Marathon Training Week 3 - Tuesday night run

Tuesday night's run was different. We did a combo run / strength training evening. The coaches divided us up into 2 groups. I was in group "A," which is easy to remember, because my name starts with A. Group A set off on a run while group B stayed behind at the playground area where we do our warm up.

I'm a little sad that I wasn't in group B, because they got all the drama! A police car pulled up and told the entire group that they were all breaking the law! Apparently you are not allowed to be in the playground after dark. There were NO CHILDREN at the playground, because it was 7:00. 7:00pm in December is really dark and cold. Not exactly playground weather. The cops said we were allowed to be a few feet away, but just not right next to the playground. He must have been bored. We aren't exactly a motley crew.

The coaches told him that we were training for a marathon and raising money to cure cancer. How can you argue with that? He grudgingly agreed to let them stay.

Group A did a 10 minute run (5 minutes out and 5 minutes back). When we got back to the playground we did our sets of strength training (lots of squats, lunges, etc.) while group B went out for a 10 minute run. We repeated this a few times for about an hour.

While we were walking back to the coffee shop, all I could think about was a piece of cake. They have cupcakes at the coffee shop, so this was my post-run reward:


Red velvet cake with red velvet crumbs on top. Yum!