This week it feels like all my workouts are being sabotaged!!!! And my goal of consistency is severely off course!!!
Here's what happened:
Saturday I skied at Sunshine in some wicked snow conditions with a group of avid skiers. So tough day on the legs, but awesome day on the mountain.
Sunday I ditched my bike/brick for a x-country ski at Elk Pass and UP Blueberry Hill. It was another awesome day with sunshine and girlfriends, wouldn't trade it for anything!
Monday I headed for Edmonton. Now, Edmonton got an obscene amount of snow this year, and with the +10 temperatures, the city is a big slush festival. I had hoped (perhaps naively) that the sidewalks along the sunny riverbank would be clear, like they (mostly) are in Calgary. Nope. A min of 4" of slush!!! So my speed work run turned into a stair workout, simply because the stairs were there and I was dressed to run and it was sunny and let's go already. So I did 8 set of stairs behind the Alberta Legislature. Probably not my smartest move.
Tuesday I overslept and missed my swim, then I drove like a mad woman and made it in time for Angie's spin class that I turned into a brick. The bike was hard, the brick felt amazing.
Wednesday I was scheduled to attend a breakfast meeting, but misread the invitation and was in the wrong spot at the right time. Trying to remain positive, I took it as a sign that I now had two free hours, let's go do that swim. Why did my swim feel so entirely wretched? Because I hadnt eaten the breakfast that was scheduled at my meeting. I've never bonked in a pool before, man did that suck. 2300m later I called Richelle, on the verge of tears. She chided me for the stairs, and suggested I forego the 30min easy run that afternoon, and look at a thursday as a fresh start. Great idea.
Let me internet by saying, she was right, the mental break was exactly what I needed. Thank Richelle.
Thursday. Once again I overslept my alarm, so my spin for today is already off kilter. I'm rock climbing with a girlfriend tonite, super excited to have a social life, but now I'm stressng about my bike.
Despite my best efforts, my training this week just seems to be spiraling out of control.
Focus for Friday: put in an honest effort for my LSD of 22km. If that works out, maybe an ez spin in the evening to make my legs feel better.
Wish me luck!!!
Cindy
