Monday, August 18, 2008

The Travelling Chrysler Show

It's been a hectic couple of weeks, and I am still on the road. I'm writing this from the Shingle Creek Golf Club in Orlando FL. Anyone that has turned on the TV in the last 24 hrs is aware that the ENTIRE state of Florida is under a hurricane warning. Why this company I work for would fly its entire Southeast Division sales team down in the middle of a hurricane I have no idea, but I'll take it and run with it...get it?...run with it?

Last week I was in Atlanta all week. I wasn't very disciplined with my running last week. After a 5 mile run on Monday at home, I only managed to get on the hotel dreadmill for 3 miles on Tuesday and no more running after that. Anyone that has small children/infants and travels for work knows that there's an unwritten rule that says if you spend the week away, then you get full time night duty for the following weekend. Rachel has not been sleeping well at all so Fri and Sat night did not go all that well. Plus I want to soak up as much family time during the day with Kristal and Luke, so I couldn't exactly excuse myself. So bottom line, a weekly total of 12.1 miles including the 4 miler on Sun.

So the break down goes like this:

Sun, Aug 11: 4.02 @ 9:15 pace
Mon, Aug 12: 5.04 @ 9:24 pace
Tue, Aug 13: 3 @ 8:57 pace

The training plan called for a 5K race this weekend, so I didn't miss any high mileage runs.

Off to a pretty good start for this week, with 6 miles at 9:20 pace. The formentioned hurricane will probably keep my runs indoors this week, so I'm trying to make the most of it. As long as the ipod stays charged I should be in good shape.

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