Rain, rain go away

Well, after 3 weeks of basically perfect weather, mother nature decided to rain for 6 straight days, haha  We needed the rain, but it would be nice to have some moderation!  Tahoe (which is 4 hours away) got 13 feet of snow in some places!

Tuesday:
We went bowling and I actually bowled well, getting 168 for my highest score in a long time!  I've never actually broken the 200 barrier, getting 199 when I was like 14, and never topping that since.  My goal is to break 200 this next Tuesday, haha

Wed - Fri:
I had a going away dinner for one of my friends on Wed, a Stanford basketball game on Thursday, and Friday I don't normally work out (went to a wine bar with friends), so I went 4 days without working out, gotta say I felt kind of off by not working out.  I might try to start working out in the morning, that way I can ensure that I work out as often as I want to, regardless of what else is going on.

Garmin broke:
When I was getting ready for my Saturday run, a piece of plastic next to the band from my Garmin decided to break off, so now I need to call Garmin to see if I can get a new one or not.  If just the band broke I would be fine, but a plastic piece that connects the watch to the band broke, so I will need to replace it most likely.  I was considering going with the super glue approach, but then I might be afraid of when it might break off next, haha

Saturday:
As Morgan says, it was a "hills are for hero's" weekend on the trails!

It was only lightly drizzling, so I met my friend Mark for a run in Stevens Creek Park.  It was my first run in 5 days, so I definitely felt a little rusty.  I also hadn't ran hills in a long time, so the hills definitely hurt.  The trail we did was historically a hill that I normally destroy (it is a mile long hill straight up), but today the hill destroyed me, haha  Fun times out there though.  I need to try to work in at least 1 hill workout a week to keep my hills skills up.  The trail was definitely a little muddy in some spots, but it wasn't too bad.  I think we went 4 miles or so.  Without my garmin and heartrate monitor I felt naked!  haha

Mark and his dog Max

Good views of the bay area from the peak of the hill

lot of mist in the air

I look sort of confused here, haha

Sunday AM:
Due to the rain the past 6 days, we decided to do another run that we thought wouldn't be that muddy.  We went back to Stevens Creek Park, and did a mix of a run that we had never done before.  It ended up being one of my favorite runs that we have done.  It was a great mix of hills, flats and downhills.  It also covers a lot of different terrain.  I could see doing this run a lot if the trails are muddy.  The run went great, I felt solid on the hills, and felt like I had my hill legs back.  I think this run ended up being about 5 miles.

The weather was perfect for running - it was a crisp 45 degrees or so, just warm enough for short sleeves

The trail is a mix of wide fire trail with singletrack

The trail is a mix of wide fire trail with singletrack

Sunday PM:

Next activity for Sunday Funday was soccer.  It had been raining for 6 days straight around here (but it was nice today), so I was nervous that the field was going to be muddy.  The field actually wasn't in that bad of shape.  We had 4 on 4 at first, then 5 on 4, then we ended up playing 3 on 3 because we are hardcore, haha  I think we played 2 hours or so, it was a lot of fun.  My legs are definitely feeling great out there now, I was running non stop around the field and always felt like I could have gone longer.  I also had one goal where I was on a breakaway, then kicked the ball and did a somersault to avoid running into a guy and scored the goal, haha  I bet I ran about 4-5 miles total on the field, seems like I was constantly running - my legs are dying right now =)

Has your garmin ever broken before?  Do you also ever feel mentally off if you don't workout for a while?