Monday was a rest day, so not much to comment on that. Since I was driving down to Portsmouth (~2 hours away) it was nice not to have to get up early to run.
As I indicated, I figured since I was by myself and for the most part, didn't have anything else to do, I could forgo getting up early and work out after the daily meeting. That plan worked out pretty good but it was tight getting done and showered before dinner.
Tuesday was an easy day, was supposed to be 4 miles but I ended up running 5 miles. If you look at the map (link below), you will see I was running all over the place looking for the best place to run. I noticed that there was a board walk along the ocean and I was trying to fund my way up to it. That's not what got me the extra mile...on my way back to the hotel, I couldn't remember the exact route I took on the way out! I didn't get lost, but I did have a hard time finding the way back. I figured it out. I didn't mind though...
The best part about travelling and running is exploring and seeing new things. I had no idea I would be running along the ocean...it was fantastic. At parts along the boardwalk there were amusement parks and such...very cool and it reminded me of Ocean City, MD/Rehoboth Beach, DE, if you are familiar with that area. I will have to take the family there during the summer. Marshall will have a blast. I also stumbled upon a WW II D-Day museum. I had no idea it was there until I ran past a Sherman tank! Imagine that. There is so much to see and do there I am already looking forward to checking it out.
...anyway, I was a bit tired from travelling on Monday, and I never sleep very well when I a not at home, so I don't think I was as fast at this intensity as I normally would have been. I was disappointed, but running along the ocean more than made up for it!
Wed was another easy run. I felt good too. It was extremely windy though, so half of the 5 miles was into the wind. The wind was so strong, it was difficult at times to run in a straight line and it was blowing my legs out from under me! It was challenging and fun. I do like running in adverse conditions. Wed is also an SnC day. The downside to not working out in the AM is running out of time at the end of the day, which is what happened. I didn't have time for a full SnC workout, nor a gym or facility to do it in, so I just did a small workout in the the hotel room.
Thursday was a speed work day...intervals. I was supposed to do 8 x 30 sec up a hill, but there are no hills this close to the shore, so I swapped with the following week and did 8 x 90 sec fast followed by 90 sec slow. It was very windy again so a tough workout was even tougher! I also had some company. One of the other guys attending the meeting asked to come along. That was actually a good thing as if I was by myself I would probably have stopped the intervals after 6. Most of the intervals ended up being in to the wind, so I was pretty tired. Anther person along kept me motivated. I also underestimated just how far we would run while doing the intervals so I figured a 2 mile warm up would be good. Hindsight is 20/20 and probably 1 to 1.5 miles would have been sufficient. What should have been 5 mile workout ended up being 6.5. Still, it was a very satisfying workout.
One thing that I don't like about travelling is that is sometimes difficult to eat well. I ate too much food and drank too much beer! Every day at the meeting there were yummy biscuits (cookies in America) to eat. Most of them were like Lay's potato chips...can't eat just one! Every night except Monday we all went out for dinner. Both the beer and the company were very good. Overall it wasn't too bad, but I would prefer to eat healthier! If I have a fridge in my room I usually have fruit for breakfast and veggies and other stuff for a healthy lunch, but no fridge at the Holiday Inn Express!
Friday was an SnC day only and I had a good session with my training coach, Paul. We went through the second of 2 routines he developed for me and I learned some new exercises.
Friday was an SnC day only and I had a good session with my training coach, Paul. We went through the second of 2 routines he developed for me and I learned some new exercises.
Not much to say about Saturday or Sunday, you can look at the data. Both good runs (is there such thing as a bad run?) I do feel like I am getting faster. Sunday was particularly nice as it is my LSD day...I love running long distances. When I got down at the bottom of the hill instead of turning towards the train station, I went straight for something different. I am looking forward to exploring that route on another LSD day. The sun came up while I was running, but it was not as spectacular as last week...it was cloudy and drizzling.
I almost forgot to mention...I have been using the electrode gel on my HR monitor and it seems to be doing the trick. Why the old "spit" method stopped working all of a sudden, I have no idea. No problems since using the gel though. It's just a bit messy.
That's it until tomorrow. Going to catch some of Sunday NFL Countdown and maybe about an hour of the Super Bowl...kick off is 2330 GMT!
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