Back, and recovering
That trip was EXHAUSTING. I guess I’m not sure what I expected, but I imagined (read: fantasized) that looking for a place to live in LA would be easy. Whatever.
It was a long, long 6 days. And involved a lot of driving back and forth and all around to look at places, a fair amount of stress, not a lot of quality sleep and totally-not-in-LA crappy weather. I did manage to get some training in, including a fairly long run-walk on Saturday, but the circumstances kept me from fully enjoying any it. We flew back on the red-eye tired, anxious and without having found a place to live.
Anyway, after a good night’s sleep last night, I started feeling like myself again. Things are still a little hectic in our lives and they’re not going to calm down any time too soon, but we’ll get there. And by “there”, I mean sunny, warm Los Angeles.
By the way, do you watch “Friday Night Lights”? If not, you should. Rent the DVDs. I don’t watch a ton of TV, but that hour (or less on Tivo) is well worth it every week.
Swim – February 5
Distance: 2,400 yards
Time: 52 minutes
Run/Walk – February 7
Distance: 12.75 miles
Time: 2:04 (10 min. warm up walk, 19 x 5 min. run/1 min. walk)
Average heart rate: 145
Course: Beverly, Fairfax, West Hollywood
Conditions: low/mid 50’s, overcast, some rain
Run/Walk – February 9
Distance: 4.5 miles
Time: 50 min. (10 min. warm-up walk, then 4 min. run/1 min. walk)
Average heart rate: 143
Location: Los Angeles – Carthay/Fairfax
Conditions: Low 50’s, clouds and rain
Run – February 11
Distance: 3.5 miles
Time: 40 minutes (10 min. warm up walk, 30 min. run)
Average heart rate:
Course: Washington Square Park, East Village
Conditions: low 50’s, mostly cloudy
Swim – February 12
Distance: 2,400 yards
Time: 51 minutes
Strength – February 12