Well, being up for most of the night watching the election results come in has obviously done me no harm in my running.
I’m a bit of an election junkie and love seeing the drama unfold – well all of it aside from Andrew Neil interviewing pissed celebs on a boat on the Thames – and I was hooked last night as the result went to the wire.
I remember waking up the day after the election of 1997, when most of us had been wooed by new Labour and the world seeming a better place. The sun was out, people were smiling at each other randomly and their was a real feel-good factor. Not so this morning as grey skies and a cool wind greeted the mixed messages of last night’s result.
Still, none of it did me any harm at all, given I went out, put my head down and just ran and ended up smashing by personal best for the 3 mile route with an average pace of about 8mins 14secs a mile…
I came back and within ten minutes their was a knock on the door for delivery of a box from Maximuscle. The sports nutrition company, that normally do products for building size and strength have launched a couple of products that are aimed at triathletes and runners.
ViperActive is a an energy and fuel drink for workouts and they have sent me some stuff you dilute yourself but also some sachets of gel that I can use on the Leeds Half Marathon on Sunday.
The other, Recovermax is for post exercise and is said to aid refuelling, aid muscle repair and air performance… that’s a lot of aiding…
I’ll be trying both of them out over the next couple of weeks and letting you know what they are like.
Click here for a link to Garmin Connect for a route map and full details of today’s run
Miles today: 3
Target: 690
Miles to date: 906.76
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