I mixed 50 grams of honey with a bit of lime juice (would have used lemon and lime but I was out of lemon juice) and about a gram of 50% sodium chloride 50% potassium chloride (reduced sodium salt substitute) with one bottle worth of ice water and it wasn’t totally gross. Plus, I could swear it make…

From Empirical Cycling : [image] Ten Minute Tips #2: Homemade Hydration Mix Copyright © 2019 Homemade Hydration Recipe 500mL water (16 oz or a bit over 2 cups), fill a bottle up to the middle of the bottle holder indentation (400mL for cold days, 550-700mL …

Which of these bulk ingredients can you buy in a grocery / drug store?

I’m one of those super cheapskates who adds just salt in that really expensive tap water :wink:

Water and one or more out of bananas, dates, trail mix or Haribo. I save the sports drink for races where I want the convenience of swigging my calories from a bottle and not having to faff around getting stuff out of my jersey pockets.

I do that too! :slight_smile: Sometimes I add also a little bit of honey

[image] BT-7274: and it wasn’t totally gross :sweat_smile: Not how I thought that sentence was going to end!

I use the mix I posted in this thread . Seems to be working out ok for me, both as a carb mix and as the base for a recovery mix.

[image] cartsman: I save the sports drink for races where I want the convenience of swigging my calories from a bottle and not having to faff around getting stuff out of my jersey pockets. I normally have the carb mix in addition to real food, but definitely find the mix handier in winter wit…

In a 500ml bottle 60g maple syrup 1tbls lemon juice 1tbls lime juice 1/4 tsp salt (I’m a salty sweater, so I double this and it does taste to bad)

Dirt-cheap homemade sports drink for indoor training

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TiWi August 2, 2020, 4:48pm 11

Hello, thank you for the recipe, I just wanted to ask you what juicer do you use? I squeezed lemons with my hands, but got too tired from it

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