I am proud to announce that my very favorite riding fuel, CarboRocket, will be my food sponsor for the 2011 race season. I've never used a sports drink that I've liked this well. I've tried most of them and I believe this is the best. It has a smooth, subtle taste that I can drink all day long and I never have stomach or other issues with it. Recently, CarboRocket released 333 "Half-Evil" Endurance Fuel. It's designed to be your only source of fuel all day long. I've been using it on my longer training rides (and using a watered-down version on the weekdays) and it's awesome!

There is a funny story behind how I discovered CarboRocket. It was a 37 degree day last May when I was pre-riding the Intermountain Cup Lehi race (5-Mile Pass). I'd ridden 3/4 of the lap when I realized that I dropped my BRAND NEW riding coat. I knew that if I turned around, I wouldn't have time to ride the last part of the course, but I figured that finding my coat trumped finishing the course. So, I started to ride the course backwards and when I got to the top of the hike-a-bike I saw another rider. I asked him if he'd seen a white coat and lo and behold he had, right near the beginning of the course. It wasn't until after I had verbally expressed my discontent (read: used sailor language) that I introduced myself. (Yes, I realize that's the wrong order). It ended up being Brad Keyes (owner/founder of CarboRocket). I then showed him the texts my husband had sent me that afternoon, he'd said that many of the mountain bikers in Utah use CarboRocket and that I should find some for my race the following day. Brad let me know that they would have some for sale at the start line. The next day I did the biggest race no-no. I used a product on race day that I had never used before. To my surprise it turned out to be the best fuel choice I'd made in a long time. I won my race that day in Lehi and have used CarboRocket at every single race since then.

I'm thrilled to have CarboRocket on my side this year! Thanks, Brad.