‘Bring It

Just a quick post tonight cause tomorrow morning is the big race: Bike Sebring!  We’ve been riding a lot in the weeks leading up to this, did more than a few centuries and several 60-80 mile rides.  Dad’ll be doing the 24hr drafting event alongside many of the Bacchetta greats, and I’ll be doing the 12 hr drafting event, spinning the pedals as I watch the clouds go by.

Ok, maybe not that laid back, but as this is my first racing event and I hope to do over 140 miles, I’ll be taking it a little easy to make sure I can last the full 12 hours.  (I can imagine the 24hr riders chuckling at me, but you gotta start somewhere, right?) =)

Probably my biggest achievement in the past month has been the evolution of my biking food: the power brownies!  The recipe, which began as this, ended up as this:

Ingredients:

1/2 c butter

3/4 c sugar

3/4 c agave syrup

1/2 c milk

4 tbsp cocoa powder

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1/4 tsp almond extract

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 c peanut butter

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1/2 c pecan meal

1/2 c flax seed meal

1/2 c rice flour

2 tbsp cinnamon

2 scoops protein powder (optional

dash ascorbic acid (optional)

dash citric acid (optional)

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1 egg

Directions:

- Melt butter, sugar, agave, milk and cocoa powder in pot until boiling. Boil one min. Remove from heat.

- Combine butter mixture with peanut butter and almond & vanilla extracts. Stir until blended.

- Add in pecan meal, flax seed meal, rice flour, cinnamon, protein powder, ascorbic and citric acids.  Stir until blended.

- Add egg and stir until blended.

- Drop about a tbsp of batter in each cup of bite-sized brownie pan. Bake at 325 for 10-15 min, or until centers are visibly set.

I was able to ride over 80 miles on those alone without any problems.  Hopefully they’ll come in handy tomorrow. Wish us luck!