Remember that post awhile ago about the six-pack I wanted? Yeah - not happening. Nope. No way. Johnny says I have to find the bottle opener before I can get started on the six-pack.
The good news is I'm consistently running again, yay! While training for Pemberton, I had a tendency to do long or back-to-back runs on the weekends, and then not get out again until Wednesday or Thursday, taking three or four days off! I don't want to do that this time around; I want to stay more consistent. So after my wicked hike on Saturday, I wanted to get back out again - soon!
I was scheduled to run early this morning with Paki, but Ash awoke at 4 and threw fits until 5, at which point we put on Blue's Clues and Johnny went back to bed while I snuggled with Ash on the couch. By 5:25, I knew I wouldn't go running - I was feeling angry at the lack of sleep, and I just wanted to collapse on my bed. So I called Paki and cancelled (she thought I said I was throwing the fits, which worried her, so I got a very concerned, "are you okay???" the minute I walked into work :)). Then I did collapse on my bed, and I slept soundly till 7.
Then I felt super guilty all day at work that I didn't get out and be consistent. I let down my running partner, I let down myself. So, I e-mailed Johnny:
"When are you home from school tonight? I’m trying to figure out if I want to make up for my missed workout this morning by going to the gym tonight.
The pros:
Make up workout
Feel like it’s time to move my sore muscles
Good recovery
Not waiting too long between workouts (a major bad issue for me)
STRETCH after
Jacuzzi after
Not miss out on Ash time
The cons:
Workout at night
Could mess up my sleep
Could make me even MORE tired and cranky this week (yikes!)
Could miss Amazing Race
Geez, I must be really scared of my sleep cycle to even be considering NOT working out tonight!"
I'm proud to say that as soon as I put Ash to bed tonight, I put on my workout clothes and waited for Johnny to get home from school. He walked in the door, I kissed him, and then I walked out the door and drove to the gym. Woo hoo! They have a 30-minute rule for cardio machines, so I did a 5-minute warm-up, 20 minutes of intervals (another big goal I have had that I have never actually done), then 5 minutes of cool-down. I was cheesily, deliriously happy when, at five minutes to go in my intervals, Aerosmith's Crazy came on the classic rock station. Totally transported me back to high school. I'm glad the gym was mostly deserted, because at the end, when Steven Tyler sings "oooooooooo" I got so into it, I just about fell off the treadmill. Yeah, I'm lame. And I loved it :) So I ended up with about 2.3 miles as a recovery run. Then I stretched and took a quick dip in the super-hot jacuzzi (just what my aching muscles needed), before coming home....to no Amazing Race! WTF? I still have to figure out if they changed the times on me, or if it just wasn't on tonight. Darn it!
**I interrupt this regularly scheduled programming to report that Mammoth Mtn has a record seasonal snowfall of 619", which Johnny has taken to mean that we are driving up the weekend of the Bishop High Sierra Ultras (mid- to end of May), for me to race and all of us to ski**
A bobcat attacked two golfers in the Foothills today - story here. A woman on the news tonight complained that wildlife is getting "just too close." The woman lives in the foothills. I'm sorry, but it's not the animals who are getting too close. It's the people verging on the animals. Sigh.
woohoo! glad to hear you made it out to the gym. bishop in may? hmmm...i may just have to make a drive up the 395!
i love karaoke gym sessions...those are awesome! it's even better when someone is doing it out on the trails with an iPod. something about getting overly excited and pumped up about a song while you are running. even if you are off-tune, it is cool to see someone having such a good moment.
i am excited about your ultra :) go get 'em!
We have had a coyote problem lately. They are killing small domestic animals and the homeowners are complaining about the wildlife. We live in "The Woodlands" so that would mean that the wildlife was here first. Stupid People!
Amen about moron people who think the animals are the problem. Hello! They lived there first.
cheesily? Wow - I wanna be that happy! Great job on the cardio.
Wow, I visited the link for the race, it looks incredibly cool! Good luck with the training.
Good job getting in your workout! I'm actually reading your blog and others' right now for some motivation to do the same - so thanks! :)
you mean you're doing Bishop 50k? i'll need a full report!
Ummm, maybe I have the bottle opener? At least I've got four openings in my six pack right now!
Yes people are getting too close. Me being one of them - but hey the townhouse was already here ;) I'm concerned they want to do more development in the area. I think we are close enough already (and in the foothills), and there are already enough mountain lion issues. We don't need to push it...