Catch-up

I feel like I've fallen off the bandwagon sort of, although I have exercised at least an hour every day.  I've been focused on my heart and haven't been following the workouts closely due to not being able to swim.  I ran 5.5 miles twice last week, hit Spin class twice, and ran again Friday night.  Tried really hard to get my heart to go off again, but no luck.  Saturday I sent the monitor back.  It's nice to not have that monitor stuck to myself anymore (my poor skin was getting raw).  I celebrated by a dip in the pool!  Ahhh!  Felt sooooo good to be swimming again!  Heck, I even wore my triathlon suit! :)  I've lost a lot, though.  My triceps were burning and I couldn't swim real fast.  So now I have to play catch-up.

I also played in two indoor soccer games last week, one Thursday night, and one late Saturday.  I keep getting beat up, though.  The Saturday game was 30+ co-ed and there was a man, who, to put it nicely, was much larger than he should be, who took me out hard.  He kicked the back of my calf and sent me flying, belly-flopping on the ground and skidding forward.  I ended up with turf in my hair, stuck to my face, and in my mouth.  OUCH!!  That one took me out of the game and I was limping for three days.

Because of my calf injury, I missed my Monday run and Tuesday spin class, but this morning I was feeling better, so I jumped out of bed and met my running partner for our normal run.  However, I got bad news and good news from my running partner.  She is pregnant!  Yay!  She will no longer be running with me!  No!  So now I'm on my own again.  :(  I have really relied on her and often found myself thinking at mile 4, "Man, if she weren't here, I would be walking."  Now the real mental test begins!!!