I spoke too soon

 On Monday I got up early and took Kara to the dentist.  Then I went right to Group Power.  I kept my weight low because I haven't been since April.  It was tough especially all the ab workouts.  I went and picked strawberries.  Squats and lunges + picking strawberries afterwards = pain.  

Around 3 PM my gut started to hurt and it felt like I had spasms.  I felt feverish and lost my appetite.  I took an Immodium and two Tylenol and felt significantly better.  Almost back to normal.  Went to the pool and enjoyed being in the water.  I went home and ate pizza for dinner.  Then I felt awful.  I could not get my body off the couch and I felt nauseous and in pain.  I managed to sleep very well but I woke up feeling not great. It was like that most of the day.

I went to bed at 11 PM.  The batteries need to be changed in the smoke alarm and it was keeping me awake.  I didn't want to take the batteries out because of that episode of This Is Us where the whole house burns down because they didn't change the batteries.  Ugh why did I watch that episode.  I have a somewhat overexaggerated fear of house fires after our small house fire back in 1986. I tried sleeping in the family room with the door shut to muffle the beeping.  The cat really liked that idea and she wanted in...thus I couldn't really shut the door.  The beeping was still annoying.  Tried running a fan and that didn't muffle the sound much at all.

 I did take the batteries out.  We have smoke alarms in our room and Derek's room, the family room, and the upstairs.  We had to get that many to become a registered day care home back in 2016.  So if the house would have caught fire we would have been woken to beeping.  By the time I turned on lights, took out the battery, tried to find a new battery and was unsuccessful...all at 12:30 am.  My brain was pretty much awake and I was up for probably two extra hours.

I realized my body has been through havoc since we came home from Mexico.  That time of the month with bad cramping, bacterial infection or parasite of some sort, itchy shoulders from sunburn and peeling everywhere (super gross), and bug bites all over my legs. And the intense ab workout on Monday did not do me any favors.  It was all worth it though.  Such a great vacation.  The gym is not going anywhere.  I'll be back there soon.

Recap

 I have not recorded any of my workouts since January.  But I did run the Eugene Marathon in May!  Training went very well in the winter and having my class shut down for a month helped.  I love daytime running and going to the gym.  I feel like ever since COVID shut everything down in the spring of 2020, I have had a difficult time with the early morning workouts.  I will be consistent for about a week, maybe two and then I will not be motivated.  It is hard for my body to make it out of bed that early...or maybe the problem is my mind.  I can talk myself out of a workout quite well.

Leading up to Eugene I was getting pretty burned out with training.  I skipped a few workouts, but overall not very many.  I did three 20 milers and all three went quite well.  I especially enjoyed the ten milers.  I found that is my preferred distance.  Not too short but not too long.  Work was starting to get crazy as it often does in the spring and Kara was super busy with her musical.  The advantage was I did some running during her practices in Keizer or went to the gym on Lancaster.  I really squeezed out that available time when I could.  It sometimes meant exercises at weird times and different places if I skipped the early morning (which I often did).

Post Eugene I had hoped to take two weeks off, but it became much more than that.  I felt totally burned out.  I did not want to run or do any form of exercise.  It honestly felt to me like an enormous task like writing a twenty page research paper or cooking a meal for fifteen people.  It seemed so easy to go outside and run three miles, but I could not make myself go from Point A to Point B.  Since Eugene on May 1st I have done maybe three or four runs, two swims, zero bike rides, and zero workout classes.  But I am starting to miss it and yearn for routine again.

Eugene was a ton of fun because Derek and I did the 5K the day before.  My sister came for both the 5k and marathon.  She was my cheering section.  I will say I had tons of performance anxiety.  I could not keep up with the 4:20 group around Mile #22 and finished a few minutes after them.  It was like I could not make my body even faster.  I did better with the nutrition this time...even so I could only move so fast. 

 Kara's musical had also been cancelled that weekend due to COVID classes.  I was so excited for my sister to see it and she was not able to because they called the whole show off.  I was pretty upset by their decision and angry my sister would not be see it.  I don't think I recovered from those feelings.  I think the sadness was still on my heart as I ran and worked against me.

We will see what this summer brings.  My goal is simply consistency.  I am not training for anything specific but I want to do Power twice a week and then a mix of running, swimming, and biking.  I don't know how much I will get to bike with Salem Bicycle Club, but I think I would like to try a few rides with them.