May: In Which I Run Lots of Miles and Decide I like Gu after all

This month concluded with 102 miles for May. Beat that last highest mileage month by a couple miles and it feels good. Maybe by this time next year, that will a normal week for me, like some of my running heroes. A girl can dream, right?

May 2012- 102 miles

May also brought the successful conclusion of Man Up Month, in which I PR'd at the Kirkland Half. Getting so close to that sub 2 hour half....definitely going to try for that at the Rock and Roll later this month. 

2:05:44 Boo Ya!

Planning for Ragnar also progressed and I got to meet the team for the first time; most of them anyway! We are getting details sorted out and I finally got around to tweaking my training plan for the Relay. 

Memorial Day was this week and I pledged miles for Wear Blue's Run for the Fallen-- 11 miles. I ran in honor of Air Force Senior Airman Ashton Goodman and all the other brave men and women who've made the ultimate sacrifice during their service to this country. 

And finally, I decided to try out some chocolate flavored Gu and it wasn't bad! I didn't spit it out and actually liked it. Yay for new fuel options! 

Chocolate=Frosting Flavored=Not Gross

 

The Time I Had a Gu and Didn't Die

The first time I ate some Gu I spit it out. And it took about an hour of drinking water before I stopped tasting it. So I've been using Sport Beans as my mid run fuel ever since. I tried the chewy things that are more like fruit snacks but a little softer and wasn't really a fan. So I've pretty much stuck with the beans, which I'm now getting super sick of.

 

Fruit Flavors=Bad

 

So I got this idea that maybe it was the flavor of gel I didn't like and perhaps the fruity ones I'd tried (twice for the record- spit it out the second time as well, sadly) were just the wrong choice. A spoonful of chocolate frosting made me think that I might like chocolate or a similar flavor so I picked some up. Ate a Chocolate Gu on my run today and not only was it not gross- I actually liked it! Excited for some new choices for fuel and that it didn't make me spit it out....

Chocolate = Frosting = Good