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2011 Top Ten

And....I bring you your top ten favorite posts of 2011 from this here little bloggy.....with my comments of course....

10.  Cyclists! Home Made Gel Recipe 

Not surprised this is in the top ten!  Fuel is expensive, this was a sweet find.

9.  Savage Sprints at Hot Italian 10/23/11 

Yay!  Continued support for Sac Valley Velodrome Association.

8.  Crit Chat 

Kind of surprised to see this one in here!  Glad my little crit lesson was so well loved!

7.  Recipe Find - The Pioneer Woman's Chicken Tortilla Soup 

This just proves a picture is worth a thousand words (or hits).  I used The Pioneer Woman's picture (because I ate my final result before I photographed it, yeah) and I think it drew a lot of interest.

6.  Strawberry Crown Criterium, Watsonville 

This was a fun race and fun day, even for the lack of strawberries.  I'm glad it made the top ten.

5.  Penne, Portabella and Prosciutto 

One of my very first posts!  And my recipe!  Yipee!

4.  Safeway Fast & Furious 8/7/11 

Another fun race day & an overall great event.  I hope they do it again next year.  Though, I'm not sure if it was the event or those yellow shoes that got all the hits!  :)

3.  Tour De Nez 

If I recall, this was my first real race post.  Even though I got severely dehydrated from walking around all day taking photos and forgetting to drink anything, it was worth it.  Can I say it again?  Another fun race day!

2.  A Lovely Day in the City & Giro di SF 

OK....another awesome race day!  This one makes me smile because I remember we weren't planning to go, then we woke up in the morning and went for it.

Ladies & Gentlemen,
THE #1 POST OF 2011!


I'm so proud of my Mom.  It makes me happy that this post is the #1 of the year!

Many thank you's for continuing to read this blog.  It means a lot to me that so many people are enjoying it.  And a big shout out to the cycling community for the amazing support!  Clearly those cycling posts are popular!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Cyclists!! Home-made gel recipe!!

So, the other night at Savage Sprints as I was standing there taking 500 blurry photos of pizza, a very nice gentlemen asked me "what are the pictures for?".  I'm sure he was probably thinking "why the heck are you taking 500 pictures of the same piece of pizza lady?", and rightly so.

But, nevertheless, this started a conversation about this here little blog and he told me he had a home-made gel recipe that he was willing to share.  Awesome!  I have not made this yet but I can't wait to try it.

Let's get our fuel on...

The suspects:


75ml Brown Rice Syrup
40ml Agave Nectar
15ml Blackstrap Molasses
4 pinches Sea Salt
Zest of 1 Orange

How to:
Mix well in a blender.
Makes 1 gel flask, 500cal.


Thank you Steve McC!!

Steve said he purchased all of the ingredients at our local co-op
but I'm sure you can get this stuff at any specialty or natural foods grocery store.

Recognize the Blackstrap Molasses?  It's in my BBQ Sauce too.

Like I said, I can't wait to try this.  
Considering how much any athlete pays for fuel on a regular basis, this is a great alternative.
I believe Steve said he figured out a filler for a gel flask is usually about $1.50, 
but the home-made method puts it out to be about 10 cents per flask.
And, he says it tastes good too!
Not bad!

Now go get your home-made gel-fuel on!

P.S. This is also under the recipe reviews tab up above so it's easier to get to in the future.





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