I was feeling tired and sore from yesterday’s hard workouts (hard run in the morning and hard bike/run in the afternoon) so I decided to give myself a rest today. I did an easy 4-mile run in the morning but skipped the weight workout (will do either Fri or Sat instead depending on how my body feels) and skipped the swim workout (will do Friday probably). I just felt like my body needed a rest and didn’t want to overdo it, although it was tough to skip workouts.
I also decided to give myself a cheat day and ate a bunch of junk food. I’m not even going to log it today if you guys don’t mind … I feel like it’s better if I just put that day of cheating behind me and move on to healthier days. :) If your curious, I started the day with one of my usual fairly healthy breakfasts but late in the morning had part of a muffin, some french toast, some tofu fried rice, a mocha coffee … and then in the afternoon had a bunch of nachos covered in cheese and a bunch of Skittles. I felt horrible afterward but oh well. :)
So I’m glad I gave myself a rest as my body needed it. We’ll see how it feels on Saturday as I’m still sore and tired at the moment and will take an extra rest day if necessary.
I’m doing a 5K on Saturday to see how my running is — kind of a test — I’m even going to shoot for a PR if I feel good.
Leo, I am dissapointed at you. Now give me 20 pushups!!
:)
Leo on a serious note, what do you use track your distance run in real-time. The nike + sport band? Any better alternative?
@pavs: Just FYI, 20 pushups is a reward for me, not a punishment! That’s how much of an exercise addict I am right now. ;)
But since you said I could, I just did 20 (seriously). :)
To track my running, I’ve been using the Polar RS200 running watch with a footpod — it gives me fairly accurate pace and distance info bec of the footpod.
However, I have my eye on one of the Garmin watches — either the 205 or 305, or maybe the 405. They have GPS and are even better than the Polar watches. If you’re looking into a running watch you should look at those three models IMHO.