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Anyway. I have to tell you about last week because it was both slightly impressive to me and also slightly dumb. I added Mondays to my workout schedule at BCS Fitness, so I go M/T/Th. I also run on T/Th mornings, and Saturdays, when it's not raining. But last week, with the funeral train coming to town, BCS Fitness closed for the late afternoon workouts on Thursday and offered a Wednesday workout instead. Which I did. If you're keeping track, that meant I worked out Monday afternoon, then I ran Tuesday morning, then I worked out Tuesday afternoon, then I worked out Wednesday afternoon...and then I ran Thursday evening.
I do not recommend this.
That Wednesday workout was a tough one - I think it would have been tough even if it hadn't been my third workout in a row, but we did a "41" workout in honor of George H.W. Bush. Doing 41 reps is hard! Our coaches kept telling us to break it up, and I did for the most part - like I might have done 20 reps before pausing for a few seconds. Then I'd do another five reps, pause. Three reps, pause. Try to add it up in my head, pause. Keep going until I hit 41. Some were harder than others, but there were no easy exercises in this workout.
One station was the rower, where we had to row to burn 41 calories, which takes a while. I got on at the same time as another person who is older than me by at least 10 years. Both coaches came over and told us to take breaks while doing the rower. Well, we started, and I figured I'd row until he took a break and then I'd take one too.
He never took a break. So I didn't either - I figured if he kept going then so could I. But I was toast at the end of that one...still, I kept up with the older man. I know some people take pride in keeping up with the younger crowd as they exercise but me? I'm just trying to catch up to the oldsters who are all in better shape than me!
Diane and I normally run on Thursday morning, but the marathoners were doing their Saturday run on Thursday evening because one of them couldn't make the Saturday run, and Diane was going to be out of town on Saturday as well, so we made plans to run at the same time as the marathoners - it's nice to be out there at the same time, even if we're not all running together.
After we spent the afternoon outside with the funeral train, we went home, changed into running gear, and then met up to run. My legs were tired and sore from the previous three workouts in a row, and I was pushing myself much more than I usually have to, but I didn't give up and walk. I just kept running, and I attribute that to getting a little stronger thanks to my workouts at BCS Fitness, and also because I push through those workouts as well - if we have 10 reps (or 41...), I keep going, no matter how long it takes, until I finish. So I guess that unconsciously translated to my running.
By the way, we finished with 4 miles. It wasn't until later that night that I realized I should have run just one more tenth of a mile, to make it 4.1 - I can't believe that number slipped my mind, especially considering how we spent the afternoon!
We didn't end up running on Saturday because of flooding rains, and while Jeff and I thought about running Sunday, it was still rainy and cold and we decided we needed an extra rest day. I think that was a good decision because when I went to my workout on Monday, we did a 12 Days of Christmas set which took me the entire 30 minutes to complete. Good thing I was well-rested!
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