Another schedule change!

OK, so this weekend wasn't quite the activity-fest I'd had in mind. It was pouring rain and somewhat miserable, so I really felt very sloth-ful. We did get TONS done on Saturday (lots of errands, some MUCH needed work done on the car, etc) but I was not really active unless I get to count loading cement pavers into the truck. Sunday wasn't a whole hell of a lot better. In fact, I slept terrible all weekend so today I'm actually more exhausted than I was on Friday.

Sunday I did manage a run. I ran outside again but this time it was pouring rain. I also took the 'hilly' route which meant that I had a few rollers to deal with. No biggie on the bike, but as a person on foot - it felt a little more difficult! My hipflexors are a little sore today again. I think I need to figure out a way to run outside more often - I don't think the treadmill gives me anywhere near enough of a workout.

So since I managed to screw up my weekend activity schedule, I'm adjusting my weekly schedule to align with it and I'll move to the new schedule next week. So this week I'll be doing the following:

Mon: swim & core
Tues: run & strength
Wed: swim & core
Thurs: run & strength
Fri: REST
Saturday: move to the previous schedule I posted - so I'll run and do a bike ride this day.

Even though I wasn't all that active this weekend, I did manage to do quite a bit of reading about people who are active. Does that count? No? OK, then. Anyway, I'm reading Born to Run and wow...what a great book! Once I got the hang of the author's story telling style (he's a little into jumping around a lot), it's really compelling. The story is about the Tarahumara who are a tribe of super athletic distance runners in Mexico. The book is inpsiring me to want to run long distances, if you can believe that. It's also got me thinking about barefoot running again. It was something that I really wanted to try when I first started this training but then felt that maybe it wasn't a good idea for someone with my foot trouble. Since starting this book, I've done even more research on this and I do think that this might be REALLY good for me specifically because I have this foot trouble. I'm going to start slowly. I'll do some barefoot running on the treadmill and I'll start working out barefoot. I'll also NOT be buying myself new running shoes. In fact, I'm thinking about wearing a pair of inexpensive old Pony sneakers I bought awhile back. They fit well but they are mostly flat without any structure or support at all. I'm just not sure how to transition to these, or if I should just start using them since I'm not doing any long distances yet anyway. I'm just excited about this. I'm excited about possibly finding a way to run without pain. How amazing would that be??