Training - Take 1

Terrain: Road
Path: Misquamicut to Weekapaug & back
Time: 2:15 hours
Mileage: 7.55 miles
Blister Count: 1.9

 

RI Ones Fireman's Memorial Sunday 2015

My legs feel heavy. My hip is sore. My feet are tight. I need to stretch. I need to move.

It's Monday morning, and while I did many things this weekend, it took me a few hours to determine why my legs were so sore. We walked.

Sunday morning after the Firemen's Memorial Parade around the park, Jill and I had decided we'd do a training walk. The calendar / training schedule put out on the walk's website suggested we walk 10 miles. The temperature was in the 80s and the humidity was high. No way were we going to walk in town. The air was stagnant there.

Instead, we met down at my house and set out on our first training walk of the season together by the beach with the sea breeze. We lathered up in sunscreen. I used Jill's as mine was in my car. 70 SPF! I thought this was a crazy high spf, but it turned out I needed it. The sun was shining down the entire walk and it found the spots I missed: back of my neck, forehead where my headband slipped up, and my upper arms when I rolled up my sleeves. Oops.  We filled our water bottles and bid farewell to the cats.

We got to the end of the driveway and then had to decide where we were going to go. Right or left? We went straight.

Eventually we ended up going to the left and headed toward Weekapaug. Though the schedule suggested 10 miles, we knew we were not quite up to that, especially with the heat that was going on.

Breachway

It was quite warm. The mid-day sun was beating down and the sea breeze was still. Jill had a cooling towel with her, but even that was drying up fast. I had rolled up my sleeves and suggested we get Hot MesseS tank tops next. It's going to be a hot summer of training.

As we got walking past the beaches and bars, we decided we could go for about 6 miles. A little bit further down the road, we realized we were only about a mile from the Weekapaug Breechway. We decided to go for it. We were feeling good.

Aside from weekly/bi-weekly personal training with Kellie, this walk was the most activity either of us have done in a while. Jill has been good about doing some shorter walks from her house. I think I've done 2 and I haven't been running which I was last time we trained. But also, because of our training with Kellie, we decided we could continue on.

Overall, the walk was uneventful. We did come across two kayaks parked in the grass on the way back. So obviously, I took a picture. We contemplated the whys and hows they got there. If I parked my bright green kayak in the sea grass, it'd have to be a bit more camouflaged.

We changed up our return slightly. We walked passed Winnepaug Road this time and continued a few streets down to turn down a side street.

We were both feeling pretty fatigued when we arrived back at my house. Jill felt a blister on her little toes - one on top, one underneath, opposite feet. She was wearing her new Hoka shoes. I was breaking in my newest Fit Flops. They are purple and did fabulous! Minor rubbing on one foot between my toes, but it quickly went away. Not a hot spot!

After refueling we were on our way. Me to bed to nap - had just enough time too before meeting Becky for the Avett Brothers - & Jill home to the woods of Connecticut.

Now to do it again....