off the reservation
i brought along gear and headed out at noon with a co-worker of mine for 5 miles. while we ran along the lake an ice filled cup from a fast food establishment was lobbed out the window of a moving car in our general direction. it fell harmlessly a step behind us and i let out an expletive in the general direction of the car that was driving away. regardless, it was a pleasant day to run outside. temps were around 60 with a sunny sky and no humidity or bugs. we finished around 40 minutes and called it a day.
on the way home from work last night i bought a case of Accel-Gel for the 50K. i prefer "Just Plain – GU" but the cycling store only had the Accel-Gel in stock. i ended up mixing/matching a case of 2/3rd’s vanilla and the 1/3rd lime, raspberry, and strawberry.
a friend of mine from fiserv is running the 50k as well, which will be fun. we’ve got a similar time goal in mind and may get to work with each other on the trail. as far as fuel goes, i’m planning on having 2 gels on me for the first 13 mile loop then picking up 4 gels for each of the 2 nine mile loops that we’ll run. (my dad will have a fit when he reads this…he doesn’t like using only gel while racing) i’ve still got to work out if/when i’ll carry a water bottle…but i have some time to decide.