Recovery week summary

Monday: Brekkie with the family and IT, TH, and CB. DH was impressed that I could eat a normal brekkie! Then a drive home. I went from tired to awake, hot to cold, uncomfortable to uncomfortable, anxious to relaxed. It was sure hard to get out of the car when we stopped! But I was doing pretty good overall. No major soreness or pains. Just stiff and tired.

Tuesday: Pick up the dog, get groceries, more rest. Another aura.

Wednesday: What did I do Wednesday...? I wanted to swim, but the Y pool was closed for a 2 week shutdown. And so was Carondelet. And so was MidCounty. Dammit! DH joked that even the Y is saying I should be resting!

Thursday: BIKE 1hr 17-18 miles. We went to FP to catch the end of the Thursday run group, and caught them at the end of 4 miles. LC was tired too :)  DH, the doggie, and I walked the park a bit, something I've always wanted to do! Hey this time off thing ain't so bad! That afternoon, I did a 1 hr trainer ride just to get my blood moving.

Friday: BIKE 30 mins and 8.5 miles. What did I do Friday? Haha, I really like this! I was meeting RM for a social dinner that night, so right before I left I squeezed in 30 mins on the trainer. I had 'energy to burn', but it was more a case of I just wanted to MOVE. I just wanted to feel normal again. Dinner was great, RM had some great advice for B2B training: Have fun! Just like we discussed months ago on that MCT ride we did together when the whole MiTi and B2B planning was ongoing. MiTi was supposed to be my A race, and B2B my fun race. So now it's time to have fun! RM's advice was that if I wake up with a 6 hr ride in the plan, and I only felt like doing 4, then do 4! He's right, all I need to do is maintain fitness the next two months.

Saturday: What did I do Saturday...  While DH was a the Caron Y I went to schnucks and did our grocery run. Then at home I worked on a few recipes. Then we got a coat of primer on that 3rd floor wall. Seems like an odd thing to report on, but damn that's been a loooonng to-do list thing stuck on the list because I was too busy or too tired every previous weekend. Or that's my excuse anyway!

Sunday: RUN 4 miles in 39 mins. I ran!! It felt all uphill, I thought my lungs might hurt at one point, but this is what I do -- this is Me. I'm on my way to feeling normal again! But the rest of the day I was wiped out and tired. Did the 4 miles run me down? Don't think so, I think I'm just recovering from recover. Got the first coat of paint on the wall. Remember way back the Sunday after IMWI when I fell down the steps? DH was there holding the ladder for me so it didn't happen again :)