Yeah, looks all fun and easy for her, doesn’t it?
I thought it would be pretty good too. I’ve always wanted to run on the beach, like really run. Not just run after a ball or straight into the water or run back to the cooler for a beer, but really run run, like with sneakers and for more than 100 yards.
Well that was our very intention on Sunday morning, but after a long night out on Saturday which included a lot of this:
I mean a LOT of it:
And then there was this:
Which, I have no idea how or why, but ended up like this:
….welllll, suffice it to say, we weren’t really in top shape come early Sunday morning for our 7 mile run.
Had we gotten out there a little earlier, we would have been able to run on the hard sand that stretched the whole beach, but since we didn’t come back to life make it out until around 11:30ish, it was a little too late, there wasn’t much clear beach left, it was HOT, and we just weren’t feeling it.
So, we nixed the run, figuring we’d either get it in later that night when we got back home, or first thing Monday, which is when it ended up happening.
Instead of the run there was lots of this:
And this:
And after all of that? There was a whole soiree of lobsters, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, shrimp, you name it, all courtesy of Mike.
Oh, but this blog is supposed to be about running, right?
Well we did get in the 7 mile run that we needed, just did it yesterday morning instead. It was good to get it out of the way first thing, before work. It was a good run actually, and we both took today off, and plan to run Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then Sunday…. 8 miles maybe?
That’s the latest from here! If only every weekend could be spent here….
Hey! The kid in the lawn chair has a little man on his head!?!?
Way to keep stretching those miles!
Beach recovery days should always be worked into any good training plan. 🙂
I’m kind of glad you weren’t able to go for that run in the sand. It’s so freaking hard – much harder than you think. I’m not sure I could run a mile in the sand (even though I can do a half marathon – whaaaa?) … so, better to enjoy the day in the sun rather than be frustrated by a bad run (or even worse, call off the run in the middle and have to do it during the week anyway). The body deserves a break!
jintorcio- good one about the little bean with the guy on his head!
justrun- if anyone applaudes the beach, i know it would be you!
nilsa- yeah, it was so much better to just sit and relax for the day in the sand, rather than trying to no avail to run on it.
Atta girl! Running after the night you had wouldn’t have been any fun anyway… 🙂