Saturday we flew to Amsterdam for honeymoon. I didn't have time for a run in the morning before the flight. Once we arrived we went straight into holiday mode with a trip to a bar, then a tour of the BodyWorlds exhibition. It is a bit weird but very educational and well worth the visit.
Sunday I had time in the morning so I went out for a jog around the park across the road from our hotel. A fairly easy 5k jog past the tai chi, body-pump, tennis, meditation class and myriad of cyclists that were out enjoying the light rain on a Sunday morning. Then we headed into town with a plan to visit the Rijksmuseum, or the Van Gogh Museum but the queues were horrific. We settled instead on a bit of a wander before going to the Heineken Experience. That is well worth the trip if you have a free afternoon in Amsterdam. But ignore their suggestion that it will take about an hour. It took closer to two and the tour ends in their rooftop bar with tickets for two free drinks.
Monday and the new week came with another tour of the Oosterpark. Despite stopping to take photos of a lot of the artwork in the park I still managed to up the pace a little from yesterday. Then we spent the afternoon at Amsterdam Zoo.
Tuesday was our last day in Amsterdam and I snuck out for a last run around Oosterpark before we had to check out of our hotel.
Wednesday was Delft and I planned a loop around what the map showed as a large local park. It turned out to be a private residence with no access, but Delft is such a beautiful place that jogging around the streets was probably better anyway. I did manage to go over my ankle a couple of times though.
Thursday was Eindhoven. We were right in the town centre and I decided that rather than run around the shopping centres that I would be sensible and rest my ankle. That 'rest' day still came with 16,154 steps, a nostalgic tour of her childhood, then mine, then Cologne so hardly constitutes a proper rest.
Friday and Saturday were loops around the nearest park in Cologne. I can't add the miles at the minute as my garmin is in my checked bag and I haven't dowloaded it to Strava yet. If I get a chance once we arrive home I will try and update this but if not you can expect ti to change through the week as I catch up on normality.
Friday we did a trip to the Phantasialand theme park. It was as much fun as ever. Despite one of us being too scared to go on most of the rollercoasters.
Saturday we did the proper Cologne tourist thing and went to the top of the cathedral. Again, as much fun as ever for me, but one of us might have been a bit freaked out by the height.
Sunday was a long car trip to Amsterdam, then a couple of ridiculous discussions with KLM over how 12 minutes too early wasn't early enough. Then another 4 hours sitting around Schipol having been bumped. Eventually we got home in time to have a fish supper and put a load of washing on before crashing on the sofa.
Despite putting in 6 runs this week I barely scraped over my run miles for the week and didn't touch anything else. But then I didn't even expect to do that much on honeymoon, so I am actually pretty happy with this week.
I am going to spend next week just trying to settle back in to work and get back in to a routine. Next week I will look at the numbers for the year and start planning for winter training and 2017.
Target totals - Swim 1.9 miles. Bike 36.4 miles. Run 13.9 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 30 mins of yoga.
Saturday - Flight to Amsterdam
Sunday - Jog 3.3 miles in 28 mins.
Monday - Jog 3.5 miles in 31 mins.
Tuesday - Jog 3.3 miles in 28 mins.
Tuesday - Jog 3.3 miles in 28 mins.
Wednesday - Jog 2.8 miles in 26 mins.
Thursday - Rest day.
Friday - Jog 2.7 miles in 23 mins.
Saturday - Jog 2.8 miles in 24 mins
Sunday - Rest day.
Actuals - Swim 0 miles (0 m). Bike 0 miles. Run 15.1 miles. 0 short core, 0 short light weights and 0 stretching / rollering session. 0 mins of yoga
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 66.4 (73.8) [84.9],
B 1563.2 (1505.7) [1882.1],
R 529.7 (530.5) [599.5].
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