I can do it!

I started out the morning with a 5 mile run at 5:00 AM. I ran with Ben, Britnee, and Elijah, but Elijah was going pretty slow, and I had to double back a bunch of times for him. I sent Ben on with Britnee so she wouldn't be alone in the dark. So my 5 mile run turned into a SIX mile run, by the time we finished. It took me 56:20. Dang! It's HOT in Saint George! By the time I got home, my head was throbbing. I'm a little unsure how I'm going to do a 10K race this weekend when it's NOT still dark outside, and the temps are higher. :S

After the run, we went to bootcamp and did weights and abs for an hour. I didn't want to, but I kept thinking about earning some sculpted arms, so I made myself do it anyway. It was worth it.

After bootcamp this morning I did a 15 mile bike ride with my friend Kim...even though it wasn't as hot as usual, we felt sluggish...so we just took it easy around the neighborhood, and finished in 58:26.

This evening, I went to the gym and hopped on the treadmill for a few intervals.  I warmed up starting at 5.0 MPH and adding 2/10ths every 30 seconds until I reached 8.5 MPH, and finished a mile in 8:59.  Then I did some intervals, starting at 6.5 MPH and increasing 1 MPH every minute to 9.5.  I repeated it 3 times, and on the last one I tacked on 30 seconds at 10 MPH and 30 seconds at 10.5 MPH.  Then I cooled down at 6.5 MPH.  All together, I did 3 miles in 23:50...no walk breaks.  :D

This morning I woke up at 4:45 to do a 5-mile run, but none of my training partners got up, so I ended up not running....something silly about being alone in the dark.  :D  For bootcamp we took our clients for a hike...it was pretty low-key, but about all that I wanted to do anyway - haha!

So this evening I decided to try to get a short run in on the treadmill before heading out to the lake.  I have some sort of weirdness going on in my right shin/soleus muscle, so it may be just as well that I didn't run in the morning.  I ended up doing the same warm-up as yesterday, then did 30 seconds each at 9.0, 9.5, and 9.0 MPH, followed by a minute each at 8.5, 8.0, 7.5, 7.0, and finishing it off at 6.5 MPH.  The two miles were finished in 16:35.  Then I went to the lake and swam approximately 1.2 miles in about 40 minutes.

This morning within 5 minutes I received a text from every single one of my clients, telling me that they would not be able to make it to bootcamp this morning...so I decided to sleep in. UNTIL TEN!!! When I got out of bed, I felt just a twinge of guilt, knowing that if I had gotten up, I would have already finished a good pilates workout and done 15-20 miles on my bike. But I also realized that I NEEDED to sleep...sleep is as important as any workout, and MORE so, when your schedule keeps you up late every night and requires an early morning wake-up call. So I had my wonderful morning breakfast shake, and I got a text from my hubby asking if I would join him on his lunch hour at the gym. Perfect!

I ended up warming up with a 2.5 mile run on the treadmill in 20:48. I still have that weirdness going on in my right leg, so I will probably take tomorrow off from running, and hopefully I'll be good for the 10K I'm doing on Saturday. It feels like a muscle spasm in my shin/soleus, but it may just be because of the speed-play I do on the treadmill...we'll see. So Ben kept running, and I decided to do an UBWO - 3 sets on each muscle group at a higher intensity level. I finished that, and still had some time, so I did some ab work, and then Ben and I had lunch at Great Harvest, and I ate that WONDERFUL Grilled Chicken Salad that they serve - soooo tasty!!!

My plan for the rest of the day is to guzzle tons of water, eat some clean meals, and maybe make it to Zumba and Yoga at the gym tonight. If I don't it will be okay, but I love Zumba, and every extra hour I spend doing cardio work helps to condition me for the long-distance endurance training I'm doing. Plus, I need the Yoga stretch.

All I did was go to Zumba class for an hour today.  I don't know where my energy has gone!  It wasn't as bad as yesterday, but I still felt wasted.  I thought about skipping it, but I felt obligated to get SOME form of exercise in before hitting the sushi buffet!  :D

Due to a power outage, we started the show late last night at Tuacahn, making my bedtime well after 1:00 AM. So I opted to skip the morning bike ride/10K race in favor of some much needed sleep. I thought about just taking another rest day. My body seems to be wanting more rest lately.

Instead, I decided to take my bike out to my 5:00 PM voice lesson in Ivins.  There was some cloud cover, which was nice, but I still got overheated by the time I arrived, and ended up with a not-so-nice headache while I was out there.  I have been SOOO tired!  It has been hard for me to summon any energy.  All the same, I ended up doing a total of 27.76 miles in 1:39:30.  Ben was kind enough to come riding with me, giving me some time in the draft to cool down a bit.  :D