Long delicious weekend

First a quick note - last Wed I did a gym/weights day, mostly arms but some legs. Then Thursday since it was the start of vacation I did nothing, as in nothing. Mary and I headed off for the San Juan islands that afternoon for a lovely kid-free (at their grandparents) weekend for my birthday! Woo hoo! I can't decide if I should be apologizing to my training schedule for taking two of the days totally off (Thurs and Sun) or boasting about the other two very active days. One thing is certain - it was a huge boost to my training to get on a real bike, in the real out-of-doors. I've even gone so far as to drag the bike out of the basement! I think it needs a real tune up though after 6 years of inactivity....

Friday we borrowed the B&B's bikes and went for a 18 mile round trip bike ride, which was really lovely and would have been even more so if one of the bikes hadn't been far too short and constantly shifting itself. There were some middle-sized hills, but we made it to our destination of awesome views and had a nice break by the water reading a travel book. Then we made it back for a light lunch and then went on a 3-hour kayak excursion! We were lucky enough to be the only two in the group, so we moved at quite a clip (and had quite sore arms!) - so much so that we had an extra 45 minutes, so we stopped on a tiny island and hiked around the perimeter. Very pretty. It was our first time ever kayaking together!

Saturday was quite a big day as I was determined to circumnavigate the island despite having done one bike ride together (the previous day) in six years. So we headed off to a bike rental place and rented road bikes that actually fit us, packed the bags with a book, some coats we would never need, and a few snacks, and headed off. The loop around the island with a couple of short detours was about 35 miles - long story short we made it! There were some big hills but overall it was a lovely ride. So much fun to do something active together like that! Then we collapsed and didn't move a muscle unnecessarily on Sunday.

Monday I did my usual morning swim, and today I went for a run around the lake (3mi). Back to routine!