Skipping Work-outs like a slacker (in Turkey)

So Tuesday was cross-training... it was also day 2 of Cappadocia.  Day 1 meant taking a shuttle 1+hours at 6am from our Istanbul apartment to the Istanbul airport, a flight, then another 1 hour shuttle to the new hotel. After we arrived, we made our plan for the next two days and immediately did it (see previous post).  I'm just setting the stage here....

Day 2 began with a at 4:45am pickup from the hotel (no, I'm not speaking in EST, I'm talking LOCAL TIME - sooooooooo early!!) for our sunrise hot air balloon ride.  It was excellent - all of us thought the horribly early morning was worth the sleep sacrifice, but it certainly did cut in on sleep.  We also booked an 8 hour tour starting at 9:30.  Since we were back to the hotel around 7:30, everyone headed back to bed for a 1.5 hour nap.  We then toured all day (some on bus, some on foot) which again, was a lot of fun and seeing cool things, such as an underground city and churches carved into rocks.  When we returned around just before 6pm, we were pretty beat. Being our last night in Turkey, we decided to go out for a 3 hour fancy dinner with belly dancing and the whole nine yards... They were going to pick us up around 8pm, leaving two hours for freedom... As you can imagine, the last thing I wanted to do was cross train.  I needed a shower and some relaxation time by the pool.

Gorgeous photo by Andrey

Another gorgeous photo by Andrey

Part of the underground city - it was really cool (pun intended)!

Pool time... ahhhhh

Interestingly, the traditional Turkish dinner turned into a dance party so we could all learn traditional Turkish dance.  Suddenly YMCA came on (wha?!) and then a few other American tunes.  I danced enthusiastically and did a few jumping jacks so I could count some cross-training time, but mostly I slacked.  Marathoning for Mortals does not encourage getting in extra workouts and says "if you miss one, you miss it" so I rested yesterday in Turkey.  Today I'll run + form sprints... what fun!

A third great photo by Andrey

Regards from the North,

Liz