Hey Ya'll! Sorry I've been absent lately..my time has been taken up by my newer (updated) blog
Teach.Run.Love. Anyways onto the training recap...
2 weeks ago was a flop..kinda just did Zumba and Kinect fitness games.
Last week was more productive I feel:
Monday: Arms and shoulders work out with a Self magazine pull out.
Tuesday: Zumba
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 5x400 Interval run that ended up being 3 miles total with a warm up and cool down
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 6 miles with friend Heather.
Sunday: rest
I need to do more on those rest days...maybe light walking, a kinect work out or something!
Onto the review: Gu gels and Power Bar energy gel blasts
First off, Gu gels. Heather and I tried out several before the Women's half this past September. We tried them on our last long run of 11 miles. We each had a different flavor and shared them. She had the chocolate outrage and I had vanilla bean.
The chocolate was much better than the Vanilla, in my opinion. The Chocolate Outrage tasted like chocolate syrup. The vanilla had a weird consistency. When taking these, I had to have a swig of water immediately. The Women's Half were providing gu at the 8 mile marker. On their site, they listed the Gu flavors they were going to be passing out and I was excited that the Chocolate Outrage was going to be handed out. Unfortunately, they were wrong and I took the vanilla anyways. I didn't even finish it because my hand held water bottle was empty and there wasn't a water stop close by. I will be trying some different flavors this time around but will probably be taking my own Gu gel in my iftiness belt for future half marathons that I do to make sure I have a flavor I like.
I've also tried Power bar Energy Gel Chews.
I've tried the Strawberry Banana and the Raspberry. I like the Raspberry better, but they are both good! They give you a little boost and between Heather and I, we took the whole pack, which is about 12 or so chews. They remind me of gushers fruit chews for grown ups!
have you used the Power Bar Gel Blasts during your workouts? How does it work out? I've only used them before really..I feel it might be too much for me during a run.
ReplyDeleteI haven't used the Gel Blasts during regular workouts. I only use them on long runs of 6 plus miles and I only take 2 during the middle of them. They don't affect me too much but give me a boost. I did love the energy the Gu gel gave me during the half even though it tasted terrible :(
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