Ugh. First half of the week not so great.
Monday I did my at-home self-guided stretch/yoga/pilates for almost an hour and a half. But I was not motivated and feeling tired, so it was pretty half-hearted.
Tuesday was a disastrous 6 mile run ("rest" week this week). I slept past my alarm, so Chris showed up at 6:45 and I was still getting ready and hadn't stretched. Then, my Garmin was on the fritz, so instead of having an adventure and trying out some new roads, I had to plan a route last minute over our usual roads. To make matters worse, I thought my right quad was just sore on Sunday from the long run, but it got sore and tight midway through and just kept getting worse for the remainder of the run. It hurt so bad by the end I almost cried walking up the stairs. We have a race Sunday, so there's just no room for an injury right now. Yesterday and today I stretched, took ibuprofen every 4 hours, drank lots of water and green tea, and iced twice. I also avoided taking the stairs at work, which was like torture because everyone who takes the elevators is clueless, which makes me frustrated, or actually disabled, which makes me feel guilty. It doesn't hurt at all tonight, so I'm going to try to run in the morning, but I'm going to take it really slow, and if it hurts at all I'm going to stop. I'd rather be able to run the race Sunday then push it tomorrow just for the sake of saying I got the run in.
Last night I went to belly dancing again. We worked on lower body shimmies: knee shimmies, hip shimmies, pelvic shimmies, and twist shimmies. Who knew there were that many shimmies? And we're not even to upper body yet! I finally got my own coin skirt too; it helps with practice because you can hear if you are doing the moves correctly. I was going to be functional and mature and just go for a black skirt with silver decorations, but then I found buried on the shelf this awesome bright orange and gold skirt, and I couldn't resist. It's totally fun. The cats, however, are not impressed... Lila stared at me indignantly during my entire 20 minute practice tonight, and Frye ran away to hide. Gonna be a long few weeks for them. :-p
I went to Bikram yoga today as my cross training. I found a website through which I can earn free classes online, so it didn't cost me a thing! It was sooooo good to go again. Banff really threw me off, and I've been kind of a slacker since I got back, so my abs are starting to feel a little flabby. Can't lose that 6 pack! Hopefully between belly dancing and getting back into yoga I can get back on track.
Well, wish my quad and I good luck for tomorrow...
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