{"id":1226,"date":"2021-12-26T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2021-12-26T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T20:56:10","slug":"a-few-different-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/26\/a-few-different-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"A few different bits&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve not posted regular running food reviews for a while but I did try a new gel recently, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gatorade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gatorade Endurance<\/a>. The one I had was strawberry and included caffeine. When I used it, I felt pretty good even though I&#8217;d done a decently fast six-miler the prior day. The taste was fine and it didn&#8217;t cause any GI disruptions so I was pleased.<br><br>On a related note, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/honeystinger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Honey Stinger&#8217;s<\/a> gels used to be fairly thick. However, I ended up with a few packs recently and when using them, I noticed they&#8217;re much thinner and easier to take down than before.<br><br>While <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/guenergy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gu<\/a> is still my go-to gel for any critical long run or race, knowing these others work, especially if they&#8217;re being handed out during an event, is useful.<br><br>A few days ago, someone asked me what my favorite race was during this past year. I tend to look at accomplishments on their own and not within the context of a year or a season. Not having considered my races in an annual kind of framework, I was unprepared to answer. However, I racked my brain and realized that with the build-up for the marathon this past fall, followed by a few shorter races since that time, I&#8217;d mostly forgotten the ten-mile race I ran in June. In my quick analysis, I realized that was probably my best one since I met my optimal goal time for it and my pacing and strategy were solid. While I don&#8217;t foresee my view on best races changing because of this question, I appreciated that it helped bring a good race back to the surface.<br><br>I suspect my next official race will be sometime in the spring. Where we live, winter can be mild and spring can be wintry but if I&#8217;m paying for a race, I prefer for the conditions to be good for a fast time and I&#8217;ll take my odds on the warmer part of the year. At this point, I&#8217;m most likely looking at 5Ks and 10Ks for the coming year, with perhaps another ten-miler in there. In the meantime, I&#8217;ll keep preparing and logging miles.<br><br> <br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve not posted regular running food reviews for a while but I did try a new gel recently, Gatorade Endurance. The one I had was strawberry and included caffeine. When I used it, I felt pretty good even though I&#8217;d done a decently fast six-miler the prior day. The taste was fine and it didn&#8217;t &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/26\/a-few-different-bits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A few different bits&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9W0ku-jM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":153,"url":"https:\/\/untamedrunner.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/30\/running-food-nutrition-with-an-intro-on-socks\/","url_meta":{"origin":1226,"position":0},"title":"Running food\/nutrition (with an intro on socks)&#8230;","author":"36jonraessler50","date":"May 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've always found socks to be one of the easiest purchases to make. 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