Got Spandex and I got our email this morning saying that we were selected in the lottery to run Grandma’s Half Marathon.
First word out of my mouth? “Crap!”
Just to recap, I went to the gym to train in early February, caught some virus and spent most of the month sick. Both respirtory and gastrointestinal. Yay, me! I have not been back on the horse yet. Although, I walked a brisk mile to and from my haircut appointment yesterday.
Today is “technically” a rest day but when you haven’t been training for a month does that really hold any water?
So, I’m going to skip out of work early (at about 2:30pm), go home and drag myself around a 2 mile route in the neighborhood and then hopefully have time to shower and change again to be at church by 5:15… the main reason Wednesday is a rest day is that I have a FULL day on Wednesday.
I”ve also read a few more training schedules and things and made an important discovery:
Cross-training = bike, swim or eliptical machine not (as I thought) strength training. Doh!
No. Strength training (squats, lunges, bicep curls, sit-ups, crunches, etc., etc.) is over and above the cross-training and the walking/running. Double Doh!
And it’s necessary – especially for me and my goal of reshaping my body and building muscle. Triple Doh!
Have I mentioned how big a spaz I am on an eliptical machine? I’ve been on one exactly twice in my lifetime. I fell off both times. I blame it on the fact that I’m only 5’2″ and they’re made “for regular sized people.”
Seriously questioning my sanity now, I am resorting to the AA method of training exemplified in the quote I used as a headline: One day at a time, baby.
One thing at a time. One work-out at a time. It will most likely kill me in the morning, but for today I just need to focus on getting this much done. [holding fingers about 6 inches apart]
So today’s goal is this: squeezing in 2 miles between work and Wednesday night church.
On your mark…. Get set…. Go!
