Scenes from a weekend #2

How was your weekend? It’s still definitely marathon season – I’ve been seeing lots of social media updates about running this past weekend. My friend Coop ran the Philadelphia Marathon, just 2 weeks after running New York (this was his 16th marathon). Nicole, who writes Work in Sweats Mama, ran the Richmond Marathon yesterday and set a PR as well as nabbed a BQ! Amazing!

The weather in NYC this weekend was RIDICULOUSLY nice, so you know I took advantage of that to get out for a run.

I went out with no particular goal, no plans to run a certain number of miles, or for any particular time. It was just what I needed. I did wear my Garmin, I just didn’t look at it once while running. I ended up doing 5 easy miles. I probably would have run longer, but my right hamstring felt tight and I didn’t want to push it and get injured.

When I got home, I checked my splits and there was a 3 second difference between my fastest and slowest mile, despite the hills and terrain. Finally, I feel like I’ve mastered keeping a steady pace without having to use a watch, just by listening to my body. So now I have that skill, but I’m training for….  NOTHING.

When I ran the marathon in 2010, I ended up with strained adductors in my right hip, which had me on crutches for two weeks, followed by a cane (not my favorite) and then some hobbling. So I never really experienced any post-marathon malaise, because I was immersed in an injury pity party. This time around, I officially feel a little down in the dumps. 16 weeks of training, followed by one of the most memorable experiences of my life, then… that’s it. I know I need to set myself a new goal, so I have something to train towards, I am just finding it difficult to set my sights on a new challenge. Stay tuned!

Luckily, there’s this small dude in my life who makes me feel happy every time I look at him. This weekend we did lots of playing and reading and laughing and exploring. He’s the best.

Also, I know I’m super late to the party, but Fran and I started watching Breaking Bad (probably about a week after it ended). Holy amazing, that show was SO GOOD. And we power watched it too. We did that thing where we’d watch an episode and it was getting kind of late and we’d say, “Do you want to watch another one?” “I don’t know…do you?” while we both knew we were definitely going to watch another episode and be tired the next day. So this Saturday night we opened a bottle of wine for the finale. Neither of us had heard or read any spoilers, happily, and it did NOT disappoint. The wine was delicious, too. 😉

Don’t worry – Roman wasn’t up watching Breaking Bad with us. He was fast asleep from a long day of playing (complete with assisted inversions!) by the time we were enjoying our grown-up time!

What did you do this weekend? Did anyone run a race? Are you the type of person who needs to have a goal to train towards, or do you prefer to work out simply for the fun of it? And did you watch Breaking Bad and do you agree it was the best show ever??