Playing catch up

Monday, didn't do anything. Tuesday I was supposed to go to the gym for water aerobics, follow up with a min-strength training at the house and 3-mile walk or bike ride. Absolutely nothing happened! In the morning, Connor was having a fit and nothing was appeasing him. I also thought he may have been running a slight fever so I decided it wasn't in his best interest to go to go to daycare, which means I didn't make it to the gym for water aerobics. No big deal, I can do a strength training routine here at the house. Instead, I decided to color my hair. I don't think I could get any more productive than that!!

Anyway, I am back on track today and needed to catch up by hitting this one out of the park. I was supposed to run 6 miles in 13:55. Ben had to go in work late so I took advantage of the ability to go to the gym without Connor and headed out pretty early. I was doing really well, hitting my times. I got to the 3 mile mark and was starting to get tight in the chest but feeling really well. I stepped off the treadmill at 3.5 miles to catch me breath and take a sip of water. Jumped right back on and stepped off for a few seconds at 4 miles. I stayed on for almost another full mile and then all of a sudden, the treadmill stopped. Apparently, the treadmill, as a safety feature, shuts off after 1 hour. Damn it! All of my flow was gone. I got off, went to the bathroom and decided I needed to try and finish. I went back to the treadmill, hopped on and run for another .35 miles. I was about .7 miles from finishing my 6 mile goal, but honestly, I was soaked from head to toe from sweating so much. I literally had beads of sweat rolling down my arms and legs and was so tired! But really proud of myself for completing so many miles! That was really far for me and I know I can do so much better next time.

It was kind of funny though because when I got home, Ben and I took Connor to the pool to swim so we walked over to the community pool and then got in the water to swim for about 40 minutes. I made the joke that I completed my own little mini-triathalon today and am I feeling it....I am whipped!