TT joins the 10 mile club.
Jan2020127:34 p.m.
Another Friday long run due to busy weekend.
It was supposed to be an hour and a half and I figured if I did that I could reach 10 miles.
I had loads of pasta last night and lots of squash. Porridge, banana and honey and a Lucozade sports drink for breakfast, warmed up and stretched properly and set out at just gone half ten.
I took a gel out with me and some carbohydrate jelly beans.
I'll cut a (10 mile) long story short, as I'm visiting friends.
10 miles in just under 1 hour 37. There were a handful of short walks and a brief stop at a shop to buy some water to wash the sickly gooey gel down at around halfway. I don't know if it helped so I'll just assume it did and make that variety my gel of choice for VLM12.
Trying to chew a bean just got in the way of trying to breath.
So ten miles done, still 3 short of a half marathon! Another good week.
I'm not sure if I have to run longer/further next weekend or have a cut-back week. I'll leave it as a surprise for a while.
A 15 minute cold bath was good recovery for the legs.
The 120 mile drive to Norwich which followed was not ideal though.
Have a great weekend all.
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Comments (7)
reenee_62 'Wow! first ten miler, well done. Tough huh? yep gooey gooey gels. Whats the brand your using? well done by the way' added 20th Jan 2012
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niccishrimpton 'Fab....im going for a ten miler tomorrow morning:-) well done ..wish me luck!' added 20th Jan 2012
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toddingtontrotter 'Cheers! I think it was a Lucozade Orange one. Good luck indeed Nicci.' added 20th Jan 2012
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marcphillips 'I'm pleased to see the introduction of a cold bath for recovery.. make sure there's some ice in there just to get the temperature cold enough. (I'm not evil, I have done it before.. honest!)' added 20th Jan 2012
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reenee_62 'Yep, i emptied a whole tray of ice into my bath. hurts, but it worth it after' added 20th Jan 2012
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crooxi 'Well done on the 10 miles. (AND the cold bath!) You may want to try out various different gels - some are more palatable than others.' added 20th Jan 2012
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reenee_62 'I use those orange lucozade ones, i manage but i find power bar strawberry and banana much more managable and tasty lol' added 21st Jan 2012
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