packets should also be checked against the later sessions they are meant for. This gives a larger box a clear use when it is finally ordered, while keeping a change of schedule from turning into a second unnecessary stockpile.