A good deal means lots of gels to taste :-)

 

I am a creature of habit. I am also a sale FIEND. These two characteristics of mine recently met with crazy results during a recent trip to REI. You see, I love Gu. Especially chocolate Gu. But I had a Tri Berry one during the River Run, and I really liked that. It was a little more refreshing than the chocolate one, which is always delicious, but sometimes you're no in the mood for eating chocolate syrup. So I have been wanting to get some Gus, for Tris and to try out in training. So I went to REI, which prices their Gus fairly, and gives you a discount when you buy at least 12. 

So I made a trip to REI to buy Gus, bike shorts, a jersey and a running tank. I'm all loaded up, but I always check the Bar and Gel of the Month rack. And wouldn't you know it, this month was Larabars and Accel Gels!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Larabars. So I bought two of each flavor on the sale shelf. Now, when I was swimming I used Accelerade or Endurox for a recovery drink during long swim meets, and I've used it once or twice on a bike during Tris. But I've never tried the Accel gel. And it was on sale for 79 cents!! Like half price!! So I picked some up. Chocolate, Strawberry Kiwi and Vanilla. 

I am very excited about my new Gels (I'm excited about my Larabars too, but I already know I love them). I can't wait to try them out! Not to fear, I will have a full run down of my thoughts on them forthcoming.

Memorial Day Weekend, Part II

Memorial day weekend, part two was much less exciting than the first. Well, I thought it was just as exciting, but you might not. Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, I ran my first race of the race season! Wooooo! I did the Seahorse Triathlon in Climax MI. As usual, D3 did a great job putting it on. Except they shorted the bike course, which is fine with me, my bike is a struggle these days. I had a great time, though I didn't do as well as I would have liked (due to Friday night's exploits quite possibly? There's a reason for a dry season as it turns out). However, I was the fastest swimmer except for one - Matt, I'm coming for you!

It was my first race as part of a Tri team, so that was really cool. It helps that my team does it up in style, with a tent, big van, trailer, and a whole bunch of intimidating bikes hanging around...None of those bikes being Crash. Crash isn't one of those tri bikes you see at races worth more than small four door car, but he gets me through races. Love you Crash! P.S. Crash is my bike, in case you missed the memo.

Anywho, no real good pics from the race. Mostly because I fail at taking pictures when I'm racing, and because it was a zillion degrees so I destroyed all evidence of what I looked like.