Out of juice

My brother and his family were over at the weekend so after a 4 mile run on Friday, I went for 21 miles on Sunday morning. I left as early as I could so I could spend some time with them on Sunday before they went home, so I was up and out by 7am!

I made it to the 10.5 mile mark without too much issue, and I was setting a good pace too at just under 10 minutes a mile. I had my first energy gel and drink of lucozade before turning and heading back. It was warm on Sunday morning and after another energy gel 3 miles later and another drink, I started feeling the heat. I ran out of drink with 5 miles to go and I thought that there is no way I'm going to make it back without any so I called it a day and Tracey picked me up. On the day, there will be drink stations along the whole route and the bottle I'll have on me will be for between the stations, so that wont be an issue come the marathon.

I got in to the house and the first thing my little nephew said to me was "So you gave up then!!" Harsh, but I guess that all he sees is me not completing what I set out to do that day.