That’s me! Ever since MGirl’s bright idea of squats became part of my day, my quads have been stiff for the last four days. And I’ve only done two sessions of squats on Tuesday and yesterday. When I can get to the point of not being stiff daily, from only two squat sessions, I’ll throw another day in here and there until I am at the point of doing them daily. If I not walking like Cliff or John by that point, then I’ll build up to twice daily. The problem there will be a time factor I think. It’s getting hard to fit things in!
Poor FD#1 hardly got walked this week. Thanks to MGirl (on holidays) and JGirl (visiting on vacation), at least she’s been walked a couple of time this week. I don’t want her to slip down the totem pole, and walking her is good recovery for my weary legs…but if something or someone has to suffer through lack of time I guess she will love me regardless. She might just be a 55kg mass of bouncing puppy because she has too much energy, but she’ll still love me!
Yesterday’s gym session was cut a little short with trying to get CBoy to the school bus (which leaves a little earlier than last year’s) and I had to drive him to the stop. Also, the truth is I slept in until 6am, and fluffed about until 6.30; so if I were more organised I’d have had time to finish. I am quite pleased with my efforts at getting up even though I am still exhausted from MGirl’s birthday weekend. With another busy weekend ahead, I think I’ll be lucky to stay awake until 8pm next week. I am generally in bed before the kids anyway…I must be getting old!
This morning I was up at 5.30am and I woke MGirl (as instructed!). She even suggested I pull off her covers and MAKE her get up to run with me. She has said this twice this week already, and each time I’ve woken her she has groaned and said she was too tired to run. So this morning when she tried the same thing, I was a little less sympathetic and told her it took all of my energy to get myself out of bed in the morning, if she wanted to come it fantastic but it was her choice and I wasn’t going to make her come and struggle to get her out of bed. She surfaced a few minutes later and by 6am we were headed out on a 9km loop along the river near home. The runs are still not easy but with my little pace-bunny charging along beside me I knew I was running better than I had been (but still at a slower pace for MGirl) but it was still difficult. And the runs aren’t even long yet! I focused on making it easy by being aware of how I was running. MGirl seems to bounce (grrr) and I was…well, I can’t describe the difference between us when I saw our shadows on the path ahead…but hers was slim and tall and bouncy, and mine was just… well, was just a shadow. (Stick with the program, stick with the program was running through my head…don’t sweat it, it will all come together).
Meanwhile I was sweating it and MGirl was ahead a few paces (trying to run slower, which she’s told me is hard!), she’s turn around and slow down and wait for her mum…what a sweat girl. I was happy when we hit the driveway and clocked off. I did also note that my legs weren’t hurting at all since my return to running after our holiday, so I was thankful for small mercies and headed inside to get ready for the day. I iced my calves (preventatively; I don’t want my legs to go AWOL again) and got CBoy sorted for his day. While I was making his lunch I checked the watch and the time it took me to run the same 9kms last week. With the pace-bunny along for the run (and not pushing me Commando-style) I managed to cute 10 mins flat off my time! That made me happy; happy and tired I headed off to work.
Now just to get through the busy weekend ahead!
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