If there were a scoreboard for my workouts this week it would look like this:

Eggplant: 1 / Workouts: 2

Yep, that means I’ve had two workout #fails so far this week and only one “success”. (But that certainly didn’t stop me from taking a full rest day on Thursday!)

It all started on Monday afternoon when I tweeted this:

Diggity and I hightailed it home from work (we’re still a one-car family!) and I immediately grabbed my gear for a quick swim followed by yoga class. Then I was off for the YMCA! But not before I squeezed in a puppy kiss from this little girl:

 

As soon as I saw the parking lot I knew I was in trouble because it basically looked like this:

not the actual parking lot…but you get the point…

I found a spot in the overflow lot & then I literally RAN into the building – after all, I had just enough time to change & swim for 20 min before I needed to be in the yoga room.

As I was swiping my membership card I noticed a sign stating that 7pm Yoga was cancelled.

No biggie! That just meant I could swim longer, right? (We all know I need to work on THAT!)

NO DICE!

Apparently this is what one should expect the pool to look like on a Monday at 6:30pm:

not the actual pool…but you get the point…

Seriously, ALL of the following activities were taking place at the same time:

1. Infant swim lessons (this was actually pretty damn cute to see!)
2. Youth swim lessons
3. Water Aerobics
4. Youth/Junior Swim Team

Keep in mind that this is only a 10 lane swimming pool…so it was crowded (and I would guess it was near overflowing!)

Needless to say, I said a few swear words under my breath (I think?) and walked out to make the drive back home as BOTH workouts I had planned were total failures.

I salvaged the evening with an at-home yoga sesh (thanks to Diggity telling me to buck up and do one!) that turned out to be seriously intense!

So maybe this one was good enough for a 0.5 score?

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Wednesday was another doozy of a workout failure:

 

It was so horrible I barely lasted 20 minutes – and I walked out with NO GUILT AT ALL.

I do feel sorta bad for the sub, so I won’t completely lambaste her here…lets just say that her teaching style did not mesh with my spin class expectations at all! (Others did seem to really like it though.)

I may or may not have decided to drink wine instead of salvaging this one…

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So what was my workout #win this week? Running with Diggity on Tuesday evening!

This was my first run since SRQ and I just wanted to get out there and move a little.

We had a very nice, easy paced 3-miler around our neighborhood. The weather is really wonderful here this time of year & it was nice to just be out there and enjoy the run with absolutely no time or distance expectations!

That’s supposed to be me & Diggity…two lovebirds…get it?

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And now to start the weekend off right, I’m heading over to the pool for another try…because THIS is how the pool usually looks on a Friday Night:

Seriously, I usually swim on Friday evening & most of the time it’s just me and the lifeguard.

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WHAT ABOUT YOU:

Have you ever had a week where your workout plans just don’t work out? How do you salvage them?

Any fun plans for the weekend? I know lots of you are running the National Marathon & Half Marathon in DC – have fun & be safe! I’ll be enjoying a 3-day weekend  because we have family coming to visit!