Vacation to Windy City

Weds OFF
Thurs SWIM 2100y in 55 mins, then RUN 10 mi in 1:38
Fri SWIM 2000y in 45 mins, the BIKE 29 miles with the DH on rented bikes :)
Sat RUN 7.25mi in 1:07
Sun OFF

I'd planned my rest week around this vacation, so the reduced hours and mileages were built in to the schedule. I still feel guilty. And lazy. lol.

Weds and Sun were travel days, for some reason sitting on a train is more tiring than a 10 mile run.

Thursday was a swim in that awesome hotel pool DH found--outdoors, under the skyscrapers, 25y with lines and lanes!! WOW that was cool! I did a "shorter but faster" swim of 400-300-200-100 (times were roughly 8:07, 6:15, 4:05, 1:58). After that was my first run along the Lakefront Trail and my first exposure to the downtown Chicago athletic community. Holy cow, the variety of abilities, shapes, sizes, gears, languages, goals, everything! I loved it! Bikers and walkers and runners of every kind all working together in what initially seemed like a target-rich environment for crashes and conflict.

Friday was another swim, this one got sloppy as the yardage accumulated and highlighted my lack of swim endurance. I wanted to quit so bad, so close to just dropping it with the excuse of "I'm drilling bad habits" but I stuck to it. And I'm happy I did. After that DH and I rented bikes to ride the LFT and area. It brought a smile to my face when he called up "Clear Back" at one point. So Proud!!  I loved seeing the other bikers on the new Divvy bikes! I imagined that every Divvy rider was someone who wouldn't have been on a bike just weeks ago before the bike share program was launched!

Saturday I wanted to repeat the 10 mile run but slept in and didn't have time. So I sac'd the mileage so we could spend the time together. It's rest week, and more importantly what's 2.75 miles compared to those 30 mins with my DH??