Today we ran along the Charles River in Boston. What a beautiful city! Our hotel was in a very good location, right off Beacon Street on the Freedom Trail, but we had a hard time finding the river. We probably walked a good 1-1.5 miles to find the trail. We ran for about 48 minutes. My Garmin said we went 5 miles, but I think we went a bit farther, because the time was a little off, and the Garmin has a hard time keeping the signal with so many trees.
This afternoon, we went on a bike tour of Boston. We had signed up for a guided tour on bikes, but we greatly underestimated how long it would take to get to the bike shop, so we missed the tour! We rented the bikes anyway and did our own self-guided tour. It was scary at first, riding in the traffic, but we got the hang of it after a while and ended up really enjoying ourselves. We rode for almost 3 hours, and I have no idea how far we went! All I know is, I am all fired up about running the Boston marathon after seeing it on foot and bike!
I wasn't able to run as much during our vacation as I wanted to. Most of our vacations are whirlwind tours where we don't have any time or energy to run, so this was actually better than most. And I am so spoiled now after running in the beautiful weather. Time to fire up the treadmil again! I feel good and well-rested for next week! |