Winning Back What I Lost

Salt Lake City, UT

AM:  Holed up in a Holiday Inn near the airport w/ the fam.  We're here visiting my wife's grandmother.  I had planned on doing a nice long run outside but about 2 hours of sleep and 3-4 inches of snow put the kabosh on that.  I settled for a shorter TM run.  My legs were dead.  The fitness room was about 80 degrees w/ no discernible ventilation- only a glass window separated this room from the pool and hot tub.  The fitness room may as well have been the sauna.  I was proud of myself for draggin my arse out of bed.  I'm all about building up the base and getting the mileage in.  Not for some arbitrary number but to get some time on my feet every day to strengthen my legs for the tough hill climbs that are just around the corner.  I settled for 6.25 slow miles.

PM: Returned to the hotel around 7ish after visiting family and an afternoon at the Dinosaur Museum in Lehi, UT.  Kids wanted to go for a swim so I spent a couple of hours splashing around in the tiny Holiday Inn pool.  I didn't want to go but I knew that I had to increase my mileage from last week.  My legs were actually stronger this evening but it was still hotter than a whore in July in that blasted fitness room.  I stopped at 3.6 miles feeling like I could easily do another 3 but w/ sweat pouring off of me like I had just jumped into the pool.