Last week I found myself in Richmond, Virginia on a business trip Tuesday thru Thursday. Now thankfully, the metropolis of Richmond isn't known for any, particular, mouth-watering, belt-busting foods. Rather, it's known more for its history, which isn't really up my alley, but was directly up my coworker's alley. Therefore, we needed to 'see the sights.'
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| Visiting the Virginia State Capitol |
Thankfully, that entailed lots of walking around the city. Even more walking was added as a result of his shoddy navigation skills (and the pathetic, illustrated map of downtown Richmond). Like I've mentioned, I do have a Nike+ FuelBand on the way (tomorrow?) and I really wish I would have had it for the trip. LOTS of walking.
But unfortunately, the company's $50/day per diem just "HAD" to be used! We didn't have breakfast any of the 3 days due to early call times for the conference we were videotaping. One day I grabbed a bagel w/ cream cheese & a piece of coffee cake from the in-hotel Starbucks around 10:00am though. Lunch was usually a $15 burger or sandwich of some kind with the hearty dinner to round off the day - chicken sandwich one night and ribs the next. I definitely could have been more careful...
The scale 'only' showed me a three pound gain this morning, and I think I have the downtown walking to thank for that. This week my goal is to get to the gym before 5:30am so I can knock out a good hour and a half of training miles. Hopefully I also have a normal work schedule this week so I don't have to move that workout time around much. I like a routine and structure. Start shaking that up and all goes wrong.
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| Watching the over 2,000 runners take off! |
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| Men's winner flies by me on his way to the finish line! |
Also was able to watch the First Midwest Bank Southwest Half Marathon in Palos Height, IL on Sunday. It's a race I've run twice ('09 & '11), but this year I was there to watch my sister run it for a second time. Before the race she said she hadn't trained as she'd wanted to, and her fiancee agreed. However, she managed to knock it out in 2:27:21 and I'm real proud of her! I'm sure we'll be running another one together some day - I just need to get faster so I can keep up! (Her half marathon PR is around 2:12 while mine is at 2:20:20)
2 comments:
I always go crazy when i am traveling - it's the excitement over regional food! You look very frightened at the half marathon - elite athletes scare me too... :D Congrats to your sister - thats a great time for being undertrained!
People that run 1/2 or full marathons have my utmost respect (at least fitness-wise). Those things are no joke! Right now, I run 5Ks. I'm still working on getting it done in 35 mins. Meanwhile, I've looked up race results and have seen people finish in 20-30 mins. I can only imagine finishing in 30, right now! It's a far-off dream, it seems!
Congrats to your sister for finishing it in that time! :-)
As for gaining while traveling, it's almost always a given that I am going to gain while away from home. I've gotten better at making healthy choices and the last time I was on vacation, visiting my in-laws, I think I gained about 2 lbs - but hey, it's not 10 lbs, which I've also done! So it's important to view it in the proper perspective.
Now that things are back to normal and you're home again, what are you going to do to shed those 3 lbs? Can't wait to read more about your progress and adventures in half mari training!
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