Transition Week 2 (March 10-16)

Monday

Ran around aimlessly for about 30 min. Legs were fine, but apparently I ran too soon after eating dinner because I was plagued by digestive issues. lame.

UPDATE: I have the best friends ever.

Tuesday

Ran down to the gym, then 10 min on row machine for warm up. Weights (strength). Felt good; finished almost all of it (a few reps on curls/shoulder). Legs feel great! I think I'll try a longer run this weekend (7-9 or so) just to see how they're doing endurance-wise.

Wednesday

The idea was to go play some DDR after my library shift, but there were people there already and we didn't want to have to take turns. So we walked to the gym and played some racquetball. Charlie seems to have aggravated his lower back, which he may have strained during weights yesterday? It's not good.. came home and iced, then laid down. Pain bending over, getting up from sitting position, etc.

For my part, I was tired and grouchy most of the day. Going to sleep in somewhat and then go back to the dentist tomorrow.

Thursday

Dentist sucked. Charlton's definitely not in good shape. On KB's advice, went to the trainer, who gave some advice and showed him some stretches. Busy, no workout.

Friday

Busy, no workout. Muscle relaxants for Charlie's back; able to move around reasonably well with support belt but still in some pain.

Saturday

My plan for today was to get out early and go down to Arroyo park, maybe a 7-9 mile run. This was a complete failure... about a mile into it I felt terrible, legs were really tight and I couldn't seem to loosen them up. I kept going for about another half a mile, then gave up and jogged/walked home. This type of thing tends to happen when I'm busy and stressed out, and while I got a lot of sleep last night (10+ hrs), I hardly got any last week. So while this was disappointing I have to accept the fact that my workouts are just going to suck during finals week and I can't do anything even remotely ambitious. I'm just going to try to fit in some short runs here and there so I can sleep at night and I'm not too grouchy.

Sunday

Went to the gym and did 45 min on the bike and about 25 min in the weight room afterwards. Feeling much better than yesterday, though it still feels like my legs have... I dunno, all this bad "humor" in them.. you know, in the medieval sense of the word. I think the bike ride help relieve some of this--a bloodletting of sorts. I know this is a weird analogy but that's what came to mind when I was on the bike. Charlie was feeling up to going to the gym and almost came with me (to do the bike, not weights), but thought he should probably wait one more day to be safe. Probably a good idea.