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June 15, 2005
Pool Freak out Session
I worked out for about an hour and half this morning… ½ an hour bike ride to the pool (with some MONSTER hills), ½ an hour swim, and ½ an hour bike ride home (with some MONSTER hills). Yes, it is possible to be hilly in both directions. There were some great downhills in each direction too.
In the pool I had a small freak out session. My knee (my GOOD one) was feeling weird. I have felt these odd twinges in it recently and then I felt it again in the pool. My BAD knee felt fine. I was completely freaking out and standing in my lane stretching my knee (not swimming). It doesn’t hurt, but the twinges are scary. I always have these theories as to why I am hurt. I think my left knee was feeling weird b/c I have a tendency to use to excess to overcompensate for the other leg (since last May). I use my left knee to squat, I bend my left knee Indian style but not my right knee, I sit all funny in my chair at work with my left knee but not my right knee, and I do my exercises on my right knee-but not my left knee. Anyway, I iced BOTH knees today even though neither hurts too much and took some Naproxen so hopefully these measures will stave off anything bad.
Then I didn’t eat much for breakfast b/c it was hot and I felt gross (and ran out of cereal) and was in a hurry, and then ate both of my snacks (including my afternoon one) before lunch b/c I was starving. THEN, lunch was delayed b/c my partner and I had to knock some stuff out before we could go to lunch, so I was seriously unable to concentrate on anything b/c I was so light headed. I was finally like: Food. Now. I can’t do anything else b/c I don’t even understand what I am doing at this point. [I think he thought I was crazy but I don't really care! He had only been up for 4 hours but I had been up for 7 and had done a duathlon!!]
I was also kind of minimally freaking out about money this morning b/c I have some big expenses this week. BUT, my boss (from my PAYING job) IMed me this morning and asked, can you help me out? I said…yes, I can. And now bid you adieu as I go bill some hours! Yeah work!
Posted by Audrey at June 15, 2005 07:00 PM
Comments
Yep - I'm always guilty of eating my morning and afternoon snack before like 9 am!!! I do eat breakfast early (5:40 am or so) but still...I just think I'm bad at rationing and would not have survived during the Depression! :)
Hope the knees are feeling okay...
Posted by: Beth at June 15, 2005 08:51 PM
Ouch! I am glad you are taking care of your knee right away. I still have phantom pains from my stress fractures . . . they keep everything in perspective :)
I think I eat 8 meals a day . . . I second Beth. I would have been terrible at rationing my food in the 1930s.
Posted by: bridget at June 15, 2005 11:30 PM
Just think how hungry and elite runner or triathlete must get... it'd be interesting to see how much they eat! If this is how hungry we get... wow, imagine! And yeah I hate the lightheaded feeling too, it's like you're an animal ready to attack: can't concentrate on anything except g-e-t-t-i-n-g f-o-o-d!!!! ;)
Posted by: Nanda at June 16, 2005 11:19 AM
I hope your knee feels better. Sometimes a twinge is just a twinge, but take care of yourself.
Your food thoughts make me laugh. Sometimes by 11:00 I think I am going to pass out even though I usually don't eat breakfast until 9!
Posted by: Barb at June 16, 2005 11:23 AM
Dude! I know that feeling - Food! Now! I don't know how people skip meals. I always have snacks in my desk and in my purse. :)
Posted by: Leilani at June 16, 2005 03:34 PM