Back from the Boondoggle

The two week trip to Europe was one of a lifetime. It was simply awesome and I had a great travel partner in Kelly. We were constantly on the move, saw a lot of places from London, Paris, Nice, Cinque Terre, to Rome. During our trip we saw historic churches, museums, monuments, and beautiful landscapes. Kelly and I did quite a bit of walking, but the running took a back seat, although we packed our running gear it never made it out of the bag.

After the two week hiatus, Kelly and I ventured to the Shakopee Community Center for our first run post excursion. We weren't sure how far we had regressed, but we were less than excited to start back up. It was a jolt of reality today. It was too warm out in our minds to try running outside, so we headed for the comfy confines of the air controlled gym. I dread running inside, it gets boring quickly. Forgetting my iPod was pretty cool, so instead, I got to read a closed captioned version of Entertainment Tonight......riveting.....Brangelina had twins.......Lindsay Lohan may have a secret sister....you get the point.

Our pregame plan was to run a 5k, but half way through it Kelly suggested we run 4 miles. The first few miles were good, but then around mile 2.5, the knees started to go the way of jell-o, next the hips, and finally the quads. We both made it through all 4 miles with out pushing the lungs, but I have a sneaky feeling we will be sore tomorrow.

We start a marathon class and running club this Wednesday. It will be interesting to see how much further ahead of us most people are, but we still have a solid 2 and a half months to train for this beast. I will give an update after Wednesday's class.