A busy weekend including travel. How did I fit it all in? Not too shabby. My regular weekly goal is to exercise 6 days a week. And the majority of weeks, I've been able to meet that goal. But I don't beat myself up if I can't get there. Last week, I made it to 5 days. What happened? I had company at work one day that prevented me from going out for my regular lunchtime workout. Saturday was birthday party day for C, so I sacrificed the run.
Here's what I DID do:
Thursday: Biking, ~30 minutes, ~5.2 miles
It was a tad bit cooler on Thursday than it was Wednesday. And biking feels cooler, too, since I'm creating my own breeze.
Friday: Running, 40 minutes, ~3.2 miles
Cooler still. I left work early on Friday, so I did my running once I got home. It was nice to know that it really was the heat that was such a major factor on Wednesday.
Saturday: party!
Sunday: Long run, 1 hour, ~5.2 miles
Cooler still. I felt really good on this run. Especially on the second half. I don't know if I would call it "runner's high." But I did feel like I could have gone longer.
I want to mention something new I've been trying out. For my longer runs, I'm taking a sports drink out with me. (I did try this on the oh-so-hot Wednesday, but it didn't help.) Straight up Gatorade is way to sweet to me. They have a new product out, G Fit, which I've mentioned. It's meant to be more like a lightly flavored water. And I do like it a lot better than traditional Gatorade. Last week I also picked up a product called Nuun. It's a tablet that turns water into an electrolyte drink. It comes in lots of different flavors. The flavor is very light. I made a test batch to try out the taste. It was a little weird. But not awful. Today, I chilled the water first, added the tablet, then some ice. The flavor was MUCH better upon chilling. The thing I really like about Nuun is that I can carry them in my purse for when I can't carry around a bottle of G Fit. It's also great for traveling (again, when I carry G Fit with me). I'm going to try out some other flavors, too. I've had the berry and also have some ginger orange, which I haven't tried yet.
