And then Nate and I were leaving for Disney for 5 days. I had GRAND plans to run while in Florida and had even checked out the awesome gym at the Hilton, but alas, walking 14,000 steps a day seemed like it was enough exercise. There was never a lack of walking. And even a little running if you throw in running from the monorail to the bus! Yeah, that was fun. So despite not running in the wonderful Floridian weather for exercise, I did a sh!t ton of walking!
So after being back now for a few days it was time to get back on the wagon and get it going.
Boss Lady called on Sunday afternoon and asked if I would want to walk with my "pregnant friend"! Of course! So to the dam we went. 3 miles later, she felt better and I was energized to start working out and training for this half. And of course on this walk she mentions a spinning class. Well I've always wanted to try it but haven't. For no reason other than the time didn't work. But today I made it work. And I just can't say no to her :)
Spinning. 6am. 50 minutes. 20 miles. I couldn't do the standing rides. I am just not coordinated. It reminds me of that darn elliptical! Cannot. Stand. And. Move. Whatever. I tried and only lasted about 10 seconds. I guess it's better than nothing? And I will go back! At least I will give it another try on Wednesday. It was a great crossfit workout. And I am feeling it today!
I just wish the weather would warm up a bit. Even if in the evenings. I just prefer to run outside. I want to do some hills. Speed work. Soon I hope.
Oh so what half am I training for? Indy (nothing about) Mini Half Marathon May 4th. There will be about 35,000 runners there. I do not anticipate PR'ing at this race. It's again a completion thing. Mostly because of the number of people running and my training is going to be sub-par. But I'm going to give it everything I have between now and May 4th. I have some races scheduled so I will work on improvement!
So I hope you will join me in this crazy journey! It's gonna be a ride ;)!
And lastly but definitely not least...a few shout outs! My cousin, Kelly, for running her first 1/2 2 weeks ago! So proud of you! You inspire me! I also met a "follower" of my blog a few weeks ago at a fish fry! How exciting is that! So a shout out to Shannon for reading my blog and being inspired! Maybe someday we can run together!
That's all friends.
As usual...
Run. Strong.
-t-
