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July 28, 2005
Tired and unethused
Anyone got cheese to go with my whine? After the half marathon on Sunday, a threshold run on Monday, and my sleep schedule being thrown off by shift work, I think I sufficiently beat my body up and it seems to want to do nothing more than to sleep and not run (for once). I thought about calling in sick to work today, but I feel guilty about ever doing that unless I’m *really* sick.
My legs were so sore on Tuesday that R. and I just went swimming. I swam a little over a mile, in sets of six laps. As usual, it took me a while to warm up, but then I enjoyed pushing myself that involved other muscles than my legs. In the next lane over, I was inspired by a ~10 year old girl who was swimming with her brother and being coached by their dad. The dad was being particularly tough on their technique, though I couldn’t understand what he was saying because it was in Chinese or Korean. The girl took it all in and resumed to hammering out fast laps with perfect form. I admired her intensity and focus and thought “Now that’s what makes champions.”
Yesterday, my legs were still tired and sore and I was utterly exhausted. Though I made an attempt to run 14 miles, I only made it 6 miles before I admitted that it was doing me more harm to push myself in that state. Instead I lifted arms and did my push ups/pull ups only for a bit, since my arms were tired from pulling hard during the swim.
I don’t know what I’m going to do today for a workout, but it likely won’t be what’s on my schedule. I’ve got a 20-mile run on Saturday and a sprint triathlon this weekend, and I want to feel fresh going in.
Posted by Leilani at July 28, 2005 09:32 AM
Comments
With regards to your final sentence - wow. It sounds like 2 x lots of sleep would be a good workout between now and then. I hope you're feeling more energetic by the weekend, and good luck!
Posted by: Alison at July 28, 2005 12:27 PM
Good luck with that "feeling fresh" thing my teenie tiny looney tooney! :-)
Posted by: Rob at July 29, 2005 09:48 AM
hahaha, rob's comment is very funny. I second alison, I think sleep would be a very good idea at this point :) hope the 20 miler and the sprint tri go well!
Posted by: Nanda at July 29, 2005 11:10 AM