Good Saturday Morning Everyone! I'm back...well, for the moment anyway

Trying to let go of the fact that work interrupted my life and I have a bunch of blank spots on my training log.
(Judi knows how I loves me some peach!
) Not much I could have done about it unless I really wanted to kill myself. They had us locked in meetings from early in the morning until happy hour
(wasn't going to miss that
). Then, group dinners
(it was either join in, or eat the cheese doodles and salty popcorn at the bar instead
). What's a girl to do? Oh, and the rain. And then more rain. And then some more. Ark building was in order. I survived however...totally wiped out, but I did survive. Slept 10 hours last night to catch up--and that's something I seldom do.
Nice to see everyone staying active in some fashion or other.
Happy belated birthday Catherine! Your celebration sounds fantastic!
Judi--WTH? I can't believe the issues with your calves! I'm glad though that they were able to get some relief with the accupressure. And the calve sleeves? Yeah, they look goofy, but they sure helped my shin splints last season. I'm certain they will provide the necessary support to keep you moving without pain or further injury.
Adam--I always wear my HRM, but have never trained with it. I am just a data freak, so I like to capture the info. I understand that training with it can be very, very effective...I'm just not that disciplined. I prefer pace and RPE. Someone mentioned cardiac drift...I think that Joe Friel has probably commented the most about that phenomenon. I certainly have experienced it in my own HR data. It's really quite striking.
Dud--best of luck on your race this weekend!
As for my plans over this three day weekend...hope to get a run in before the skies open up again. I really should do some strength training at some point as well. Yoga on Sunday. I still also have my February goal to get my butt back to the pool staring me in the face so I'm going to try to squeeze that in as well. I'm also clearly in need of a little rest and recovery, so there's that. I'm heading down and back to So Cal on Tuesday, and need to be in San Francisco at 10am on Wednesday for two more days of meetings. Back home next Friday. March is looking pretty wide open at the moment, so I'm hanging on to that to get me through.
Happy training and racing everyone!