It has been a busy week. And when I say busy I actually mean crazy busy!
Monday: This was the day after the Shamrock Run and I was still smiling a mile wide over how well it went. I was supposed to run 4 miles and the sun was out so I was excited to go. I ran the first two miles pretty well but then I started getting this weird twinge in my leg behind my knee. It kind of felt like my leg was giving out and I would take a weird step to recover and then it would be gone. After the third time that happened I decided to walk. It felt like if I wasn't careful I could really hurt myself. I walked about half a mile and then tried running and it happened again almost immediately. I decided at that point to just walk the rest of the way home. On Sunday I had listened to my mind and pushed my body. On Monday I decided I should listen to my body. :-)
Because we were planning on leaving on vacation on Saturday and I had a 12 hour work day on Thursday with parent/teacher conferences I made some changes to my training plan in order to try and get it all done anyway.
Tuesday: Goober #2 had a choir concert and I was going to do my run after work and before the concert. I started not feeling good after work on the drive home. When I got home it just got worse. I didn't run and I skipped the concert. I was really upset about missing the concert. Well, later I was really upset. At the time all I wanted was for my stomach contents to settle down. I ended up getting sick and then going to bed at 7:30. So no run, no concert and no preparing for the vacation.
Wednesday: This was a prep day at work so we can get report cards ready and do lesson planning. It's also a flex day so we can work at home too as long as we get our stuff done. I got up at the normal time and went and did my swim. I was still a little tired and weak from feeling sick the night before but I didn't feel like I was going to throw up so that was a big improvement. The swim was good. I feel like I am getting better at it all the time. Again, better for me. My kids could totally kick my butt! lol I cleaned up and headed to work and finished up my grading for report cards. That was done early since I was mostly caught up so I got a lot of planning done. It's amazing how much you can get done when it's quiet. Although I have learned to close my door and keep most of my lights off. If people know I'm there they come visiting. Which I love but then I spend my whole day talking and really don't get anything done. (I talk a lot, imagine that!)
After work I went to the high school track in Lebanon to do an interval work out. This time I was supposed to jog a 1/2 mile, sprint for 3 minutes, 6 times with a 5 minute jog in-between and then finish up with a 1/2 mile jog. I did the sprints but walked in between. There was a big storm moving through that day and while I had avoided the torrential downpour that had been happening all morning it was still cold and really windy. Going west on the track was great but when I turned the corner and came back east I felt like I could try and fall and the wind would have held me up. It was really hard to get all six times done. I wanted to quit so many times. On interval #4 it started to rain and hail. And then the high school kids started showing up. Nothing like having a bunch of high school kids sitting in the bleachers trying to stay dry and warm watching the funny lady on the track to make you feel confident. lol
It was a long day but I got two workouts in and all my report cards done so I was happy! Plus my classroom was all cleaned up and ready for conferences the next day.
Thursday: No workout! Parent/Teacher conferences ALL day long. Not a great turn out. None of the parents that I had called and asked them to come in showed up. That was a bummer. :-(
Friday: I only had conferences until noon. I ended up going until 12:30 because, wouldn't you know it, a parent showed up at 12:10 when I was just finishing up putting everything away and wanted to know if I could still talk. Of course I said yes. lol
A bunch of people from work were going to "Choir Practice" and wanted me to go along. (Choir Practice is teacher code for having adult drinks.) I really wanted to go but I had so much to do that I had to take a rain check.
I ran a bunch of errands that I needed to get done before we left on our trip and didn't get home until almost 3:00 p.m. I needed to get my long run in which was supposed to be 10 miles. I finally got my stuff on and headed out around 3:30.
IT....
WAS....
A....
LONG....
SLOW....
RUN!!!
There were only two things good about this run. The first was that it didn't rain on me. It had poured down rain earlier when I was running errands and I was sure it was going to do it while I was running but it didn't. The other accomplishment was that I was able to jog the whole thing. It was a struggle! I was slow and just had no energy at all from start to finish. I was ready to quit at mile 2. That's not good when you still have 8 miles to go. I did two things very wrong before my run. I didn't a good lunch and I didn't drink enough water during the day. I didn't fuel my body like I needed to and I paid the price. I know better but in the busyness that is my life I didn't do what I needed to do. Lesson learned and I don't plan to repeat the lesson! I'm used to doing my long runs on Saturday or Sunday where I can sleep in, eat a good breakfast and take my time getting ready. Now I know that when I have to do long runs during the week after work I need to make sure I am properly hydrated and fueled.
Now for some fun info. I was playing around with my Nike info and looking at different information about my runs. I found a way to look at my information for the entire year last year and then this year. Wow! A bit of a difference between 2012 and 2013!
I will have to look at this information any time I am frustrated and feeling like I'm not making progress.
Another positive note that balances out the disaster and frustration of swimsuits last week. I decided to make sure I only brought shorts that actually fit on our trip. I didn't want to be upset while on vacation about my clothes. Happy dance! Everything fit great or was too big! I am sitting in a hotel in California right now wearing a pair of shorts that were just a smidge too tight last summer. I have to keep hitching them up cause now they are just a smidge too big. Oh darn!!
I'll be running this week while we are in Palm Desert. It will be different to be running in the sunshine and heat. I will have to suffer through it. :-) After last weeks wind, rain, and hail I am ready for the sunshine. :-)
Have a great weekend! Keep moving!
Lisa
Monday: This was the day after the Shamrock Run and I was still smiling a mile wide over how well it went. I was supposed to run 4 miles and the sun was out so I was excited to go. I ran the first two miles pretty well but then I started getting this weird twinge in my leg behind my knee. It kind of felt like my leg was giving out and I would take a weird step to recover and then it would be gone. After the third time that happened I decided to walk. It felt like if I wasn't careful I could really hurt myself. I walked about half a mile and then tried running and it happened again almost immediately. I decided at that point to just walk the rest of the way home. On Sunday I had listened to my mind and pushed my body. On Monday I decided I should listen to my body. :-)
Because we were planning on leaving on vacation on Saturday and I had a 12 hour work day on Thursday with parent/teacher conferences I made some changes to my training plan in order to try and get it all done anyway.
Tuesday: Goober #2 had a choir concert and I was going to do my run after work and before the concert. I started not feeling good after work on the drive home. When I got home it just got worse. I didn't run and I skipped the concert. I was really upset about missing the concert. Well, later I was really upset. At the time all I wanted was for my stomach contents to settle down. I ended up getting sick and then going to bed at 7:30. So no run, no concert and no preparing for the vacation.
Wednesday: This was a prep day at work so we can get report cards ready and do lesson planning. It's also a flex day so we can work at home too as long as we get our stuff done. I got up at the normal time and went and did my swim. I was still a little tired and weak from feeling sick the night before but I didn't feel like I was going to throw up so that was a big improvement. The swim was good. I feel like I am getting better at it all the time. Again, better for me. My kids could totally kick my butt! lol I cleaned up and headed to work and finished up my grading for report cards. That was done early since I was mostly caught up so I got a lot of planning done. It's amazing how much you can get done when it's quiet. Although I have learned to close my door and keep most of my lights off. If people know I'm there they come visiting. Which I love but then I spend my whole day talking and really don't get anything done. (I talk a lot, imagine that!)
After work I went to the high school track in Lebanon to do an interval work out. This time I was supposed to jog a 1/2 mile, sprint for 3 minutes, 6 times with a 5 minute jog in-between and then finish up with a 1/2 mile jog. I did the sprints but walked in between. There was a big storm moving through that day and while I had avoided the torrential downpour that had been happening all morning it was still cold and really windy. Going west on the track was great but when I turned the corner and came back east I felt like I could try and fall and the wind would have held me up. It was really hard to get all six times done. I wanted to quit so many times. On interval #4 it started to rain and hail. And then the high school kids started showing up. Nothing like having a bunch of high school kids sitting in the bleachers trying to stay dry and warm watching the funny lady on the track to make you feel confident. lol
It was a long day but I got two workouts in and all my report cards done so I was happy! Plus my classroom was all cleaned up and ready for conferences the next day.
Thursday: No workout! Parent/Teacher conferences ALL day long. Not a great turn out. None of the parents that I had called and asked them to come in showed up. That was a bummer. :-(
Friday: I only had conferences until noon. I ended up going until 12:30 because, wouldn't you know it, a parent showed up at 12:10 when I was just finishing up putting everything away and wanted to know if I could still talk. Of course I said yes. lol
A bunch of people from work were going to "Choir Practice" and wanted me to go along. (Choir Practice is teacher code for having adult drinks.) I really wanted to go but I had so much to do that I had to take a rain check.
I ran a bunch of errands that I needed to get done before we left on our trip and didn't get home until almost 3:00 p.m. I needed to get my long run in which was supposed to be 10 miles. I finally got my stuff on and headed out around 3:30.
IT....
WAS....
A....
LONG....
SLOW....
RUN!!!
There were only two things good about this run. The first was that it didn't rain on me. It had poured down rain earlier when I was running errands and I was sure it was going to do it while I was running but it didn't. The other accomplishment was that I was able to jog the whole thing. It was a struggle! I was slow and just had no energy at all from start to finish. I was ready to quit at mile 2. That's not good when you still have 8 miles to go. I did two things very wrong before my run. I didn't a good lunch and I didn't drink enough water during the day. I didn't fuel my body like I needed to and I paid the price. I know better but in the busyness that is my life I didn't do what I needed to do. Lesson learned and I don't plan to repeat the lesson! I'm used to doing my long runs on Saturday or Sunday where I can sleep in, eat a good breakfast and take my time getting ready. Now I know that when I have to do long runs during the week after work I need to make sure I am properly hydrated and fueled.
Now for some fun info. I was playing around with my Nike info and looking at different information about my runs. I found a way to look at my information for the entire year last year and then this year. Wow! A bit of a difference between 2012 and 2013!
I will have to look at this information any time I am frustrated and feeling like I'm not making progress.
Another positive note that balances out the disaster and frustration of swimsuits last week. I decided to make sure I only brought shorts that actually fit on our trip. I didn't want to be upset while on vacation about my clothes. Happy dance! Everything fit great or was too big! I am sitting in a hotel in California right now wearing a pair of shorts that were just a smidge too tight last summer. I have to keep hitching them up cause now they are just a smidge too big. Oh darn!!
I'll be running this week while we are in Palm Desert. It will be different to be running in the sunshine and heat. I will have to suffer through it. :-) After last weeks wind, rain, and hail I am ready for the sunshine. :-)
Have a great weekend! Keep moving!
Lisa
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