4th
the week of no standard workouts continues
I should have realized that I was going to have issues getting any real workouts in this week. I think I’m going to give up on the dream for the week and chalk things up to “figuring out how I’m going to logistically tackle getting my daughter to and from daycare while finding time to work and then figuring out how to get workouts in”. This is OK with me, especially since I quit taking the metro for a good portion of the daughter-daycare trades. This means I’m walking a whole lot more, and while it isn’t active running, it is doing something for me. With that, let’s look at yesterday:
Wednesday: Got up, got Sofia ready to go, took the Metro to Cleveland Park (I was running late), then walked her to her daycare (0.7 miles). Walked back to Cleveland Park (0.7 miles), took metro to Woodley (1 stop, it was questionable), walked to Adams’ Morgan for work (0.7 miles) which meant I walked 2.1 miles in the morning. After a few hours of work, I decided to walk directly to the day care to pick up Sofia (1.7 miles), then I decided to walk all the way home (1.4 miles) for a total of 3.1 miles on the back side. This means I walked about 5.2 miles yesterday or 8.3 km. This explains why I felt tired by the end (there are a lot of hills) and why I had a voracious appetite when it came time for dinner.
Now that I’ve found this route, I’m gonna stick with it, so, without further adieu, my day so far:
Thursday: Got up, got Sofia ready to go, took the Metro to Cleveland Park (really, I’m chronically late in the morning) and walked her to daycare (0.7 miles). Then, I walked straight to work (1.7 miles) for a total of 2.4 miles this morning. I plan to walk to her daycare, pick her up and walk all the way home again, so that will add another 3.1 miles to the walk, which will put me at 5.5 miles.
If I can start tacking on some real workouts, I think I’ve got some good potential for awesome. If nothing else, I’ve got a solid, solid base of walking long distances if I bonk during the run.
