So I'm sure u remember when I first starting to rant and moan about my bleeping poorly Garmin a couple of weeks ago which was irritating both myself and other runners during my first park run!? Well since then I got in touch with the nice and extremely helpful people at Garmin who went through some trouble shooting with me but unfortunately nothing seemed to be working so I had to pack him up and send him off to be fixed :( I've coped ok, running with a buddy helps and iPhone apps are always easy to fall back on although having no way to carry my phone was a bit
pants-tucking it under my sweatband was uncomfortable, precarious and very inconvenient if I was to have any idea of my current pace or distance. The sensitive touch screen meant that every time I tried to pull back the sweatband to see how far I’d run, I ended up at the home screen or opening up another random app! Anyway after a week and a
bit UPS pulled up and yippee my Garmin - just in time for a trip to my parents down in Cambridge and a scheduled 18-20 miler phew! Only it wasn't my Garmin... They'd only gone and sent a brand spanking new one-Score!!! :) How's that for customer service! With a full year warranty to boot. So now I will no longer feel lost in transition while running (slightly worrying how reliant you can become on the old GPS)!
So three days later I’m back home having secured a new 5k PB of 20:52 at Milton country park in Cambridge (second female to a 12 year old who’s mother was very unimpressed that her other daughter wasn’t second!!) ahhhh well!
Then just yesterday I did an epic 18 miles accompanied by my wonderful mum (on her bike) who helped me along the way providing jelly babies, water and encouragement. Scenic views along the way and a torrential rain down pour made it more bearable, although for mum just cold and wet :o( !! Towards the end of the 18 miles, my legs started to cease up so mum and I decided it would be a good idea to take Eddy Izzards ‘Marathon man’ advice of an ice-bath (in my case just a bloody cold bath as not enough ice cubes to fill a bath), I lasted all of 5 minutes before caving in to a hot shower!! And the banana and strawberry smoothie a-la-mum for recovery was awesome J
But today I am ache-free so maybe there is something in the ice bath theory and protein recovery shake?
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