Post Vacation Post

I'm laying in bed with my laptop watching the clock count down to race day. I'm thirsty and thinking that I could have skipped the quesadilla I had last night right before bed. This is the first day back from vacation and its time to get back to "it".

The training experience is quite different on vacation. You saw from my previous post that I did get some running in. All in all I probably ran 8 miles while away. The first few days were easy with somewhat of a routine. I was able to run from Nick & Julie's house and around base. I event got up before dawn one day to make sure I got my run in before we headed to OKC for the weekend.

While staying at The Hampton Inn, I used the fitness room and did some cardio and weight training. I had printed off a nice run around the area that I had planned to do on Saturday, however, a winter storm hit the city on the first day of spring so when I got up on Saturday morning it was snowing. I went back to the fitness room for 40 minutes of cardio -- hardly the 6 miles I was suppose to run.

Like Ava, I have also been having trouble with my IT Band along with some hip pain. (I believe the hip pain is due to ingesting lots of salt and processed foods for the last week --sounds strange, but trust me on this. I'll let you know if it gets better as I get back to eating clean this week.) Today I will go swimming. I think the low impact and stretching will be helpful.

I will pick up my training partner Sarah this morning...it sounds like she's been able to keep up on her fitness, with, up to, five walks a day! More than she will get with me, to be sure!

But before I get back to training & clean eating....I've got to get out of bed!