December 5, 2009

Back on My Feet

With the holidays fast approaching I had a whirlwind of a week packed with social plans. It started with a quiet dinner on Tuesday after a long day of catching up at work. It continued on Wednesday with one of the most fun dinners I've had yet. A small group of wine industry people were invited by the owner of a restaurant to an Italian wine tasting dinner. He treated us to multiple small courses and eight different vintages of Sassicaia. Another guest shared a 1959 Bordeaux with us. It was a long and rather late night but so worth it. Thursday, rather sleepily, I had a lovely dinner with five friends. Friday wrapped up the week beautifully with an elaborate six hour lunch at a restaurant I currently think is the best I've ever been to. I spent a couple hours post-lunch celebrating a friend's 50th birthday before calling it a night.

Amidst all the celebrating I had a major training and recovery milestone - I ran. I took my first running steps in nearly four months Tuesday morning with a 10-minute run/walk done in 2:00/1:00 intervals. It felt beyond good despite a bit of nerves. I kept the pace easy and paid attention to good form. I was smiling the rest of the day. I ran again yesterday, edging up to 15 minutes at the same run/walk interval. My overall pace went from over 11 minutes to just over 10. I was feeling more comfortable. And today I did another 10 at the same pace. Each time it feels a little more natural and the fear is easing up. My coach has me building up very gradually and conservatively so hopefully I should have nothing to worry about. It feels so good to be back at it.

I slacked on all other training this week, only making it to the pool once. But given everything going on I had to make some choices and after having some incredible experiences and a good deal of fun, I think I chose well.

7 comments:

  1. Wow, what a week. Reads like you enjoyed yourself. Glad to hear the runs went well. See you soon. Be careful. Dad.

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  2. Dinner sounds delicious! mmmm wine !

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  3. Happy to hear you are back running! Hope it continues to go well.

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  4. That's terrific! Good for you. Makes the holiday season even more fun!

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  5. Congrats on the running! It must feel great to get back on the road. Fingers crossed, you'll be knocking out double-digit mileage in no time.

    More importantly, though, I'm so jealous of your wine-tasting event - sounds like you had a great time. Keep it up!

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  6. Yay! Good for you! I"m so happy that you are easing back in slowly and feeling good about it. If it puts a smile on your face then you know you are doing the right thing. :)

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  7. Sometimes it is alright to let life get in the way of training. It keeps you balanced.

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