I’m home after a much too short, but very much needed vacation to Walt Disney World. My average day there looked something like this:
10 am: wake up
10:30 am: get out of bed
11 am: have breakfast
11:30am - 1:00 pm read a mindless brain candy book in a lounge chair by the pool
1:00 pm: have lunch
1:30 pm: stroll to the pool bar for a maragarita
1:30 pm-3:00pm: sip margarita, read book in lounge chair
3:00 pm: stroll to the pool bar for another margarita
3:00 pm-4:00pm: sip margarita, read book in lounge chair
4:00 pm: return to room and shower
5:15 pm: have relaxing dinner
7:00 pm: arrive at theme park
7:00 pm-11:00 pm: enjoy rides (and fudge) at theme park
11:00pm-12:00 am: watch stupid TV in hotel room
12:00 am: sleep
Yes, I could definitely get used to that. After about 4 days of my newly adopted lifestyle, things started to catch up to me. Without going into too many details, I got a bit constipated. So, I headed out on Thursday morning for a short run just to get things moving a bit. I felt sluggish, but ran at race pace for about 1.5 miles. Then, the family rented a four person surrey bike and we biked about 3-4 miles. I guess that counts as cross training.
I did 6 easy miles after arriving home on Saturday and another 6 on Sunday. That got the kinks out for today’s speedwork. The plan was for 4 x 1200 m at I pace (6:24 min/mile or 1200 m in 4:49) with 600 m jogging recoveries. Here’s how it went:
1200 m in 4:38
1200 m in 4:38
1200 m in 4:43
1200 m in 4:46
Thankfully, I finally convinced myself to hold back at the beginning of the last two, making them somewhat bearable. I was pretty tired at the end of the last one, but held onto a feeble jog for about 200 m before recovering enough to look somewhat respectable for the mile or so back home. This workout was eerily similar to my last attempt, so I think it’s safe to say that I didn’t lose any fitness over the vacation. There are no R pace runs this week (only T pace and I pace) and I even get to repeat this same workout on Saturday! Woo ha!
