But I didn't.
For the first time in a long, long, long time, I did absolutely nothing that resembled exercise on Sunday. I went to Kohl's, saw "Catching Fire" and interviewed a family for an upcoming story. I popped into Meijer, bought some lip gloss and the elusive Babybel Gouda. I made dinner and sat on the couch and watched a show about "trying out" for the Green Berets.
In other words, it was an awesome Sunday.
Once I crossed the finish line at Veterans, maybe even before, I knew that I needed to make the off season more about the family and less about what I had to do. I had spent enough Sundays getting up early and running for hours, leaving Mark and Miles to do what Mark and Miles do (read: Dunkin Donuts). I had spent enough weekends hobbling around and eating everything in sight, conversations dominated by those two things. I had spent enough time making it all about me.
So I decided that Sundays would be a rest day. A family day.
It might mean that I don't keep up the longer runs in the winter or spend as much time with new running friends but I think it will be just fine. I'm going to work Denali up to 5- and 6-milers, log some evening walks on the treadmill and maybe even get back to plyometrics.
You know, get crazy.
By the way, I have a love-hate relationship with Jennifer Lawrence's openness about not being motivated to exercise.
The week, in training:
Monday: 6 Week Six-Pack abs + 40-minute walk
Tuesday: 4.12 miles
Wednesday: 4.52 miles + Bodypump
Thursday: 10 miles on indoor bike + Ripped
Friday: 3.18 miles
Saturday: 4.01 miles + Bodypump
Sunday: Rest
Yeah I just checked out that interview with Jennifer L , interesting... lol
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Catching Fire was so so good!! And Sundays are just meant to be rest/family days. I haven't been great about that recently, but it's definitely a pattern I want to go back to. It just makes my workouts for the rest of the week so much better.
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