The Away Runs / Other Activities

The past few days have made for interesting / different workouts. I have been away from home for three days the past week on a business trip. This makes running very difficult. On Tuesday, I was still sore from the Mini Heart marathon, but I sucked it up and hopped on the treadmill for 25 minutes and then the ellipticle for a little. The fitness room also had 10 pound weights that I used to do a quick weight workout. The workout helped a little, but everything was compounded by walking in some manufacturing plants for hours at time. I was able to do my job, but with some soreness and discomfort. Wednesday was a little tougher. The hotel I was at had a gym with three pieces of equipment: a treadmill, a bike and an ellipticle. I thought the equipment would work well, all the machines had fans built in. There were also 3 medicine balls. However, the treadmill would stick when I was running, the ellipticle was broken and the stationary bike was permanently stuck on pause. Awesome! So, I did what I could with what I had. Tossed the medicine ball around and then hit the hot tub. Good workout or great workout?

Friday Mary and I drove up to Toledo for the weekend where I did get an hour and 20 minute run in. The Sunday I ran about 4 more miles. Nothing impressive to speak of, but it is better than nothing. The marathon is right around the corner and I will have to put in a long run next weekend whether I want to or not. After that it will be shorter and shorter runs until the big day.