Last Sunday, July 31st, was the last day I(and the mrs) got an honest run in. We've been pretty diligent about our running for the last two years, I feel confident saying it has been part of our lifestyle....as long as we were home. But we have never been able to get it together when traveling. There's food to be eaten, there's drinks to be drank, there's sights to be seen, and there's extra sleeping to be had. And running is always the first thing we cut on vacation. From Sunday through Thursday we were down the shore with my family. From Friday through yesterday we were in Boston for a wedding. We alway take our running gear though.
That 14 miles we were supposed to do on the Charles River Trail just never happened; never came close to happening. We drove next to the Charles River Trail if that counts at all, looked nice too. I got to see Walden Pond though, which inspired me to reread the first 70 pages of Thoreau's Walden, and I walked the Freedom Trail. And I moseyed through Harvard Yard and I drank beers right next Fenway Park. Boston is an awesome town.
I did manager 4 miles in the Marriott's treadmill on Friday. But that's all. This has to be the lowest mileage for us in quite a long time and it's a little irking that we just can't get it together when taking trips. The good news is that the only other trip we have coming is for the Army Ten Miler in October.
I'm back on it though. I'm going to follow the training schedule for the rest of the week. What gives me pause right now is that we were supposed to do 14 miles this past Saturday. I don't think I'd have any issues if it was an 8 or a 10 mile week, but 14 would have been our longest run ever. And I'm still worried about my tingly right big toe so I want to see if that keeps happening after my long runs. I'm not planning on making it up, I'll just follow the 9 miles this Saturday and try to do the 15 miles the 21st.
My name is Jim. My wife and I are training for our first marathon. Here's all my training posts to date.
Hi Jim!
ReplyDeleteYou may be surprised at how little the vacation affects your running. You've been a committed runner for two years; a vacation may be just what the body needed. You may come back stronger.
Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday
I never run on vacation either. I always lug the shoes but never do the work. There's always something better to do.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Paula about the rest week being OK. The training schedule is really long on purpose just so you can miss stuff and still recover in time for your big event.