I’m now into week 5 of my programme – that’s scary! 11 weeks to go….
I finished off last week with my icy hill runs and then a long run on Saturday morning into Bath to collect the car (again!). This time I had been to a Gin tasting the evening before. Not my usual preparation for a long run it must be said.
I had 90 minutes on the schedule so thought that would be a good way to clear the head the next day.
I went to the tasting with three friends and it was great fun. I have never done a spirits tasting before and found it fascinating.
Not your average Friday night out
We tasted 10 different gins including many I’ve never heard of.
We tried:
Seagram Reserve
Beefeater
Beefeater 24
Tanqueray
Bombay Sapphire
Plymouth Gin
Hoxton Gin
G’Vine
Chase Williams Gin
Hendricks
There were some that I really wasn’t keen on. The Hoxton Gin (which had coconut and grapefruit in it) wouldn’t be my top choice for a gin & tonic, but I can imagine it would make a good base for a cocktail. It smelled like a Pina Colada!
G’Vine gin was slightly different because it was made from grape spirit and had almost a cognac flavour about it.
I did like the Chase gin which was made from apple spirit but my two favourites were Hendrick’s and Tanqueray. The Seagram was nice if a little masculine (whisky like?) and it looked like something they would definitely have been drinking in Mad Men.
We nosed them all neat, then tried them with water. I was well aware that I was running in the morning so I only took a tiny sip of each. Then we were able to try them with tonic after the tasting so I had a delicious Tanqueray with Fevertree tonic. Yum.
Saturday brought a beautiful morning for running – cold with lovely blue sky, perfect to blow away the cobwebs. The pavements around Bath were still very icy so we had to go slowly in some parts, but all in all a good run of around 8.5 miles.
I missed my training today due to a poorly little girl at home, so am hoping to sneak it in tomorrow morning after dropping the boy at judo before school.
And this weekend I’m excited to be running the Longleat 10k and pleased because I’ve managed to persuade my lovely daughters to come and cheer me on as I’ll be all on my own 🙂
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