Did I enjoy my trip? Yes.
Would I do it again? Absolutely!
However, the way it ended left a bad taste in my mouth. It started off a little rocky with the whole acquiring a new van thing, but it was all uphill after that! I had the opportunity to see my grandmother in Texas and run in some beautiful and WARM trails in the Southeast. No one harassed me while I was sleeping or cooking in parking lots. I got into Vermont100! I was prepared for the cold with sleeping bags and generator. The weather was clear when I was driving and snowing while I was snowboarding. I was having the time of my life and enjoying every moment of that freedom...
Until I banged up my hip snowboarding. It was a feeling of defeat. I wanted to run, but it was so painful since my hip was so swollen. I could feel this just large mass moving up and down with every step and it was just way too bothersome. And the four different days I tried to get back on the mountain snowboarding, I was just so hesitant of falling after a couple of times of landing directly on my hip and it causing pain, that it was barely enjoyable.
I knew I was going to have to go back soon, regardless. However, I wanted it to be on my terms. I felt a bit cheated, which made coming back home a bit rough. I've been running and snowboarding constantly for the past few weeks and now I'm at home and can't do either. I've been driving hours daily and seeing beautiful landscapes and cities. Now I have to rest and stretch inside my tiny loft.
This definitely got me into a bit of a funk. I kept going to the gym to try and increase how many minutes I could run before my hip became bothersome again, then rest for two days and try again. I just got into the biggest race of my life up to this point and I can't even jog for more than 15 minutes without pain. This was something constantly going through my head.
That funk is now gone! I have put up a couple hour runs on the treadmill with minimal hip discomfort and going to be slowly ramping it back up. This was supposed to be a 36 mile week, but its looking like things will wrap up today 30ish. I'm at peace with that and will be getting right back on track with the training plan-I've got a 22 mile run next week!
Keep your head up and Run Wild
Sunday, February 11, 2018
And Heading Home
Wednesday, January 31st
By 5:30am I was on the road. I had the privilege of seeing the moon phenomenon in my mirrors as I was leaving Summit County. So Cool!
First stop was the Nissan dealership outside Denver. I thought I might have possibly been able to make it back to the Muskogee Nissan (where I purchased the vehicle) in Oklahoma before hitting 5,000 miles for free service and maintenance, but I was wrong. Time for an oil change.
Rest of the drive was pretty uneventful. Stopped at a planet fitness to run. Made it to my parent's house in Oklahoma by 10pm or so. Mom was so happy to see me!
Thursday, February 1st
I slept in a familiar bed, woke up, headed to the dealership where I got the vehicle to give it a once over and was back on the road.
Took a two hour pitstop in St. Louis to see some good friends then continued the drive straight through the night and arrived back home in Maine on the evening of the 2nd. I'm counting that as some sort of endurance training. Here's the breakdown of the trip from Colorado back to Maine (via Muskogee, OK and STL, MO):
Total time elapsed: 60 hours
Driving time: 37 hours
Sleep: 10 hours
Good to be Home
By 5:30am I was on the road. I had the privilege of seeing the moon phenomenon in my mirrors as I was leaving Summit County. So Cool!
First stop was the Nissan dealership outside Denver. I thought I might have possibly been able to make it back to the Muskogee Nissan (where I purchased the vehicle) in Oklahoma before hitting 5,000 miles for free service and maintenance, but I was wrong. Time for an oil change.
Rest of the drive was pretty uneventful. Stopped at a planet fitness to run. Made it to my parent's house in Oklahoma by 10pm or so. Mom was so happy to see me!
Thursday, February 1st
I slept in a familiar bed, woke up, headed to the dealership where I got the vehicle to give it a once over and was back on the road.
Took a two hour pitstop in St. Louis to see some good friends then continued the drive straight through the night and arrived back home in Maine on the evening of the 2nd. I'm counting that as some sort of endurance training. Here's the breakdown of the trip from Colorado back to Maine (via Muskogee, OK and STL, MO):
Total time elapsed: 60 hours
Driving time: 37 hours
Sleep: 10 hours
Good to be Home
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Packing It Up
Tuesday, January 30th
Today was a day of decisions. I started off the day by trying to run a mile on the treadmill. It still hurt. So here's the current situation: I can't go out and run and I'm afraid that if I fall while snowboarding, I will only make it worse. Time to head home. It is a bummer that the trip has to end like this, but I was able to squeeze in 11 days of snowboarding and run in warm, beautiful places this month.
I spent the rest of the day cleaning up the lodge, packing up the van, and giving the van a much needed carwash.
I'm heading home tomorrow.
Run Wild.
Today was a day of decisions. I started off the day by trying to run a mile on the treadmill. It still hurt. So here's the current situation: I can't go out and run and I'm afraid that if I fall while snowboarding, I will only make it worse. Time to head home. It is a bummer that the trip has to end like this, but I was able to squeeze in 11 days of snowboarding and run in warm, beautiful places this month.
I spent the rest of the day cleaning up the lodge, packing up the van, and giving the van a much needed carwash.
I'm heading home tomorrow.
Run Wild.
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