Owen and I got back to Seattle at 1am last Friday wearing matching Divi All Inclusive Resort Honeymoon t-shirts. When he asked the night before if we could wear them together on our travel day I assumed he was joking. Both Honeymoon tees were men's XXL. But the next morning when I went to get dressed Owen was standing there wearing his and mine was folded next to my jeans.
I firmly believe this was a marital test. A sick, twisted test to see if I would schlep around three airports in a XXL t-shirt that proclaimed 'MEGA RESORTS MAKE HONEYMOONS SIZZLE' across the front and back. The proclamation illustrated by two cartoon fish about to smooch each other on the front. On my birthday no less. We didn't really get a photo that captured the 'specialness' of my outfit that day...but based on the looks we received it was very special. I was one fanny pack away from a real hit.
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| modeling our honeymoon tees after opening them at divi |
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| honeymoon tees travel from aruba to seattle |
Anyway, I'm back in Seattle and on a mission to get my running legs under me. I realized the past 3 weeks of training have all been under the total mileage I will run at Hood to Coast. I've been running around 20m/week. So I have four weeks to get as injury resilient as possible, while ramping up my mileage and building speed and strength. (I sound like a Runner's World cover)
I was going to post my detailed day by day plan, but after I wrote it I realized that might be a little snoozy. So I'll try to get it out fast. Run 30 miles this week. Get back on the core work, pushups, burpees, drills... the goodies. Including doing my years of hard won physical therapy strength training exercises for my knees and back. While increasing my mileage each week: 34, 37, 42, 46.
Also this week I am detoxing. This is the only time you'll hear about it. I can't tell you how many times I deleted the Tweet "I haven't had coffee today. Detox day two." Because who cares? I don't tell you blog about many cheeseburgers I eat (a lot) so to make the lack of food a big deal is weird. And it's boring to both of us. I'll say it's a runner friendly detox and I eat more (of the approved food) than this plan says to. Curious? It's this little detox doozy, and I've done it twice before.
After three weeks of bacon, cheeseburgers, fried everything and countless day drinks with my only exercise being the walk from my cabana to the bar and back...my body needs a quick reset.
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| side of fries: main food group for july |
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| pinot coaster |
Getting back in fighting shape is never easy, but I'm ready for the work. T-30 days until Hood to Coast!
