Vacation Report: Outer Banks, NC & Charleston, SC

I'm back!

Last night Scott and I returned from a wonderful 10-day vacation to the Outer Banks of NC and a 2-day stop-over in Charleston, SC. We met up with Scott's brother and sister (and their families) and rented a beach house in Southern Shores, NC. Our first few days there were HOT and HUMID (hello, Florida) but we took in some wonderful sites. I'll post pics of the vacation in another post.

I wasn't about to let my training slide (although I knew that swimming would be out of the question) and immediately logged a 6 miler on Sunday and then a 4 mile interval run on Monday. Conditions were very Florida-like, which I was bummed about. However, that would remedy itself by mid-week.

Scott and I brought our bikes with us in hopes of getting in some riding. I brought Pixie (more on her later) as this would be my first opportunity to really test her out. Unfortunately, because we were working around the schedules of three families, we didn't get as much riding in as we would have liked. Our first day there we logged a few un-noteworthy miles just riding around the neighborhood where our beach home was located. We then did a 36 mile trip on Tuesday through Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head. Lots of stopping and starting and challenging beach breezes so I couldn't really open Pixie up... but it was a great ride for leg turnover.

I took Wednesday off due to rain, but more than made up for it on Thursday when I logged my first ever easy 10 miler! Woot! I did not have one planned, but the rain brought with it something that I haven't felt since March here in FL... cool weather! I couldn't resist 70F and 73% humidity. Glorious (to me anyway)! Legs held up great during the run and I was just about walking on sunshine for the rest of the day. My body must be adapting properly to this 'running stuff' b/c I didn't have even a hint of soreness the day after this run. My legs felt tired when I would walk up stairs, but that's about it. Yay to me... for ramping my mileage up properly.

We left the Outer Banks on Saturday morning and decided to drive to Charleston for a short stay. We toured Charleston all day Sunday (what a glorious city... can't wait to return) and then drove back home yesterday. I wish I had found some time to get in a run while in Charleston... boo-hiss!

And that, my friends, is where my exercise log ends. Yes, I have now had FOUR days off in a row! Egads! Back to the trenches today, though!

Pictures and 'Pixie' details to come....

I have SO much catching up to do in blogland. I hope everyone is well and that y'all are kicking some butt in your races!