So tired

Tuesday was a road bike day out to the Marine Base. We rode out past the runway via Daly Hill where a plane was practicing take offs and landings. The workout was ride the loop for 3x15' hard, 7' easy for a total of just over an hour's worth of riding. Then head home. The worst is standing up while going up the hills. Nothing makes me gasp for breath faster. Fortunately, Wednesday was a rest day. It's our only one for the week, so I don't do ANYTHING that day.

On Thursday I made a rookie error. We had a run scheduled with the group in the evening, but it was a holiday and DH and I decided to make the most of it and go exploring on our Mountain Bikes. We rode around Norfolk, trying out all the offshoot trails and trying to figure out how they all connect together. We had a great time and eventually called it a day after a few hours.

While it didn't seem that strenuous at the time, I could really feel the effects of it at the start of our run that night. We headed onto base over to Daly hill. I'm guessing just to get to the hill was a little over 3 miles. Even though I was struggling with heavy tired legs, I had to appreciate the beauty of the path we took. It was a recreational path right along the ocean. No cars to worry about and nothing but the beach all along one side. Just beautiful.

Anyway, if this had left a smile on my face, Daly hill slapped it right off. Here's the workout: run up the hill as hard as you can for 2 minutes, run hard back down, repeat 2 more times. Run as hard as you can around a large nearby field. Then take about 2 minutes rest, and repeat the whole thing all over again, only this time going for 1 minute per uphill. I was actually a little dizzy at the end of last few one minute intervals. I'd turn around to go back down and have to pause for a moment to regain my balance. Not a workout for wimps. Then we got to run the whole way home for a grand total of 8.12 miles. I was really hurting but I didn't do any walking, and managed to finish the workout.

So, after all that, I really needed some sleep, but I had to get up at 4:30AM on Friday for the Beach Core workout. Today, we ran partway down the beach, then started jogging back stopping at 5 minute intervals to do planks (10" normal, 10" knees, 10" side-to-side, 10" hold on one side, 10" hip dips on that side, back to the 3 center exercises, then over to the other side, then back to center) and 10 pushups. We did this over and over, occasionally mixing in walking lunges, crab walk, and squats.

Not long into it I had to start doing my plank poses on my knees. I was hurting and my legs felt extra heavy. Still, another workout down. They tell me I'll really start seeing the results in a few weeks. I hope so, I sure can't fathom doing all this work without getting stronger.

Current weight: 124, 27.5%