Jodi and I traveled to Missouri to spend Christmas with Jonathan, our youngest son, and his girlfriend Natalie. We had a blast but ate way too much and rumor has it I drank a bit too much.
On Christmas day we relaxed in the morning waiting for it to warm up a little then got in a little over 3 miles in the afternoon. It was still quite chilly and pretty flat but it was a pretty run through the neighborhoods and a park not far from Jonathan's.
On Thursday, once I shook off some of what I allegedly drank the night before, I got up and put on my new 2XU calf compression sleeves Jodi gave me for Christmas and headed to the trail, SAC River Trails. I was hoping for some mud but was a bit surprised by just how much mud, and ice, I found. My phone doesn't work well with Runkeeper so I'm not sure but I ran somewhere between 5 and 6 miles. Much, much fun. The ice and mud slowed me down but the elevation, I'm not sure I was ever at over 1,000', made things easier for sure.
On Friday I knew I had to get in some miles after all I had been running so I donned the road shoes, the trail shoes were still quite wet and muddy, and did a little over 4 on neighborhood streets.
I love that I have learned how easy it is to stay on track with my running even while on vacation. It didn't make up for the over eating and drinking but it did burn some calories. I didn't do a long run but I did at least run three days in a row.
On Christmas day we relaxed in the morning waiting for it to warm up a little then got in a little over 3 miles in the afternoon. It was still quite chilly and pretty flat but it was a pretty run through the neighborhoods and a park not far from Jonathan's.
On Thursday, once I shook off some of what I allegedly drank the night before, I got up and put on my new 2XU calf compression sleeves Jodi gave me for Christmas and headed to the trail, SAC River Trails. I was hoping for some mud but was a bit surprised by just how much mud, and ice, I found. My phone doesn't work well with Runkeeper so I'm not sure but I ran somewhere between 5 and 6 miles. Much, much fun. The ice and mud slowed me down but the elevation, I'm not sure I was ever at over 1,000', made things easier for sure.
On Friday I knew I had to get in some miles after all I had been running so I donned the road shoes, the trail shoes were still quite wet and muddy, and did a little over 4 on neighborhood streets.
I love that I have learned how easy it is to stay on track with my running even while on vacation. It didn't make up for the over eating and drinking but it did burn some calories. I didn't do a long run but I did at least run three days in a row.
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