Training – Day Three: A day of rest
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8:28PM Well, theoretically it was my day of rest between workouts. I did get in a couple of short sprints, however. The first one was getting up and taking our daughter to school, in the snow. It wasn’t a major workout, just a short sprint. The next one was the sprint over to check on my parents. Once I arrived there, my pace slowed down considerably. I think I was matching their pace pretty well. It was also unbearably hot in their house, especially as I had dressed in several layers of clothing, mostly wool, as would any good Waldorf kindergarten teacher. I got very hot and very sleepy.
Once I was home, the need for rest had to be taken seriously. I took a nap then later sat down to look at some of the details and history of the NYC Marathon. I’m afraid I didn’t get very far. I got sidetracked while I looked at the website belonging to Daniel’s wife, Melissa Clark. If this name sounds familiar to you, I’m not surprised. She is an excellent cook and writer and she puts these talents to use writing articles about food for publications such as The New York Times, Bon Appétit, Travel and Leisure, Forbes.com, Real Simple, and many others. She’s written cookbooks and there are even YouTube videos featuring Melissa! I was technically resting, but I was getting hungrier and hungrier. We ended up going out to dinner to Patsy’s Inn, a lovely, fun, and funky Italian restaurant in Denver.
As this is my rest day, I will not write much. Tomorrow, I think a few more short sprints will be in order, just enough to make sure I’m in proper shape for Sunday.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Daniel’s efforts so far! And thank you to Daniel for running and to Melissa and Dahlia for always cheering him on.
G’night!