Let's start back on Friday when I realized that there is a serious and notable difference in my performance when I am not very well hydrated. I have been trying very hard to drink eight glasses of water in a day, but I'll be the first to admit, I don't hit that goal as much as I would like. I have been averaging about six glasses a day, not including water-based drinks. Well, on Friday I ran into my old nemesis, Diet Pop, and so instead of my usual afternoon snack of water (because I try and drink all my water while at work since I know I am lazy at home and will not get up to refill my glass every time it is empty), I drank a serious amount of artificial sweetners. That being said, when I went for my run after work, I noticed a BIG difference. I felt fatigued and a little light-headed and that I wasn't able to concentrate on the music more than the actual running as I had been able to do in the past. I also started to cramp a little, which is never fun. I also ran after it had poured all day and the ground was pretty wet and slippery, especially since all the trees are losing their leaves, and the leaves are covering the sidewalks along my entire route. Of course I have to slip on some leaves and roll my ankle... which hurt a lot upon rolling it and was a little sore on Saturday, but is better now. I assume that it would have hurt less on Saturday if I had stopped running after hurting it, but I turned and ran home instead. I ended up cutting my run short by about 5 minutes because of this injury so I did yoga when I got back.
This was my second attempt at the yoga video, and in terms of knowing how to do the required moves, it was a better experience. In terms of muscle pain, this was a worse experience. Since yoga is a great way to stretch out your muscles, I thought it was a perfect after-run activity... except the yoga video I have is geared toward your abs, and in order to work your abs, there are a lot of leg movements involved. I didn't realize how much your legs are used in this video until they were shaking worse than my abs. I made it through the video, and then laid dead on the floor for a few minutes in a pool of sweat. I ran with a suit of spandex on under my shorts and t-shirt since it was cold out, and never took it off when doing the video. I am a wuss and have had my heat on for several weeks now and with a temperature of 68 degrees aka I did not need all that clothing on.
I didn't get much sleep Friday night, so Saturday was kind of a wasted day. It was surprisingly nice out, so I did go for a short walk - to Subway for lunch, but at least it was a walk. The rest of the day was spent mainly on a couch.
Sunday was another story though. My sister and I convinced my dad that he wanted to go apple/pumpkin picking and we drove out to a farm near our house. We spent about two hours outdoors frolicking through the apple orchard and pumpkin patch. We also thought it was a good idea to stuff our bags as full of apples as possible, and pick the biggest pumpkins we could carry with one hand - since our other hand was carrying apples. This was only a good idea, until we had to hike back to our car, which was not as close as we had originally thought.
My sister and I had to take a break from carrying our things, while we waited for our hayride back from the pumpkin patch:
So that is my fitness update for the weekend. I have a scheduled run after work today, so I will blog more tomorrow.
XOXO
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STATS
20 Minutes: Run 1-minute, Walk slowly 90-seconds
Miles Ran: 1.18
Cumulative Miles: 6.97
Yoga video - 30 minutes
Apple/Pumpkin picking - 120 minutes
Total fitness minutes: 165
Days until Race: 26
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