Hey!! Look at me!!

Haha, ok so maybe I've started on my 3rd cup of coffee and am feeling good :) Yesterday's training was certainly not great, but I tend to think things happen for a reason. Let's start with Monday's training as I'm pretty sure that's where the crappy Tuesday came in. I started the day off with a 14 mile long run (longest I've done in SEVERAL weeks) knocking out 6:00/mile the last few. I guess I just wanted to run Monday morning...and I did! Then it was off to work 20 minutes later (a little 7 mile bike ride that always ends up being way too hard as I'm usually late) selling shoes for 8 straight hours on my feet! By the end of the day, my legs were toast, and yet I went straight to the pool for about 1000 yards of swimming before they kicked me out because they were closing. Right after the pool, I went straight upstairs for my lifting that Shannon (my strength and conditioning coach from CrossFit Fort Worth) has me doing. 4 rounds of front squats with 85 lbs (don't laugh, I'm a weak distance runner!), 8 hand-stand pushups, and 10 dead hang pull-ups. Once all that was done, I finished off with 3 sets of 5 dead lifts with 175 lbs. Those hurt a bit! Fast forward to yesterday morning where I did 2000 yards in the pool. I was not hitting ANY of my intervals, so I decided to back it off and get ready for my track workout that night. And here's where the family things come into play. I normally would go work out with the CSU triathlon team up in Fort Collins, but as that is a half hour drive and Theresa would not get off work until 5:00 pm (track starts at 5), I was forced to try and join another group closer to town that starts at 6. Well, I warmed up to the track, and NOBODY WAS THERE! By this time it had been a long day at home with the girls and frustration levels were high...not to mention I was still dead tired. I ended up just jogging back home for a ridiculously slow 40 min run. Like I said, things tend to happen for a reason, so I tried to not let it get to me. I feel much better today, however, I am CRAZY sore from the lifting. I will hit up the pool again to try and hit my usual Wednesday 10x100 on the 1:30. I'm hoping for around 3k total, then upstairs (I workout at a recreation center in town so the pool and gym are in the same facility) to knock out my lifting. A two hour ride would be AMAZING, but we'll see when Theresa gets off work and what I'll be able to do. I don't like taking a day off of running, it throws off my rhythm, but I definitely need to be on the bike. Well, that's it for me. Oh wait! PLEASE post comments, questions, concerns, even criticisms as I would LOVE any feedback :) hasta -Yorek