4-6 Day! 9 miles...took it "slow"

Wow...that took a little longer than I thought it would, but that's ok. I felt great when I finished and now, 4 hours later, I am good to go. Thanks in part to the fine people that discovered espresso!! And I made it at home, didn't buy it at Starbucks.....

So how slow was I? An hour and 38 minutes and two seconds. 1:38.02. That's a 10:49/mile pace. I stopped to walk a couple of times to drink my proprietary blend of Gatorade and water...ok...not an ancient Chinese secret...it's 1 part water to 1 part Gatorade. Pretty good stuff.

If anyone reading this has any tips on some good flavors for those "power gels" I would greatly appreciate it. If your mind went to a dark place, keep your comments to yourself, I already beat you to it.

Seriously, a friend gave me a tip to mix the pouch of Gu power gel (plain flavor) with water. What I have been doing is taking one of those on my long days. Well, I mixed it with water and it tasted like hell. So I added apple juice. All better!

Back to it, power gels that taste ok. Here's what I have tried:

• Chocalate fudge (too thick)
• Lemon Lime (just gross)
• Double Latte (see Lemon Lime)
• Banana Strawberry (passable)
• Plain (see above)

Thanks in advance for the help. Take care. My cross-training tomorrow? Mowing the lawn. HA!