Thursday Morning turned into a rest time. I'm not sure if I'll regret it or not, but having a restless night and not a busy day planned, I figured I could take the kids to the YMCA at some point and knock out my swim and run. The morning turned out be be a much needed chill time with the kids. I surfed the internet, we had birthday cake for snack and everyone seemed in a good mood.
We arrive at the YMCA and was greeted with this on the door.
Yes- that is a no guns sign... I'm not sure what happened to need to post but really?
I get in and realize I forgot socks for the kids. $2 later I have 2 pairs of socks for the kids, they are happy playing and I go to the pool. The first family changing room I go to SMELLS LIKE DIRTY DIAPER. It's gross. I can't stomach it past 30 seconds. I leave. I have to deal with the public woman's room but that's better than smelling urine, so I've settled down. :-) I get my swim gear together and I realized I forgot my cap.. again... I get in the pool and do my drills 45 minutes later and I feel successful. My drills were good but tiring. I had to break every 25m but considering it's my 3rd swim back, I'm still ok with it. Once drills were done I faced the freestyle head on. This always makes me nervous. so I gave myself a talk... I know what to do. I've seen how to do it. Now I just need to put the puzzle together. after about 100m it started to come together. another 50m and I felt tired but good. Then, the 8 year old life guard kicked me out of the pool for water aerobics. So... over all... it was a good swim.
I went into the steam room and laid down. The steam felt so good. all of a sudden I hear a POP! I freak out because I think it's a gun! after a second I realize it was my water bottle snapping from the heat! Got me up though- so I began my stretching. It's so easy to stretch in the heat.
Brought the kids home and had a low key afternoon. Once the hubs got home I went back to the YMCA. Maybe a bit obsessive but I have 2 weeks to get myself to where I was before and hopefully a little better. I'm not there yet.
Total Core - 20 minutes of ab hell. The 20 something instructor was full of energy as she modeled and talked through what to do. To her credit, she filled those 20 minutes with props so you were distracted and didn't realize you were doing the same thing repeatedly. We used a mat, step on a slope, Big Ball, weights and our abs. OUCH.
At the end of Total Core I could feel my blood sugar dropping. I hadn't brought any snacks (just water) so I grabbed a chocolate chip cliff bar from the vending machine. It was easy to eat, tasted alright and I was surprised at how I didn't have any issues with it. about 10 minutes later I was feeling normal again. I'm going to have to go buy a stash of those!
Spin- 60 minutes of peddling (we did 20 miles). It was called "Fast 30" and all about the 30 second surges. These came every 10 minutes.... so if you do the math, that was 5 with the last 10 being a cool down. This also included 3-10 minute hills and 1 warm up and 1 cool down hill. "Michelle" must be a preacher - cause she had quotes and scriptures falling out her mouth. It dawned on me that I should make a mental note of the one-liners and quotes - but there were just too many to remember. I guess you'll have to show up to her class to hear them.
With Spin over, I realized I needed something else. The Cliff Bar had been spent so I opted for a Coconut Water. It was awesomely refreshing, hit the system quickly and by the time Yoga started, I was ready. I already have Coconut Water in my stash so I need to make a point to make sure I have some in my gym bag.
Yoga - um. this lady doesn't have time for beginners - so I had to take the initiative to scale it down. I just couldn't do all the pressure on my shoulders. On a good day I would struggle, today they ache- really bad. It fact, with everything, my triceps hurt the worst. I followed along decently but there were a few time when my thighs and arms just couldn't play with the big boys and I had to stop and rest. I did see a familiar face in the group so that was really nice!
Needless to say I came home tired, hungry and not prepared for Lizzie to be awake. She had a tough time when I left (tears, lots of hugs and love-yous). So for her to be awake, well, it just wasn't want I wanted to deal with. I did though. I put her in her bed, laid beside her. We both relax... and then I got freezing cold. I problem I've talked about before. Once I hit shivering I got up (waking Lizzie) and jumped into a very hot shower. 20 minutes later I stepped out of the shower to Lizzie being awake again.... I had her cuddle with Scott while I grabbed some food. We cuddled in the bed and watched a little tv - she conked out soon after. Here I am.. sharing my day. And yes, my triceps/arms hurt still. I can barely lift them off the keyboard. I think I'll call it a night!
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