to take a bottle out and, more crucially, put it back without looking, whilst also keeping your legs moving, deserted me! Luckily, you can swing the sleeve around and the bottle that can hold 500mls was still securely held. The two zipped compartments had room for three gels and a set of keys – but not much more.
I ask a lot of my feet when I'm running, this time they got treated to a bit of luxury with Hilly twin skin anklet socks. I hadn't tried twin skins before, my toes did not feel cramped and these were less ‘bumfly’ than many of the single layer ones I have worn.
I have used SIS Energy Gels for long runs up to marathon distance before and liked them. This time Iwas trying the SIS Fat Buster gels. They coated my teeth more and the energy boost delivered seemed no different to their non fat busting equivalent. Iwould have forgiven them if they had altered my status from someone who has been running regularly for nine years and hasn't lost that much weight, but alas, my fat remained unbusted. However perhaps two gels and 20 miles wasn't enough...
As I headed along Portobello prom, gearing up for the big finish Iwas looking forward to trying the SIS Rego Total Recovery Fuel, (strawberry). I had mixed up the powder and water the night before and chilled it in the fridge. Perhaps if I'd drunk it chilled it would have been delicious. Maybe it was the time spent warming up gently in the changing room locker that turned it into a rather floury milk shake. I drank it anyway but it didn't seem to affect my recovery.
Top: 4 ½ /5 Sleeve: 4/5 Socks: 5/5 Gels: 3/5 Recovery drink: 2½ /5
The girls are running the Edinburgh Marathon this year in aid of Leonard Cheshire Disability, the charity which provides the 24/7 care teams, flat and day centre that Adrienne’s disabled daughter and others like her need -
www.justgiving.com/Adrienne-Murray
The friendly Run 4 It teams across the country are happy to advise on their full range of running gear. For more information visit
www.run4it.com/jogscotland.
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