A week off?

October 19 – 25          Total Miles: 0

With 26.2 staring me right in the face, what do I decide to do?  Take a week off.  Not that I planned it per se, it just kind of happened.  Traveling to Denver totally wiped me out Tuesday.  It was 78 degress on Tuesday when I landed.  The only reason that I mention this random fact is that it started snowing Tuesday night (and not pretty snow either, it was the serious wet and heavy snow that made driving to and from dinner a challenge.)  While I’ll admit that I thought about throwing on my running jacket and gloves and going for it, I decided not to do something stupid.  I’m pretty sure that Vibrams and snow don’t mix.  I’d probably get frostbite.

So I took the three days that I was there off.  Then we were in the bay area for the weekend, so I figured why bother to try to squeeze in a 12 miler when I could just get some rest.  It’s a little sad when you realize that the 12 mile run is considered a “taper run”.  The rest did give me the opportunity to watch my Giants win the World Series (Take that Dodgers!).  I also took the kids to the park, where I slammed my shin into a playground stair while I was not paying attention.  It looks like there is a half a golf ball under my skin.  Awesome, that should make it fun to put on my compression sleeve. 

Somewhere in the adventure of traveling to Denver, then to the Bay Area I lost my bag of ankle braces, shin splint sleeves and heart monitor.  Its not a trip without losing something right?  I’m positive that I brought them home from Denver and I took them out of my bag before we left again.  Who knows where they could be.  Hopefully I find them soon, whether placebo or not, I don’t care.  I just know that I feel better running with them than without.