Labor Day Weekend

Holiday weekends are always fun.   For whatever reason, they seem longer even though I have three day weekends every other week.   People are relaxed, a multitude of activities await and generally speaking it's a good time.   This Labor Day weekend was no exception.   In addition to the usual assortment of activities, I hosted a cookout to welcome Larry to Minnesota.   I think I did a pretty good job of keeping it healthy and did my best to make sure I was active enough to cancel out the rest.  

Activity-wise, it was a very good weekend.  I did the Coffee Grind with the OBC on Saturday, and later took a walk through one of the nearby parks with Larry.   The Owatonna Park and Rec is having a kind of scavenger hunt through the parks this fall, and if you find all the clues, you get an entry into a drawing for some cool prizes.   It seems like a good opportunity to explore a little and is something fun to do with the boyfriend.   

Sunday I went for a run, after a long break.  I was a little concerned, truth be told.  The prescribed run was a 25 minute continuous jog, and with my back acting up I wasn't sure I could do it.   As such, I decided it would be best to do a road run as it is a little easier.   It was a very good run and I felt very good throughout about 20 minutes of it.   The last 5 minutes were not so great, but I think it was more psychological than physical.  I always have run the same route when road running in Owatonna, and it ends just about the time I get back home.   The problem (well, not really) is that I am faster than the last time I did the route, so when I go to my usual end point, I still had 5 minutes to go.   

To wrap up the holiday weekend, I went mountain biking in Rochester with my friend Ben.  We went to Eastwood again, and I had an even better time than last time.   I have new tires on my bike, and they made the overall experience a lot more enjoyable.   We did a pretty good pace, even with my needing to walk up way too many hills.   We started on the advanced trails and wrapped up on the beginner type trails.  Naturally, I managed to hurt myself on the easy trails.   I was clipping along at a decent pace, misjudged my line and scraped against a tree.   Minor, but it drew blood so it counts.  I'm a real mountain biker now! 

Workouts:

Saturday:  Garmin was acting up, so no data on that one.   Trust me, I was going real fast. :)

Sunday: 2.3 miles / 11.20 pace (!!)

Monday: 4.2 miles