Broke the streak

Today I finally broke my week-long non-exercising streak and got in a good workout.

It was my first workout with my new Garmin Forerunner 204 GPS watch.

It was the hottest day of the year so far (upper 80s).

And it was at high noon.

Needless to say, this was a tough workout that should not have been hard at all.

Biked to Root River Trail: 1.99 miles, 9:23, avg pace 12.7 mph, 58 calories

Ran on Root River Trail (okay, walked some too): 2.18 miles, 20:51, avg pace 9:33, 253 calories

Biked home (stopped the watch at a stoplight and forgot to hit start again): 1.08 miles, 6:39, avg pace 9.7 mph, 58 calories (seems a little fishy)

Man, it was rough. Tomorrow my aim is to wake up at 6 a.m. and run before it gets hot out (and before church - I know it will be tough to get motivated after church).

But in other news, this has been a very productive - or at least action-packed - day. Is it weird that while the husband is out of town I'm not lonely - I'm actually having lots of fun. It's like a vacation. I'm sure that's horrible, but I'm just being honest.

So, back to today. Woke up bright and early, popped over to the Farmers Market by 7:30, bought some strawberries, drove (top down) to church for a music meeting, met up with Janet, Lisa and Paula for breakfast at Pano's (YUM!), biked/ran, met up with Rachel and her "friend" Mike and went to Lakefront Festival of Arts, chatted with the parentals, weeded the front yard, did laundry, planted more herbs, worked for an hour (UGH) and am now settling down to fold laundry and plan tomorrow's Sunday School class.

Um, so, I really do feel bad that I feel so much more free and happy with husband out of town. Maybe it's just that the weather is nicer and my social calendar has been full...

Or maybe it's that I don't feel guilty for having a full social calendar because I have no one to come home to...

Either way, I do miss him and hope we'll have double the fun when he returns. Summer is finally HERE!