Chilly Half Marathon Training: Day 8 Rest Day

Today is my rest day.  I'm kind of glad as my legs need a day to recover some.  After dropping James off at school, River and I headed out for a walk.  It was snowing and I had to pry River off the couch.  She is not a fan of the snow.  She pouted almost the whole walk. 

I enjoyed the walk though.  The snow was the big fluffy kind.  It was cold, but it wasn't bitter cold.  I enjoyed walking through all the fluffy snow.  Now Wednesday when I go for my run I will be upset if people haven't shoveled. 

Here we are after our walk today.  River was ready to go inside and have her lunch.

River has been curled up on the couch ever since we got back.  Normally she wants to go out again, but she keeps burying her face every time I stand up.  She really hates winter.

Tomorrow I'm in the gym doing speed work and weights.  I'm looking forward to it.  I have enjoyed my rest day, but I'm ready to be back at it!

Chilly Half Marathon Training: Day 4

So today I was supposed to go to the gym for cross training and weights.  Mike had to go into work early and I had to be at the pool all day so I had to switch my rest day from Saturday to today.  I'm feeling a bit grumpy and sad about it too.

I can tell I need to do something active because I'm antsy and restless.  I can't even walk the dogs since I'm at the pool working on my computer.  I did get the work done so tomorrow when I'm out for my long run I won't have to feel guilty about not working at home.

Last night I had my first Mini Meet since taking over the Swim Academy.  It went well.  We had 97 swimmers last night which I think was a pretty good turn out.  We even had a lot of private lessons come to compete.  Tonight is our 2nd Mini Meet so I hope we have a great turn out for it!

It's snowing today.  Just flurries and it's dusting the ground, but it's snow.  Tomorrow will be a cold run, but once we get moving River and I are fine.  It will be cold on Sunday too for the race.  I just have to run harder so I won't freeze.

The rest of the training week looks like this: Friday 10k run, Saturday cross training and upper body weights, Sunday 5k race.  It's a good first week of training.  I'm feeling good and strong this week.  I know the next 15 weeks will be great!

Day 34: Rest Day And It Is Needed

Today is my rest day.  I didn't realize how tired my body was until last night.  When I went to bed I, think I was asleep before I even laid down.  Mike came to bed about 5 minutes after me and I don't remember him coming to bed. 

The dogs got me up at the usual 5:30 this morning for breakfast.  By 6:45 I was out on a long walk with River.  We did about 3.5 miles this morning and it was a really nice walk.  There was a nice breeze and the temperature was about 54 degrees.  Just a beautiful morning.  River pouted for a bit when she realized that we weren't running, but she quickly got over that.

When we got home, I was still the only one up.  I put some cinnamon rolls in the oven and went to Starbuck's to get some coffee.  James got up just as the rolls were getting done.  Mike got to sleep in which he really needed.

As the neighborhood woke up, River became really nosey so I had to take her for another short walk.  Once she secured the neighborhood, she went back to bed.  It's now quiet and we have the windows open to let the nice breeze through the house.  It's been wonderful to not have the use the AC too much this summer.

Today I'm starting on James' Cyberman costume for FanExpo.  I will be doing the cutting and then running to Michel's to get the silver spray paint and odds and ends I will be needing.  Tomorrow morning is my long slow run.  I have 8 miles on the schedule and the weather is supposed to be perfect for a long run.  I'm looking forward to it.

Day 5: A Day of Rest

I switched my rest day from tomorrow to today since I didn't sleep well last night.  I just tossed and turned all night long.  When my alarm went off, I just couldn't get up.  So I took my rest day today.

I did get River out for her morning walk.  It was raining and very humid.  I am ready for the humidity to be gone, but I don't think that's happening anytime soon.  I was glad to get home and enjoy the AC and a my morning smoothie.

Tomorrow I'll be up for 4 miles before I walk River.  I should get a better night's sleep tonight.