Taking the Reins

Today was a good day on pretty much all fronts!  I cannot tell you how helpful it is to have an insanely busy morning and afternoon.  It really helps keep the hunger at bay and make my days infinitely more managable.  To top it all off, I got to choose our business lunch location today, and I picked Boneheads…..where they serve up grilled fish and vegetables with amazing spicy dry rubs.  It was fantastic!

Came home after work, did a quick change, and then headed to the gym for an hour-long spin class.  This particular instructor is very young and loves to just go all out all the time, so I paid close attention to my heart rate monitor and made sure to just “run my own race,” so to speak.  I ignored her when we climbed big hills (had to keep cadence up!), kept spinning when she did these crazy arm exercises (my rotator cuffs are acting up thanks to swimming, so I don’t need to ruin them in spin class!), and left before “abs” so I could do a quick run afterwards.  I felt great!  Really, this was my best class yet.  Instead of feeling like I was dead to the world and had nothing left, I felt refreshed and ready for more….and I worked hard, too!  There really is something to be said for ramping up training.

Tomorrow is a nice, easy swim in the pool followed by a day of rest.  Apparently, Coach is going to kill us on Sunday.  We’ve spent the whole week building up to Sunday, so it’s gonna be crazy!  Fingers crossed I make it out alive. 

Here’s the day: