the exciting driveafter an exciting 7 hour drive on friday i arrived in the sticks of kentucky. it's a very exciting area indeed; there is even an outlet mall (...it has 4 stores). i really need to go back and get a picture of this "outlet mall". the brands advertised outside include wrangler, lee and jansport. can't you buy all that at walmart?
anyway. j and i ran about 5.2 miles in one of kentucky's finer state parks on saturday. there's one road that goes through the park but it was extremely hilly with no shoulder so we stuck to the campground area, how exciting. we found a couple walking trails (1/2 mile and 1/4 mile long each) so we threw those in for a little variety. the trails slowed us down overall because we had to stop and climb over/under fallen trees, navigate loose rocks, and step cautiously on wet, mossy rocks, but at least it was a bit of a break from boring mile loops around the campground. we did find out later (online) that there is supposedly a 4.5 mile trail in that park somewhere, which would have been nice to know.
saturday (3/14) am run: 5.2 miles, 48:48 (avg pace 9:23), avg hr (153)
it was also my half birthday so i was treated to free gambling (j's money) at the casino! my luck at the casino is apparently the same as my luck in the blog giveaways. nonexistent. j gave me $40 to gamble away and i should have just pocketed it. i lost two games of roulette and two games of blackjack. my first trip to a casino was not very memorable. guess i'll stay away from vegas and lottery tickets.
sunday i tried to sleep in but alas, sleep and i are just not meant to be. still. :( we skipped a trip to louisville and decided to be lazy around the hotel instead. eventually i hit the road again and knew i'd be logging another 0-mile day, but at least i hadn't already taken a day off for the week so i felt less guilty.
the long road homeweek in review (3/09 - 3/15):
total miles: 35.00 (4 runs easy, 1 interval workout, 1 threshold workout)
time spent running: ~5 hours 10 minutes
avg hr: 162.00
abs & yoga: 3 ab days, 0 yoga (for the 3rd week in a row, might as well quit trying)
off days: 1 (unscheduled, mostly laziness)
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