2nd Week of Labor

Well folks, I’m still pretty much on track during my 5 Weeks of Labor challenge!

I say “pretty much” because I did skip one run – but I gave myself a “pass” for good reason.  More on that later though,..

Here’s how week 2 turned out:

• Rest Day Completed Monday
• Swim 400 Yards + 6 x 400 Interval Run Completed Intervals Wednesday
• 6pm Spin Class or Bike 6 miles Biked 9.55 Miles on Tuesday
• Swim 400 Yards + Run 30 Minutes Completed Run on Friday, Swim on Saturday.
• Yoga Completed Yoga On the Edge Thursday
• Run 40 Minutes Skipped
• Bike 10 Miles Cycled 11.31 Miles on Saturday

(Miss week 1?  Check it out here.)

Obviously, Monday‘s rest day was the easiest again.

Tuesday was a nice change up. I decided to switch workouts with Wednesday because my usual spin instructor was on vacation & the sub wasn’t my favorite.  It turned out rather well – my legs felt GREAT for the intervals on Wednesday morning.  I felt like crap in the pool that night, but I made it through the workout nonetheless.

Thursday was another Yoga on the Edge workout.  I kept the volume REALLY low this time and loved it.  It’s a great workout as long as I don’t need to listen to that woman’s whining talking the whole time.

My run on Friday was rough – I was having a lot of shin/calf pain and ended up having to take lots of walk breaks.  But I stayed out there for the full 30 min and just took it easy.  (Normally I would have said “screw it” and turned around for home.)

I swam again on Saturday this week.  Surprisingly I had a GREAT swim.  I felt strong and bouyant in the water which was a nice change.  Maybe it had something to do with wearing my swim cap from the Wildman Tri in March?

Sunday was a very hard day for me.  Emotionally.

I was supposed to wake up before the heat early and run for 40 min.  But somehow my eyes didn’t open until 10:30am – by which time it was 90+ degrees and ultra humid.  So I decided I’d run in the evening.

Then I remembered it was Dad’s birthday.  He would have been 58.  He’s been gone for nearly 6 years now.

I won’t go into it all now, but it hit me hard this year for some reason.

I cried and cried and cried.  I tried to stop reliving that evening in my mind over and over, but just couldn’t.  Every time I was alone, my mind went right to that moment.  And it hurt.  A lot.

So I did what any girl would do – I went shopping at the outlets to distract myself.

By the time I got home, I was ready for a bottle glass of wine and some laughter care of Legally Blonde.  I sat with Diggity on the couch and laughed.  And I decided THAT was more important than 40 minutes out on the road.

So I stayed in, let Diggity hold my hand, laughed at Elle & Bruiser and laughed at Diggity laughing at Elle & Bruiser.  (It was his first time watching Legally Blonde!)

It turned into a wonderful day & evening.  And I don’t regret the missed workout at all.