Pura Vida

As I may have mentioned, the view during my winter training walks has not been particularly inspirational.

The week before last, however, Ryan and I jetted off to Costa Rica to visit family. As you might imagine, the scenery changed drastically for the better.

This was a much needed and very welcome vacation. Unfortunately, I really didn't do much in the way of getting my feet, calves, and thighs ready for the walk.

On the bright side, my mouth, esophagus, and stomach got a real workout in the beginning stages of their preparation for all of the drinking and eating I will need to do during the 3-Day!

We did go for a few walks and hikes, but I didn't really track the distances because I was too busy fantasizing about moving to Costa Rica.

Needless to say, it was tough getting back into gear once we came back to the States. The first weekend back I gazed sadly out the window at the sleet falling and opted to mope instead of train.

But, with the temperatures warming up, I'm feeling motivated once again. This past week wasn't perfect, but it wasn't too bad either.

*Note - I'm switching from counting up in weeks to counting down. This is how the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure Suggested Training Schedule does it and to make things easy on myself this is how I'm going to do it too. Math is hard, y'all.

TRAINING WEEK 21

Suggested Training

Monday - Rest

Tuesday - 3 miles Easy Walk

Wednesday - Rest

Thursday - 4 miles Moderate Walk

Friday - 30 minutes Cross-Training

Saturday - 5 miles Easy Walk

Sunday - 4 miles Easy Walk

Total Mileage - 16

Actual Training

Monday - Feeling lazy and not at all thrilled about first day back at work after vacation.

Tuesday - Drank copious wine previous night to take mind off the fact that I am not in Costa Rica.

Wednesday - 3 miles Moderate Walk

Thursday - 3 miles Intense Walk

Friday - 3 miles Moderate Walk

Saturday - Attended Getting Started meeting.

Sunday - 5 miles Moderate Walk

Total Mileage - 14

This next week ups the ante a bit. Instead of having two rest days and one day of cross-training, I will now have just one day of rest and two that involve athletic activities other than walking.

Since I have yet to actually incorporate cross-training this should be interesting.