Traditions

Remember the movie Fiddler on the Roof and the song "Tradition". It's one of my earliest movie theater memories as a kid. Our family rarely went to the movies....too much money. But I remember the whole family of 6 going to the theater to see Fiddler on the Roof.

So, this week starts Tradition for me. Houston Marathon weekend #9. The countdown has begun. I'm now one week, seven days, 154 hours from the start of the 2009 Houston Marathon. The traditions have also begun. The first tradition is to have a HORRIBLE last long run on the weekend prior to the marathon. So I had to uphold that! After a good 21 miler six days earlier, I started running on Saturday. After about 1.5 miles, I decided that I'd rather walk this weekend, than spend the last few miles on Jan 18th walking. So I finished the run with a long, slow 2.5 mile walk. It was a great time to think about the good times and bad of the past year.

This week will be a comfortable week of more traditions (massage, pasta dinner, expo, pre-race dinner, etc) culminated by a run with my four original Spa Girl running buddies pacing me for the 26.2

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!


Workout Log

Sunday, Dec 28

Monday, Dec 29
45 minutes on the bike trainer. It's been a while! Did a wattage ride for the first time like Coach Sam taught us a few weeks ago. It different.


Tuesday, Dec 30
Weights with Hawaiian Christine. Yikes she took my body fat and measurements. Gained 3 pounds and lots o'fat! Back to the eating program on Jan 5. She'll take my measurements again on Jan 20.

Ran 46 minutes of parking garages with New Angie and Yvonne.


Wednesday, Dec 31
New Year's lifting of glasses and toasting. Had more martini's than I usually have all year....uh-oh


Thursday, Jan 1
WII Fit with Sweetie and the kids. Yes, it really does count!


Friday, Jan 2
Day of Rest

Saturday, Jan 3
Day of Rest #2 in prep for big one

Sunday, Jan 4
21 miles with Sweetie, Canadian Debbie and Chris. Hot as H-E-L-L. So where does the Big Man get making it 75 degrees and 110% humidity in January? I was happy with our time given the weather. I even got a little kick at mile 19.5 and ran ahead of the group for about 5 minutes.

Monday, Jan 5
Recovery

Tuesday, Jan 6
SICK :-(

Wednesday, Jan 7
Yoga

Thursday, Jan 8
Weights with Hawaiian Christine

Friday, Jan 8
Rest

Saturday, Jan 9
Ran 1.5 miles, walked 2.5 miles