Running, yoga, and the need for cupcakes...

Yesterday taught me a good lesson; walking around all afternoon and evening is not a good idea after a morning’s hard work out.  I think this lesson will become more and more important as training picks up intensity.  Normally I think nothing of spending the afternoon and evening walking around DC.  Walking is not exercise for me; it’s a fact of life/a normal activity.  I needed to buy a dress for my friend’s wedding, and after failing at finding anything in Pentagon City last weekend, walking all over Georgetown was a necessity.  Then of course after that dinner and dessert (cupcakes in Columbia Heights had to happen).  This would normally be no problem except for how much I had punished my legs that morning…

A six mile post breakfast Saturday run is nothing new.  I have done it many times in the past, and more recently, that has been the distance of my Saturday long runs for the past few weeks.  So, no big deal.  I thought it would be a great idea to challenge myself and run the second half faster than the first half.  This lead to a much more challenging run than I had planned.  Also, not a big deal except Bennett and I had a yoga class to go to yesterday. 

Partially as a treat for being done with school for forever, and because I’ve always wanted to, Bennett and I are doing a few private yoga sessions.  Even though I’ve done yoga in the past, I really think this will help strengthen my yoga foundation before starting in a larger class.  So our class (which was awesome!) focused on legs and hips.  For a runner this is great, and our instructor did an excellent job of working us very hard.  I definitely walked out of the yoga studio with legs that were…well…tired…

So after hours of failed dress shopping (and walking) in Georgetown, I had a truly yummy dinner in DuPont, and then we headed to Columbia Heights for some yummy cupcakes.  Oh and have I mentioned my tendency to walk up metro escalators all the time?  After eating my chocolate raspberry cupcake, I stood up and noticed that my legs were shaking… Yes shaking.  Apparently I had truly maxed them out for the day and I still had the walk home from the metro to manage.  So, Note to self:  running plus yoga plus walking around the rest of the day is not a good idea!