This will be a quick combo post on days 4 and 5. My folks are in town for the holiday weekend and we’re busy running around town terrorizing the residents of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.

Day 4 was Friday, and was scheduled to be a rest day. I am realizing now that when the training schedule says ‘Rest’, the trainers didn’t mean ‘Do Absolutely Nothing Active’. On Thursday I was unbelievably sore, which lead to being extremely tight on Friday. I had planned on going to hot yoga, but I didn’t make it out of the office in time, and had to run to Target before picking up my folks at the airport. Target is time sucker for me. I get in there and I have no concept of time. I have been known to disappear inside a Target Greatland never to be seen or heard from again…well until they turn the lights out anyway.

Long story short (too late I know), I need to be active on my rest days. Today’s run, Day 5, was to be a 2 mile long run. I was hurting. I was still sore and tight. I think if I was active on my rest days, I wouldn’t have been.

I intended to get up at 6am this morning,  and hit the path around Stinky Lake. Stinky Lake path, according to Google Maps is about 3.7 miles. I made it out of the house at about 7:45am. The morning was beautiful. Still humid and cloudy, but cool with a strong breeze. I was reminded of overcast mornings on the beach…except I could feel the heat that was coming later in the day. Which you don’t feel at the beach.

I hadn’t run since Wednesday, and it felt like it. I struggled. I ran maybe 1/4 of the way around the path, total. I’m a bit disappointed, but I know I will do better the next time out. I finished the entire path, which is a positive and I keep trying to remember that.

Tomorrow is scheduled to be another ‘Rest’ day. But I’ve made plans with a friend to meet up at 5:30am (on Sunday! I am insane!) and run/walk. Gotta get it done before it gets blast-oven hot.

And now I’m off to fart around with the family!