Some of you know that I was on vacation this past week. Turns out that, in large part, it was a vacation from internet, too. The house I stayed in did have internet, but at at molasses speed-- so I largely gave up.
For the time off, I was largely in Utah. "Largely" because I was eating roughly twice the food as previously, but it's tough not to bulk up on turkey chili and delicious BBQ food that was consistently around. This probably contributed to the story I'm about to tell you-- but I think it was mostly the skiing and altitude.
I was really hopeful that I wouldn't have to interrupt my workout routine for the vacation. The house I was staying in (though it is on a RIDICULOUS hill that is un-run-able) had an old treadmill that met my basic running needs. Day one, I jumped on that bad-boy and shocked myself by not being out of breath at the end of mile 1. During mile two, Caesar was stabbed by Cassius. Then a bunch of other senators. By the time I reached 2.25 miles, Brutus was carving. I lowered the speed and walked. Hadn't done that on my worst hangover days back east-- but I needed to now. At 2.5, I pumped the speed back up and finished mile 3. Then got off. And sat.
How do the Broncos not win the super bowl every year? They MUST be in better shape then the rest of the NFL. They should go 8-0 at home every year. Shocking how bad they are.
I was Utah for 6 days-- and managed to run only 3 of them. The other two runs, I confess I was satisfied with a measly two miles. I convinced myself that skiing moguls was enough to meet my exercise needs-- but I half knew that it wouldn't. The saddest run of all was a forth run that only made it .3 miles before I said no. I think getting dressed burned more calories.
The going gets tough for NYC 2011 training in about 4 months. A solid question is-- how do you maintain focus when external factors disrupt your routine? I need to start finding answers. Avoiding altitude is going to have to be a start, because it was a killer this time.
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