Weekend March 31st - April 1st

Rested on Saturday..

Got a massage in the morning and was basically a human marshmallow for the remainder of the day.. Needed that so badly.. Everything feels nice and loosened up again.. especially in my shoulders.. wow..

I recommend Grace at the Perfect Touch Therapy in Waban to anyone on this planet.. she is excellent.. Best overall athletic massage I have had to this point.

On Sunday I wanted to get in an extended-ish session of cardio related something for marathon training but wanted to stay off my toe that has been tender..

I decided to row 4 x 2000 meters.. I started off slowly and rowed about 9:20 on the first one, then 8:40, then 8:30, then 8:05.. I foam rolled in between each effort and was mostly just trying to keep loose, focus on my breathing and technique and get my heart rate up..

I probably should have done a little more, but I can only row so much in a room by myself until I get bored..


I am supposed to be on the "tapering down" portion of marathon stuff, which is fine because my main goal at this point is just to show up healthy on the day of.. I will probably do a bunch of 2-5 mile jogs here and there for the next couple weeks and stay away from anything "really heavy" weightlifting with my legs.. The phrase I heard recently that I liked is "the hay is already in the barn".. basically anything that I do to this point is not going to make me run any harder, better or faster on gameday.. I have already built up a certain level of mental fortitude and cardio training for this.. Just need to practice a little more, keep CrossFitting, and show up feeling good on April 16th.. 2 more weeks..

Food-
(again didn't really record well this weekend, but I'll give some of the highlights)
Saturday I believe I had a spinach and cheese omelette for breakfast post massage, had some whitefish tacos late afternoon, and then made a dinner with salmon, asparagus and roasted red peppers that was delicious..
Sunday I had just a greek yogurt in the morning, some hummus and snack dip type stuff in the afternoon watching the Celtics (who are playing amazing this month), and the had a burrito for dinner with chicken and extra guacamole..

The taco shells and burrito shells were the main "tsk, tsk" moments, probably could have gone with something else at the time, not a great decision but everything else was OK this weekend.. Will get back on track this week..