It's almost noon and I have run a 5K and then did a intense STAR workout for an hour after that. What have you done today? :-)
What a difference a week can make in attitude. Monday I felt defeated, like I would never win this battle. Today I feel like I am a rock star. Granted, I was still slow and uncoordinated. Many of the stations were really HARD! But I tried, made my muscles quiver, groaned and grunted. I think I wasn't the only one. :-) Who knew that pushing a tire (laying flat) up an incline would be that hard! I am here to tell you it is not an easy task, and there were two of us pushing one tire!
I don't know why today was so different. Maybe I was PMSy on Monday. lol
This is what I had to keep reminding myself all week:
This is what got my through my mental funk this week. I was NOT going to waste all the effort I have put in since December 26th by giving up!!
I did a 30 minute swim on Thursday for my cross training. I think I like doing the swimming so much because I get to sit in the hot tub when I'm done as my reward for sucking it up and getting my big self in a suit and trying not to drown for 30 minutes!
Yesterday was a rest day. We had a Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction fundraiser for our 8th graders going to DC/NYC this coming June. So it wasn't very restful. And I wasn't feeling very good so I was already dreading this morning.
I was supposed to run today and I was pretty sure that it wasn't going to happen after the STAR workout. So I got up early and ran before the class. I technically was supposed to go between 4 and 5 miles but since I knew that I would probably be working a bit hard in the class it would be okay if I didn't go as far or as fast.
I ran a 5K around my neighborhood. No rain or wind and not much traffic. It was cold but I got warmed up in no time. I was slow but I didn't push it. Here's my info about the run:
What a difference a week can make in attitude. Monday I felt defeated, like I would never win this battle. Today I feel like I am a rock star. Granted, I was still slow and uncoordinated. Many of the stations were really HARD! But I tried, made my muscles quiver, groaned and grunted. I think I wasn't the only one. :-) Who knew that pushing a tire (laying flat) up an incline would be that hard! I am here to tell you it is not an easy task, and there were two of us pushing one tire!
I don't know why today was so different. Maybe I was PMSy on Monday. lol
This is what I had to keep reminding myself all week:
This is what got my through my mental funk this week. I was NOT going to waste all the effort I have put in since December 26th by giving up!!
I did a 30 minute swim on Thursday for my cross training. I think I like doing the swimming so much because I get to sit in the hot tub when I'm done as my reward for sucking it up and getting my big self in a suit and trying not to drown for 30 minutes!
Yesterday was a rest day. We had a Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction fundraiser for our 8th graders going to DC/NYC this coming June. So it wasn't very restful. And I wasn't feeling very good so I was already dreading this morning.
I was supposed to run today and I was pretty sure that it wasn't going to happen after the STAR workout. So I got up early and ran before the class. I technically was supposed to go between 4 and 5 miles but since I knew that I would probably be working a bit hard in the class it would be okay if I didn't go as far or as fast.
I ran a 5K around my neighborhood. No rain or wind and not much traffic. It was cold but I got warmed up in no time. I was slow but I didn't push it. Here's my info about the run:
I'm sore and tired. I still haven't lost any weight. But you know what? I kind of feel like a bad ass today! I did TWO workouts and one of them was WAY out of my comfort zone. Didn't do it well but I TRIED everything.
I think I will take a nap now. :-)
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