Ok my faithful folowers (hee hee I love saying that-I kinda feel like a cult leader) I have returned to Snow-ugg!! and wind and rain-but am very glad to be home! There is nothing like taking a shower in your own home and sleeping in your comfy bed. I am a creature of habit!
Phoenix BTW was great-it was hot and sunny and we all had a blast-mostly swimming, eating, shopping, playing and of course indulging on a few alcoholic bevy's. Yes there is nothing better than drinking a margaritta poolside! I also now have a new wardrobe of Under Armor. It was dirt cheap there and I got a steal of a deal on a Cannondale bike shirt for 12 bucks!
There is only one big problem though, when you indulge in drinking a bit too much, it does make running in the desert hard. I think they like to call it dehydration. Perhaps what made it worse was the hills, the heat and the wind. Crazy wind at times-way worse than Winnipeg! I say if your going to train anywhere-Phoenix will prepare you!
For my dear friend Seema-you'd be running like the wind-snakes everywhere-well I only saw 1 but it seemed like they were coming from everywhere-every scragely twig made me jump! and every tumbleweed made me look twice-nuff said!
So as per Mr. P's instructions, I did take it easy (no intervals, no tempos-just easy-although I could not avoid hill training)-. Fortunately for me, my better half likes to run too, so we were able to team off nearly every day. I also managed to do Mr. P's 22 minute workout-which was incredibly hard! My little Isaac kept encouraging me with his stop watch (the clock radio in the hotel room)-so cute! Hopefully I am modelling some good behaviour (while swearing vigourously under my breath in pain!)
Mr. P has sent me a lovely present for my return home to Winnipeg. It's this month's training schedule and it looks hard! Tomorrow I will be swimming 1500m and a scheduled long ride for 1.5 hours either on a spin bike or trainor. I am also planning on meeting Mr. P for a resistance training session on Tuesday (I must admit I am a tad bit fearful!)
I am also planning on abstaining from alcoholic beverages-its a killer on the liver (see I can rap too) and smarten up on my diet-need to really focus on the nutrition aspect! Let the good times roll!!!!
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Does smartening up your diet include not eating carrot cake? I wouldn't want to torture you but I was planning on bringing you some on Monday....
ReplyDeleteYes Cathy-I am going to try my very best to stay away from those kinds of things-it will be hard but even a 5lb difference can be huge to my running. For the next while I will stick to fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean meat-you know the awful stuff!
ReplyDeleteOh Snags, the snake thing would have thrown off my cardio. By cardio, I mean that I would have a heart attack and died on the spot. Last night and actually jumped when an animated snake struck at someone on tv. I seriously need help. Glad that you guys had a great holiday and now that you're back on the training track, I have a killer kwinoah recipe for you as well.
ReplyDeleteQOTD: "Energy and persistence conquer all things." - Benjamin Franklin
Wow Donna - you are awe inspiring !! I've been reading your blog since you created it but just signed up for a ?follower account? tonight.
ReplyDeleteAnyway - I'm so happy you've decided to share the details of your training with your supporters !!
Thanks Angela-so glad you got an account as I am going to be looking at how to make the Blog more secure- its kinda creepy thinking that anyone can just read my blog...stay tuned as I consult my techno peeps!
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