Monday's workout was a bit of a rude awakening, I think it short circuited a few muscle groups that haven't been pushed lately. Since my long run happened on Friday, that meant Saturday was a day off and Sunday was a short 4 mile run followed by a 2200M swim. I wasn't really sure what to do with Monday's workout, it wasn't on the schedule, so I made up a workout that kicked my butt.....(believe me, it needed a swift kick!) After a 5 min warmup, I headed over to the stadium to run stairs. My goal was to do 20 flights of stairs up and 20 flights down. Even while struggling through the last few sets, I was able to knock out 25 flights and still manage to run another mile back to my car. That's an improvement from the last time, so I left feeling positive even though I have a long way to go yet.
Perhaps stadium stairs wasn't such a great idea for Monday, it didn't register in my head that my appointment with Meredith at AE was scheduled for that morning!! Oh yeah, minor detail. You can't cry "mercy" with Meredith, that just doesn't fly in her gym, NOPE. There were squats, and squats, and more squats to be had and with each one, I was quietly cursing myself for doing a stair workout the same day as a weight lifting session.
Today, Tuesday, needed to be a low key day, a swim workout for sure. I had to walk backwards while carrying our 37 lb 3 yr old down two flights of stairs at 6:45am, my legs felt like lead that's been twisted and knotted, almost as bad as after a fast paced marathon run. Luckily, my massage therapy session was today.... some screaming, wincing, bruising, pain, and then some relief. I saved my swim workout for this evening, 1200M in the cool pool water helped loosen these tight muscles. Not sure how Wednesday's 10 mile run will go, but I'm sure there will need to be much stretching in the morning.
Sooooo tired....heading to bed. Looking forward to excelling this week and making some strides in the right direction.
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