Where did I leave off???
Sometime after my last update, I did a bit of working out. To sum up the week:
Wednesday: After biking too and from work, I considered that a work out. Evan and I walked to get dinner in the loop, another 2 miles, so I called that a "cross train" day.
Thursday: I got bribed into taking Casey for a run. Evan said if I took Casey to get some exercies, he would make dinner, start the laundry and do the dishes. Couldn't pass that up so I ran Casey 3 miles, in just under 24 minutes. 8 minute miles would be my dream 10K pace so just shy of a 5K, in under 24 minutes, I'll take it. I guess my time trails are paying off? I then swam but I was pretty tired and was there less than an hour. I think I only got in 1000M. Huge headache too. Could it be the swim cap? Seems unlikely but who knows.
Friday: Biked to work. National "bike to work day" so I stopped by the booth at forest park and then biked to work, probably about 7 miles total. I intended to bike home but decided to meet Evan and Amy at Houlihans so we got my bike in the morning.
Saturday: 10 mile bike ride at Creve Coeur Park. Nice FLAT path. Loved the flat. I wore Evan out on the back half and he was done when we got back to the car. There is a 3.6 mile trail that leads from Creve Coeur to the Katy trail, want to try that next time for sure. Evan doesn't like the bike rack, he was nervous the whole time. We have to get a bar for my bike so that it fits OK on there and today at Walmart we both a strap that will hopefully help hold things together so he's not so nervous. He won't take it out on the interstate yet which drasticly cuts down on the number of trails we can ride, but I'm sure as we use it more he'll get more comfortable. After the bike ride, Evan golfed and I swam. Again, I was tired and the headache returned but I noticed it got worse as I worked on my breathing so I think it was oxygen deprived. I also notice I only breath on one side and so I starting working on breathing on both sides. It's going to take some work.
Today: 1 hour walk in the park with the husband and dog. It was glorious! The weather was sunny and about 80 degrees. I loved every minute of it. I wish it could have gone on longer. I worked on flexibility with some stretches and calestetics and then a 3 mile run. I was shooting for under 8 min miles which only meant I went out too fast and then my last 2 miles were 16:26, so over 8 min. Which is dissapointing because I know I can do better (thursday night)
This is the last week of indoor swimming. Then I'm not sure what. I can join the Clayton community center for $32 a month and swim indoors at night or I can swim outside in the mornings at the U City pool. I'm not sure if you have to pay or if you have to "pay" like I was supposed to pay at the indoor pool. I think that will make my decision for me. If I can swim for free at the U City pool, I'll do that. If I buy a pass to the U City pool, we can use it all summer but in all actualy since we have like 4 free weekends this summer, am I going to get a chance to use the pass?
On an unrelated note: Their tee time was at 3pm yesterday which is when the pool closes. So I left the pool at about 3pm and biked home for about 3 minutes. When I got home, the house was all locked up (I had no phone and no keys, I was swimming and had no need for those things). I knew that since tee time was at 3, they would be gone AT LEAST 4 more hours and that does not include time to drive home. Good thing I had my bike! After talking to the neighbors for about an hour I biked around the neighborhood to waste time. Apparently when I was gone my landlord stopped by to show the apartment to someone. Ben told him I was locked out so he knew it and said he'd be back later to show to someone else. So when I got back after having exhausted all of my options (except riding to the landlords house, DUH) Amos was there showing the apartment again and let me in. Then today I went to get gas and then to the grocery store and I ran out of gas on my way to the gas station. This has NEVER happened to me before! I was seriously a block away so I just pulled over where I was. Evan was on his way to hockey and called to see what I was doing on the side of the road. This time I had my keys so I walked home and now I'm off to fill my car up with gas. What an event full weekend! I hope that's it for awhile. it was enough excitement for me!
Wednesday: After biking too and from work, I considered that a work out. Evan and I walked to get dinner in the loop, another 2 miles, so I called that a "cross train" day.
Thursday: I got bribed into taking Casey for a run. Evan said if I took Casey to get some exercies, he would make dinner, start the laundry and do the dishes. Couldn't pass that up so I ran Casey 3 miles, in just under 24 minutes. 8 minute miles would be my dream 10K pace so just shy of a 5K, in under 24 minutes, I'll take it. I guess my time trails are paying off? I then swam but I was pretty tired and was there less than an hour. I think I only got in 1000M. Huge headache too. Could it be the swim cap? Seems unlikely but who knows.
Friday: Biked to work. National "bike to work day" so I stopped by the booth at forest park and then biked to work, probably about 7 miles total. I intended to bike home but decided to meet Evan and Amy at Houlihans so we got my bike in the morning.
Saturday: 10 mile bike ride at Creve Coeur Park. Nice FLAT path. Loved the flat. I wore Evan out on the back half and he was done when we got back to the car. There is a 3.6 mile trail that leads from Creve Coeur to the Katy trail, want to try that next time for sure. Evan doesn't like the bike rack, he was nervous the whole time. We have to get a bar for my bike so that it fits OK on there and today at Walmart we both a strap that will hopefully help hold things together so he's not so nervous. He won't take it out on the interstate yet which drasticly cuts down on the number of trails we can ride, but I'm sure as we use it more he'll get more comfortable. After the bike ride, Evan golfed and I swam. Again, I was tired and the headache returned but I noticed it got worse as I worked on my breathing so I think it was oxygen deprived. I also notice I only breath on one side and so I starting working on breathing on both sides. It's going to take some work.
Today: 1 hour walk in the park with the husband and dog. It was glorious! The weather was sunny and about 80 degrees. I loved every minute of it. I wish it could have gone on longer. I worked on flexibility with some stretches and calestetics and then a 3 mile run. I was shooting for under 8 min miles which only meant I went out too fast and then my last 2 miles were 16:26, so over 8 min. Which is dissapointing because I know I can do better (thursday night)
This is the last week of indoor swimming. Then I'm not sure what. I can join the Clayton community center for $32 a month and swim indoors at night or I can swim outside in the mornings at the U City pool. I'm not sure if you have to pay or if you have to "pay" like I was supposed to pay at the indoor pool. I think that will make my decision for me. If I can swim for free at the U City pool, I'll do that. If I buy a pass to the U City pool, we can use it all summer but in all actualy since we have like 4 free weekends this summer, am I going to get a chance to use the pass?
On an unrelated note: Their tee time was at 3pm yesterday which is when the pool closes. So I left the pool at about 3pm and biked home for about 3 minutes. When I got home, the house was all locked up (I had no phone and no keys, I was swimming and had no need for those things). I knew that since tee time was at 3, they would be gone AT LEAST 4 more hours and that does not include time to drive home. Good thing I had my bike! After talking to the neighbors for about an hour I biked around the neighborhood to waste time. Apparently when I was gone my landlord stopped by to show the apartment to someone. Ben told him I was locked out so he knew it and said he'd be back later to show to someone else. So when I got back after having exhausted all of my options (except riding to the landlords house, DUH) Amos was there showing the apartment again and let me in. Then today I went to get gas and then to the grocery store and I ran out of gas on my way to the gas station. This has NEVER happened to me before! I was seriously a block away so I just pulled over where I was. Evan was on his way to hockey and called to see what I was doing on the side of the road. This time I had my keys so I walked home and now I'm off to fill my car up with gas. What an event full weekend! I hope that's it for awhile. it was enough excitement for me!
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