Monday - Spinning bike in the afternoon for 60 minutes because the evening group ride got canceled since it is getting dark earlier now. I was bummed because I hadn't been able to go due to storms or recovery for a month and was really looking forward to it.
Strength training was carrying my iMac around the mall parking lot and in the mall to the Genius Bar because it is being quite glitchy. (am on my husbands's laptop now). Had to constantly switch arms, so the workout was symmetrical. Oh, and I did it all barefoot. My efforts to acclimate to warmer surfaces seems to have paid off. I was walking on black top on a 90°F day and not a bit uncomfortable. In fact, I think it was much easier to carry that thing around with the stability of my bare feet! Had to get some See' candy to keep my strength up....
Tuesday morning - I went on my first run in 2 weeks. I was nervous and excited to finally try running again. My knee has still been weird, but not overtly or regularly in pain, so I did it. I ran an easy pace for 3.19 miles on a lot of rough pavement. Is that close to that MAF thing? Anyway, I never felt out of breath, which was fun. My knee feels quite fine now, so I am very happy about that.
I did discover that 7:30 AM is not a good time to be on the roads, with all the work and school traffic. I was in constant fear of my life and jumped into the side gravel a number of times. The good news is that it wasn't so much of a shock on my feet as in bygone days. I'm not up for running in the dark. I hope to go swimming later today, too, but I'm awfully tempted to run again.
Since we have been talking about dreams, I wrote a blog post in my dreams this weekend. First time that has happened. Usually, I forget stuff that I'm thinking about while going to sleep, so keep getting up and writing it down. But this time, I just got up after my nap and wrote like gangbusters!
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