Home brew energy "gel" passed the Century test yesterday.

This recipe is pretty much the same as what you will find over the interwebz with some Google Fu.

4 oz of honey (sugar)

2 tsp of blackstrap molasses (potassium)

A pinch of Nu Salt (potassium)

A few drops of vanilla extract (flavor)

2 oz of water

Mix all, pour in your flasks. I use three 2 oz Humangear TSA approved GoToobs. They're kinda expensive but you can get almost all the gel out and the small 2 oz size means you can stuff them in your jerseys, shorts, running belts etc easier.

Good thing about this is it is shelf stable (honey and molasses don't spoil at room temps at least here in the US) so I can start making it in bigger quantities.

I used this mix for a Century yesterday and I felt it was good for a quick boost if taken during regular intervals along with water and a little bit of food.

I'll experiment adding caffeine and probably some protein too in the form of wheat germ.