Seriously. I think my co-workers and friends have seen more of my tonsils this week than anything else. I'm constantly yawning - and I don't mean polite little yawns, I'm talking about the jaw-splitting, tear-forming kind of yawns...and believe me, I got a LOT of sleep this week. Yes, I am the queen of living the party life. Aside from my standard 9pm bedtime...let's see...Tuesday night, 745 in bed, fast asleep by 8. Thursday, came home from work 430, and fell asleep on the bed for several hours, and while I did wake up for a few hours, I went right back to sleep for the rest of the night. And no, I can't even blame it on my usual 5am wakeup calls...I didn't get up early Friday am to workout; well...I did...but then I went back to sleep. Not to mention I slept right through Thursday night's actual workout. Yes, I was going to call this week's blog "I sucked big time this week" but figured that might attract the wrong audience...
So not a stellar week in terms of commitment to the workout plan. I only did 8:30 out of a planned 13:30...oops. Possibly one of my worst yet, certainly my worst this year in terms of actual:plan. Of course, 3 hours of the stuff missed was 2 of my 3 swim workouts...sorry Tracy.
But I did manage to get back on track for the weekend. Had a tough hilly ride yesterday, where everyone including the hills kicked my ass, followed by a short 15 minute run that hurt like hell. Last weekend I ran 7:35's off the bike! Woohoo! This weekend was not that much fun :) But that's ok. I told Zimmer and James that I need to run with them every weekend off the bike - I mean seriously, 7:35's off the bike? That's killer for me.
And speaking of running, I don't know what exactly happened in San Juan, but it appears that I have broken through some sort of plateau. I am running faster than I ever have, and I am feeling no pain in my left hammie. What's that noise you say? That's me knocking on wood, loudly and repeatedly, and please, do me a favour and knock for me while you are reading this. :) Anyway, last weekend I was running some 7:45's which is, again, unheard of for me...and in my new hilly (VERY hilly) neighbourhood to boot. And today, even with the tough workout yesterday, I managed to pull off 7:50 for the last 3.5 miles of my 10.5 mile run. And I'm very happy with that.
To top it all off, I managed to get out on the motorcycle after my run for a wonderful ride on a truly beautiful afternoon, and then make a few rings in my metalsmithing class this evening. It's been a great weekend. Now I am off to bed, with the intent of making all my 14.5 hours of planned workouts this week! I'm sure I'll do better than last week.
Happy Training!
Kat
P.S. oh ya - Happy 40th Birthday to my sister Moira today - wonder how my Mum feels now with all her kids over 40?
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