Saturday – Day Before Race
Did an easy 4 miles.
Then Alex and I watched Youth Revolt
Pretty good movie, but I wouldn’t watch it again. Just one of those one time views was pretty good but not worth buying.
Sunday – 4th of July – Race Day
Big River Running Company has a mile downhill race called the Macklind Mile.
Race Outfit:
Gatorade sent me the G-Series earlier in June and I wanted to save it for Race Day.
So before my warmup I had the Prime Pre-Game Fuel.
Alex and I agreed it kind of tasted like Liquid Orange Jello. Wasn’t awful but drinking from the pouch was kind of odd.
Warmup:
Race:
Wished I would’ve turned my laps onto 1/4’s and not miles. Then I could’ve got my 1/4 splits.
Here’s my timing chart from my Garmin.
After the race I recovered with the Perform since I still had more to run.
Of course it was good because it’s the regular gatorade 🙂
Cooldown/Training Run After:
When I got back I had the Recover Drink
Absolutely awful. I took two sips and the only way I can describe it is “taste’s like cough syrup” Alex also couldn’t even drink it and he even diluted it with some water to take out the strength of it. Still not good.
So overall impression: Wasn’t impressed and won’t be purchasing the series.
However, that was just mine and Alex’s opinion and everyone has different taste buds, so I’m giving YOU a chance for some Gatorade products that were also sent with the series!!
You can win:
One Gatorade TShirt – Size Large
One Gatorade USB stick – 512mb
Front and Back
How To Enter:
Mandatory Entry – Tell me what is your favorite recovery food/drink. Whether it’s after a workout or just a long day.
Add a comment for each additional entry.
Extra Entries – Become a Follower +1
Link Back to Giveaway (twitter, facebook, on your blog etc) +2
What’s your favorite gatorade flavor? + 1
There you go, 5 chances to enter!
Contest ends Sunday the 11th and winner will be chosen on Monday!
Good luck!!
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I wish the shirt was a smaller size! Large is huge…anyway…favorite post-workout drink = coconut water! 🙂 Food is oatmeal or pancakes!!
Hope you had a good 4th!
my fav post workout is whey protein and a banana blended shake. it's good for the muscles and tastes sooo good, like a chocolate banana smoothie!
my fav gatorade flavor has always been the red one. i dont even know what it is, i just loe it!
I kinda like cereal with a banana after a run. Its no clif bar, but it definitely has carbs, and milk counts as protein so it seems worthwhile to me.
Wow, nice race! You're almost sub-6:00, that's crazy good 😉
My favorite Gatorade is grape!
i follow you 🙂
i tweeted 🙂
and my favorite gatorade flavor is…fruit punch!
and GREAT RACE! you are awesome 🙂
what a great race! you are so fit…….right now i am loving heed electrolyte drink mix….thanks for the giveaway!
I wondered how that Gatorade was. I like a shake post work out.
My fav recovery drink is a yummy Green Monster Smoothie!! Yum yum!!!
I also follow your post!! regularly ! haha
Finally, my fav gatorade flavor is one that is really hard for me to find!! ugh!! It's called Cascade Crash!! Its super good and a pretty dark blue !
So before I enter your giveaway let me just tell you it is my first time on your site and I LOVE IT! My blog is mostly about fashion but I also have exercise mixed in because I couldn't live without it and I am currently training for a half marathon!
My favorite recovery drink is… GATORADE!
xo Lynzy
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My favorite Gatorade flavor IS Fruit Punch..YUM!
Lol I don't want to enter. I hate gatorade!
Great race by the way 😉
I love the Fruit Punch flavor, absolute favorite for sure!
My favorite way to recover is with chocolate milk or soymilk!
Yay for running the race. Oh and even though you didn't like the recovery drink, I bet it was still good for your body!
i just read your post over at kitchen of a runner. i also have compartment syndrome! i dont know anyone else who has it, but long story short since i was not a competitive runner i did not have the surgery. I was told i would have big scars up and down my legs etc and if i wasnt competitive it wasnt worth it.. it was hard to give it up, but i managed. i was just curious about it and stuff. thanks for sharing your experience 🙂
I like green smoothies as recovery! With protein powder
My favourite gatorade flavour (wow two Canadian spelt words in one sentence!) is strawberry kiwi.