NonTraining Recap - The Healthy Slice

Here’s how last week shook out:

Monday: Yoga. And I lived to tell about it. Nothing snapped or pulled; no sprains, strains or paralysis. Split shorts guy didn’t even show up.
Tuesday: 6 mile run, lower body weights, hip/glute/corework
Wednesday: 15 mile bike ride, upper body weights, hip/glute/corework
Thursday: Plyo intervals on the mill, including 2 miles of running
Friday: 8 mile run. Very windy. This felt tough coming off the plyo workout. Hip/glute/core
Saturday: Rest

Then the unthinkable happened:
Sunday: REST! No thanks to a certain business obligation the Caveman had, I was relegated to single-parenting duty during the time I’d usually be out on my long run. My holy grail. My zen time. After some Oscar-worthy huffing, puffing and fit pitching, I curled up with my beloved pumpkin spice in front of the TV for some live NYC marathon action while the wind howled outside. More dedicated runners (aka not me at this juncture) would have fired up the mill. Before I knew it, morning gave way to the noon hour. There I sat, still clad in flannel bunny pjs.

The Caveman returned with an olive branch in the form of an invitation to dine at Smashburger.

In my book:

No long run + Smashburger = Flagrant Foul

Yep, foul I did and I don’t even regret it. The long run happened Monday so it’s all good.

So was the burger.

Notes:

I’m working on building back my mileage base (kind of a joke as I ran a whopping 16 last week-ha!). Hip is behaving, although it was a touch sore after yesterday’s long run. Although I put a half marathon on the schedule for January and I’ll be turkey trotting, I’m staying away from speedwork for now and just keeping everything low-key. No training pressure and no formal training plan.

Have you blown off a big run?

Did you feel guilty?

Did you enter the YMX Yellowman Giveaway?