Getting Knocked Down
Please don’t confuse “getting knocked down” with “getting knocked up.” Ha.
After my Friday rest day, I went into the weekend ready to work hard and kick butt. Well, I thought I had.
Saturday
I woke up late on Saturday at 10 am. I had lunch plans at 12:30 in Cary, so I had to postpone my 1:45 trainer ride until after lunch. I haven’t slept in until 10 in ages. I had gone to bed early the night before, too! I slept 12 hours on Friday night. I had a great lunch with my friends and came home to enjoy some QT with my trainer before football started. During my trainer ride, I was supposed to get off the bike and do some exercises every 8 mins. One of the exercises was jump squats. About 45 mins in, my groin muscle was really hurting. Even when I got back on the bike and just did an easy spin. It was do-able until I got past the hour mark and then I had to stop. I def didn’t want to injure myself. I’m dealing with enough of that.
Sunday
Run/walk for 30-50 mins and some strength training was on the ol’ schedule. I actually woke up at a normal time of 8 am and relaxed for awhile… ate a normal breakfast. Took my vitamins. Suddenly, I had felt really nauseous and had to throw up. Coffee and Special K is not quite the same coming up. Ugh. I felt pretty good though, so I figured I’d be ok to run. That was a totally incorrect assessment.
The walk/run was actually good. I did 30 mins out on the ATT. My foot didn’t hurt. It doesn’t hurt today. I’m really excited about it. Very excited. I would have gone longer, but my tummy was starting to rebel.
But, as soon as I got home from my run, I just felt terrible. Achy, feverish, chills, hot flashes. Good times. Spent the day in bed. At least I got to catch up on my junk TV watching.
I’m feeling better today. Not 100%. And not really ready to go gun-ho into my next training week, as this week is Bronto’s sales kickoff meetings. Which means lots of early mornings, late nights and lots of meetings. But, I’m going to make a huge effort to stay on track with food, not drink (too much) alcohol and to get my workouts in.
Wish me luck.
P.S. One of my friends who I met for lunch was also not feeling quite right in the tummy. So, that could be the culprit. 
