UCAN Alternative You Can Make For Pennies

I love recreating running recipes at home for much less.  And today, I’m going to show you how to make a cheap Generation UCAN alternative for much less!

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Lemon Cream Pie Endurance Gel

I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but I love a good pie.  For Thanksgiving, I usually make three or four of them.  My dad loves cherry

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Simple Cereal Bars

To improve at a sport that requires little more than a decent pair of shoes, runners tend to find a way to complicate things.  From $600 multi-data-point watches,

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Copycat GU Gels

Well, that didn’t take long.  I really didn’t want to make a gel out of maltodextrin.  Without really knowing much about it, maltodextrin just seems like a weird

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Margarita Endurance Gel with Caffeine

Now that I’m back into marathon training, it’s time to start looking at fueling again.  I love making my own gels because they are cheap, easy, and fun

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Chocolate Hummus

For my kids who have a year-round calendar, it’s already back to school.  So that means the struggle to make healthy, tasty, nut-free lunches is on.  One kid

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Fireball Anti-Cramp Gels

I don’t get cramps very often when I run or race, but when it happens, it can quickly turn a nice run into a miserable suffer fest.  I

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Real Food Endurance Gels

I hate gels.  When I first started running and started learning about fueling runs, the whole idea of sucking down lab-created maltodextrin and mysterious “natural flavors” didn’t sit

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