Vacation Week!

Actual training will be limited, but I think I'll get some good time in. After all, I'm on VACATION! The weather isn't supposed to be fantastic, but we have several exciting things planned including a trip to the Mystic Aquarium, a visit to Block Island - for a day of bike riding - and a few hours of beach time, here and there.

There will be no planned activity this week. All times are actuals.

Sun - Run - 41 (4.2 miles)

Mon - Run - 42:27 (4.15 miles) - went slower and had a much better time.

Tues - Bike - ~30 min (6 miles on Block Island)

Wednesday - OFF

Thurs - Run - 31:30 (3 miles) - muggy weather made for a difficult run

Fri - OFF

Sat - OFF

No totals - it's vacation week!

Tri Training - Week 15, July 20 - July 26

Monday
Planned - Swim - 45 min - class
Actual - OFF (overtrained last week. Must. take. break.)

Tuesday
Planned - Strength - 45
Actual - Strength - 45

Wednesday
Planned - Swim - 30
Actual - Swim - 45 (went to class)

Thursday
Planned - Try the Tri (1:05:00)
Actual - Try the Tri (1:09:05)

Friday
Planned - Swim - 30
Actual - OFF

Saturday
Planned - OFF
Actual - OFF

Total
Planned - 215 min
Actual - 159 min
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Note: I've removed Sunday's training. Next week, I'll start with Sunday and end on Sat so I can line up my blog posts with my training log at BeginnerTriathlete. So yes, between taking it easy because of over-training and removing Sunday, this week will look light.

How long does it take to get to Maine?

According to MapQuest, it's really not supposed to take very long. But MapQuest can't really factor in traffic, bathroom breaks, unexpected detours, more traffic, slow drivers and even more traffic.

Yes, my friends, it took us close to FIVE hours to get to Yarmouth for the ClamFest, while worth a two-hour drive, was not even close to good enough to be worth the actual time it took. We stopped TWICE at McDonalds because, you know, it wasn't like we were headed to a food festival featuring (arguably) the yummiest food in America. No, we had to stop before the baby ate the fabric off her seat and/or Petra peed all over the car. So, Mickey D's it was.

The clamfest was good though. There were food booths, an arts and crafts festival and an entire (expensive) carnival. We ate our weight in food (including the best clam cakes ever), rode a few rides and headed home after about two hours. We stopped in Kittery on the way back to satiate my always ravenous shopping appetite and made it back home at ~10:30...just in time for the girls to have breakdowns.

Don't get me wrong, it was fun. Enough. And next time, we'll know not to follow the directions every car in Massachusetts seemed to have and instead take our secret squirrel back roads (which we *so* should've done in the first place).

Yes, next time.