Week 2 of 16
Happy New Year! Week 2 was a challenge for me but I’m glad
it’s over. Don’t get me wrong—I LOVE
Christmas and this time of the year but I have been so looking forward to a
normal work week and a normal running/lifting routine.
My dad was off on Monday and I had
plans to go to the Dubovsky house for New Year’s Eve dinner so I asked my dad
if he would be on Georgie lunch duty so I could get in a lunch break run. I had 4 miles on the schedule (aka about 32
minutes) during a 60 minute lunch break but this stressed me out so much. It was a beautiful day but I decided to run
on the treadmill with the thought of it being a much quicker change into
running clothes. I was practically
wearing everything under my work clothes and just switched shoes. I went right from the treadmill to the shower
and then right to my boss’s office for our weekly meeting. A highlight of the day was that Eric brought
me Mary Lou’s coffee which was a PERFECT post-run treat… especially since I didn’t
go home for lunch.
New Year’s Eve was fun. We ordered Chinese food, had a glass of
champagne, ate DOTS even though I gave up candy (YOLO!) and played Rummy Royale. The
plan was to go watch the Sandwich fireworks but rain kind of ruined it. That seems to be the theme of the year. Instead we all lit off sparklers and I was
home before 9pm, in bed by 10. Perfect.
New Year’s Day I met up with
Danielle, Jason and Mike for our annual New Year’s Day bRUNch. We ran 5 miles then brunched it up at Anejo. So good.
I woke up Wednesday morning not
feeling right. I made coffee but I
didn’t drink it. That was the first red
flag. Second red flag was that it was a
staff meeting day at Burrito Bistro and I only ordered a smoothie. I had no appetite and my whole body
ached. Eric let me leave after the
meeting and I came home and slept for 2.5 hours. When I woke up I took my temperature and had
a fever of 101. I went right from the
couch to bed at 8:30 and stayed in bed until 8:30 the next morning.
I stayed home from work on
Thursday. I took some ibuprofen for my
fever and mid-day I started to come back to life. I went into work for a few hours on Friday to
cover for Eric. I still hadn’t eaten
much but I felt like heading out for a run.
The fresh air was just what I needed!
I looped close to work so I could head back at anytime but ended up
running 5 miles. I went home and had a
big lunch. Woo hoo!
There was rain in the forecast for
Saturday and I had 12 miles on the schedule.
I had convinced myself on Friday that I wasn’t going to worry about a
long run and head to the gym for just a few treadmill miles but I woke up on
Saturday totally motivated. I was
thinking I would wait until a little later when the gym was quieter so I sat in
my room for about 45 minutes organizing some of my drawers and deciding what I
wanted to wear for 12 miles on the treadmill.
When I emerged from my room I noticed the rain had stopped. The weather forecast was now saying “rain
predicted at 3pm.” I changed really
quick and started running before I had any time to change my mind. There was a light mist that turned into a
heavy mist about a mile into my run and continued until I was done. I was soaked.
It was also very windy (duh) and it took a lot out of me but I did it.
Upcoming events:
Monday 12.31.18
4 treadmill miles (31:28)
Burdenko H2O
Burdenko H2O
Tuesday 1.1.19
Happy New Year
5 miles (46:02) with Danielle, Jason & Mike
Wednesday 1.2.19
Sick day
Thursday 1.3.19
Sick day
20’ walk with G and mama
Friday 1.4.19
5 miles (38:42)
Saturday 1.5.19
12 miles (1:34:38)
Sunday 1.6.19
Taught spin class
Burdenko H2O
ICYMI
This week’s mileage:
26 miles
This week’s G
mileage: 0 miles
December Totals: 89
miles
January Totals:
22 miles
2018 Totals: 960
miles
2019 Totals: 22
miles
