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July 23, 2006
I tried Gels!
After a hot week we woke up to thunderstorms this morning and I could already see myself going for a swim run in the rain. I was looking forward to getting soaked, believe it or not. Of course it had to wait until this afternoon at 5pm before I would go... which meant that at 4pm the sun came out and heated up the area enough for me to be able to run in a sleeveless top today.
Since we're not lucky enough to have water fountains nearby, Andy jumped on my bike, armed with bottles of water and a bag of gels that I was dying to try out. It all started out great... and stayed that way. I tried a gel, an energy bar and a high carb drink along the route, supplemented with a LOT of water. I still can't get over the fact that I had nearly 2 litres of water and 500ml of sports drink during my two hour run today... And it worked! Its the first time in a few years that I tried running with some proper gels (was about time!), but I need to find me a flavour that I like now :)
Right now I'm lying on the couch. For some reason my feet are throbbing.
On the upside - I have a parrot predictor that doesn't say 'Sub 42km week'!
I'm going to have cashews and water now. Have a great evening!
Posted by karinm at July 23, 2006 7:30 PM