Yesterday, I had intended to run in Nacogdoches, TX, the oldest town in Texas. My wife and I had a weekend getaway at a bed and breakfast there, and we decided it’s pretty neat to run in the places we spend the weekend, if only to break up the monotony of running at home. As they say, the plans of men are but a joke to God.

On Saturday, we walked. A lot. We hiked a trail in Nacogdoches which took us all around the old city center and through some really nice parks and even Stephen F. Austin University. After finishing the walk, we went to the local airport where I flew (yes, I piloted!) a WWII vintage PT-17 Stearman bi-plane. It was truly one of the most memorable experiences of my life, and as a pilot, a truly unique and special flight.

After flying, we went back to the town and took some old-timey photos and walked up and down the street visiting the small shops. All told, by the end of the day, we’d walked 8 miles. That doesn’t seem like much when a single run of mine is now 3 miles,  but those 8 miles definitely took a toll on me.

We also went zip-lining at Zip Nac. I can’t recommend this enough! We had such a good time, and the staff there are really a fun group of people. Prices are more than fair (incredibly fair, actually!) and it’s something we will be doing again soon!

I awoke Sunday morning at around 3 am with severe nausea. I don’t know why; everything I ate was pretty much okay with the exception of the breakfast at the bed and breakfast we were staying at: I ate eggs, bacon (that was cured with sugar) and a biscuit with gravy. The lady who runs the B&B went to the trouble of making the biscuits and gravy from scratch; I couldn’t let it sit there. It was delicious, anyway. But I digress.

The nausea lasted until around 7:30 a.m., and we had planned on breakfast at 8 a.m., so Sherry and I decided to forego the run and postpone it to Monday. She had mentioned that her legs were in no shape to run anyway from all the walking the day prior. We had breakfast (again, a non-Paleo breakfast made by the B&B proprietor) of blueberry pancakes that were delicious, and also made from scratch. We then departed for home.

We decided that we will run on Monday morning. This week we’ll run Monday-Wednesday-Friday and likely Sunday morning as well. I may do some light jogging after work on Tuesday-Thursday, but we’ll see how that goes. I’m wanting to up my run frequency since my legs really feel uneasy on the off-days (like they want activity).

So, it was a great weekend with lots of walking, but no running.