Travelling and running and nuitrition

We're just back from Toronto. Travelled most of the afternoon with two stops along the way; one to visit Jo-Anne's aunt and uncle and one to have lunch with my mother. Makes for a long day driving. The couch is feeling very comfortable right now.

Ran both days along the bicycle trails along the Don Valley. Once I found the entrance to the trails it was quite pleasant going. I was surprised that there wasn't more people on the trails. I saw more folks on Sunday morning than Saturday. It might have been the heat on Saturday.

Saturday turned out to be a lot hotter than I thought. It was overcast and looked cool. Wrong. I ended up getting a bit of a sun burn on top of my head.

Both days I felt that I needed to stretch out the tops of my feet and my shins more. I wasn't quite as "bouncy" as I like to feel. It felt better on Sunday than Saturday. I'll have to make that a priority this week.

Although I ate reasonable well this weekend, there is a lot of room for improvement. I was saying to Jo-Anne that I felt like popping into the grocery store on Saturday and grabbing a few extra items. Parts of the day are easier than others to eat right. For example, getting a good breakfast early is a challenge. Could have done well with some cereal and fruit to start the day off today. Managed to find a smoothy in the Health Club which was a good start.

It was nice today to only have to run an hour. Felt like a rest day almost. My new schedule from Peak for next month is sitting in my mail box. Looking forward to seeing what's up for the next month. I'm enjoying having a schedule to follow. This week (last week of current schedule) looks pretty steady with a 10k race on Canada day (Saturday). No taper for the race, just part of the schedule.