I took Britnee to the gym this morning so she could run without freezing...so I decided to do a light workout. First I did a 20 minute HIIT on the elliptical. It was surprisingly difficult! I don't know if it is because I haven't done that workout in a long time, or because my muscles are still REALLY tired! I took it pretty easy, knowing that I've got to give them some rest before the weekend. After that I hopped on the treadmill, walked a quarter mile, ran a mile, then walked another quarter mile. I was tempted to do more for my ego's sake, but wisdom ruled out and I quit when Britnee did. I finished with some light stretching, and went home with the intention of doing P90X ab-ripper. But when I found it difficult to get through the first three sets, I decided that I'd better not push it, and I quit. Crazy how you can feel so strong one day, and then feel like you've never worked out in your life the next day!!!
I've started carbing up for the weekend, but my intention is to do it differently than before. So I threw an extra half banana into my shake for breakfast, had a nice whole wheat sandwich for lunch, and for dinner made fried rice using brown and wild rice instead of white, shrimp instead of ham, and egg whites instead of whole eggs. It was really good! Over the next two days, I'll try to include more complex carbohydrates with my regular meals, and will continue to avoid sugar and other simple carbs. We'll see if I feel better or worse for this race than I did for the Saint George Marathon, where I went on a one-week sugar binge before the race! :-) | 