BLOGGING
I am behind on blogging and blog reading again and you might have noticed that I am taking a going-backwards kind of approach to catching up with all of you. Let’s see how far I get before traveling will derail my best efforts once again. (How you all keep on top of posting – some of you almost daily – while working, taking care of families (and yourselves) and/or traveling – is beyond me but all I can say is that I am trying my best.
QUALITY TIME
The reason for my being MIA in the last couple of weeks: Tanja was here for 9 days over my birthday! We had the best time and I am so thankful that she was able to come and spend time with me. I know it was a little bit for her own benefit (because I know she just missed California terribly), but a lot more for my selfish benefit because she was here to hang out with me on my big birthday and that was the second best thing to spending it with my sister (haha). What a treat!
RECOVERY
I had a low-key recovery week after my race on Sunday. My new Garmin watch (which I’ll have to tell you all about sometime) predicted an 80-hour recovery (3.3 days) and this pretty much jived with how I was feeling (sore!) the first few days after the half marathon. It was nice to sleep in a little longer and to focus on yoga and some light strength training sessions this week.
HEAT WAVE
While other parts of the country are dealing with snow or torrential rain, California is experiencing an early season heat wave with temps into the 90s this week. I’ve been to the pool and I’ve been wearing shorts and flip flops. But in a little over a week, I’ll be on the way to the Alps for some skiing with my family. Wild. [*whispers*] This is climate change. How’s the weather where you are?
WEEKEND PLANS
I am working today, so it’s a “short” weekend for me. I usually get my grocery shopping and other errands done on Fridays, so I have time on the weekend to do other things, but because I am working today, I’ll be doing my grocery shopping and some errands done on Saturday. And I will be getting ready for my trip home because I leave on Tuesday! I am so excited.
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