I have a fun recap of my running this week. Despite being on vacation in Mexico the past week, the running got done! Exercise never takes a vacation, but my diet does. This is proof that I let myself have fun when given a choice of desserts… take all three. And did you know that dessert is perfectly acceptable after every meal at an all inclusive resort? True story.
I tend to stay on the same schedule when traveling – waking up early. I generally get about 7 – 7.5 hours of sleep and that’s it. I’m not much for sleeping in. So in Mexico when we’re tired from a full day of swimming, soaking up the sun, and drinking, my bed is calling me around 9:30 – 10pm! That means wakeup is around 5:30 or 6:00am. The perfect time for a run, to avoid the hot Mexican sun!
- Miles run: 20, I think
Monday – 5 miles, run with Alan. It has been a long time since I’ve run with Alan, so this was nice “together” time for us. Side note, those Goodr glasses look pretty awesome at the beach, no?
I also swam some circles around the pool. My Garmin was way off on the distance though, so who knows how far I swam, but it was good exercise! I also swam some laps with my son. Expect him to be a triathlete in the future because he’s quite good at swimming!
Tuesday – Rest!
Wednesday – 4 miles, with Alan. We saw the a beautiful sunrise.
We also saved a bat! This poor little scared bat had fallen into one of the pools and couldn’t get out. He was cute!
Kayaking – 30 mins. Phew, kayaking is tiring. For some reason my legs get more tired (stabilizing my body?) than my arms.
Thursday – 3.5 miles with Alan. We saw some adorable babies on our run. We saw many coatis. The babies are beyond cuddly looking. I wanted to give them all hugs!
Flamingos were also seen around the resort.
Run another 1 mile. Ran with Sydney to the resort gym.
She was very excited to go the gym. She is just old enough to get in to the gym this year. I guess it lived up to her expectations because we went back a 2nd day too.
Saw a peacock on the way to the gym.
Oh, and we stopped at the “Star Cafe” for iced coffee drinks after the gym session. A guy named Jose was the barista and he made the most delicious drinks for us. He was a very funny guy. Our favorite worker at the resort!
Swimming in the afternoon again. 400m Considered this my Open Water Swim, because I had to avoid people drinking in the pool, and throwing footballs (not shown in this picture). I’m imagining this will be just like my triathlon swim. HA!
Friday – 4.4 miles with Alan. Saw several peacocks with babies today.
Run 2 miles with Sydney. She said “we’re only going 2 miles, right?”. Yep, it’s hot and humid out there!
MORE resort pool swimming in the afternoon. I’m getting to be a pro at swimming now. (not really)
All it all, it was a pretty active week! I don’t feel one bit of guilt for all the food I indulged in, drinks I drank, and I even gained 2 pounds! YOLO, right 🙂
Q: Have you ever seen coati?
Q: If you saw a bat in the water, would you save him?
I know some people are weirded out by bats, but I thought he was so cute. I just didn’t touch him. Didn’t want to get bit!
Q: Do you like kayaking?
I love how you YOLO and indulge on vacation. 2 lbs is nothing. You’ll sweat that out in no time. It looks like you had a fun and relaxing trip! Way different from your epic road trip earlier this summer!
Paul and I are trying to have a “relaxing” vacation too! We are leaving for Cape Cod today. No mountains to hike, everything is just going to be slow and relaxing. We’ll see how I do. I never went on a vacation like this before! We’re even staying at a bed and breakfast, which just screams “slowwwww down” to me! I am bringing my running shoes AND that bottle of Reisling!
Yes I would save a bat! 🙂 You knew the answer to that one.
That will be a different vacation – sometimes it is hard to slow down! I have never stayed at a B n B. I’m looking forward to seeing a recap of your trip!
It looks like you had a really fun and active trip! I am the same way on vacation…I keep to my usual schedule for the most part and still get in some workouts but I don’t feel bad at all indulging. Its cool how many animals you saw during your workouts!
The coatis population had really increased since the last time we were there. Good thing they are so cute and not pesky!
I gained like 3lbs on my cruise and lost 2 of em by the next day. A lot of times it is water retention from salty food I think, but it was hard going from eating dessert after *every meal* (including breakfast) back to one dessert per day. Glad you had a fun and active trip with lots of running, swimming, and gymming!
I think cutting down to only one dessert will take mine away too 🙂 I really couldn’t resist. Gotta enjoy them all!
I miss the early morning runs along the beach already! Was great to run with you all week again. Especially when we got to see all the cool wildlife. 🙂
You could join me for my pre-work morning runs. It would be almost the same 😉 except no buffet afterwards 🙁
I might take you up on that for my shorter runs!