Week 1: Traveling is Rough

Well, it's only been one week and I'm already late on my post...so there's a mediocre start.  Anyway, for my first week, I didn't do an awesome job.  The positive: I drank more water and got plenty of sleep. The negative: I only ran three days out of the week and didn't cook for myself at all.

Last weekend was my first road trip with the EKU Softball team, which has both positive and negative impacts on this goal-setting project.  I was only home from Monday to Thursday afternoon.  Most of Thursday was spent on a bus, but once we got to Georgia I was able to fit in a three mile run on a hotel treadmill.  I probably made my roommate think I was a freak though, seeing as I started my workout at 10:30pm...oops!  I did the same thing the following night, but only ran two miles.  It's much more difficult to fit in time for workouts when the team is on the road, because I'm technically "on the clock" all weekend.  Usually, there are athletes in my hotel room all night (until bedtime) and all morning. I'm thinking that the solution to this problem will be setting specific times during which the girls can receive treatments, just like when we're at home.  And I'll probably have to become a morning runner (gross), which will be especially difficult as I usually have much more motivation to wrap up my day with a workout than to start my day with a workout.  However, seeing as my half-marathon will start around 8:00am, I might as well start getting used to being a morning runner!  So that "negative" aspect of traveling might just turn out to be a "positive."

As far as the cooking goes, I pretty much had to finish up all the sandwich and spaghetti stuff last week so I can focus on buying higher quality groceries this week.  On the road, I ate pretty well, opting for lighter dishes that are high in protein (I tend to indulge in carbs when I don't cook for myself).  I was able to drink a lot more water, since that was usually the only option during games or at the hotel.  I also slept amazingly in that hotel bed, and managed to get at least six hours a night.

Yesterday, I got a good start on week two by running a 5k on the treadmill and doing 15 minutes of strength circuits.  We travel to Alabama this weekend, so I'll let you know how I do on my second road trip.  That's all for now!