terribly restless weekend, of rest

Saturday BIKE 29 miles in about 2 hours, MCT

And that was it. Well M was there all weekend. Bastard. Come back to him later.

I rested. I walked the dog Saturday morning dressed to run, knowing I wouldn't but knowing I'd try. The walk felt OK, definitely not perfect. Once that done, back out to loop Benton Park. Started out walking, was OK again, started a light jog. Not great. OK, maybe less than OK, I could do it, but it didn't feel good.

Not gonna lie, that was a stressful loop. I wanted more, but there's more to this.

I feel awful. I don't mean the hip and abs issue. I mean my energy, mental and physical. Flat. Underwater. Headache. Bloating and pain in the gut. Unmotivated. And kinda thinking that I really don't want to run. Did last weekend of 25+10 burn me out that much? Was that really only a week ago? Feels like weeks have gone by.

It led to stress, stress that's been building. But since I have no energy, and no energy outlet like running, I'm in this bad place. I would venture a guess that's why M came back after about 10 days. Full gas, as they say.

As a surprise LevA asked if I was riding today, said I was, so once I was done at work we planned an MCT ride. I needed the stress relief, but it was hot out, and SO rightfully told me to lay off a ride. This ride went longer than I expected, and since we caught the sun setting it cooled off substantially. But I think I dehydrated here again.

Near the end of the ride, I joked that he could buy my political vote for one penny. He countered, in his bid to find a food I can eat, for sushi dinner. I can eat sushi!! So to my total surprise I accepted the invite to an all you can eat sushi bar. Holy shit, we had LOT of sushi. The first plate 14" square at least, maybe 16-18, FULL of nigiri. Octopus, salmon, yellowtail, and.... a white fish. Followed by masaga egg rolls. Followed by MORE this time mackerel (my favorite!) and albacore and eel (had sauce, so no go for me) and .... oh yeah squid. OMG I could have eaten all night, but I was so full. I started leaving the rice behind. Did NOT leave wasabi behind though, yum!

To bed late (11!) and then sleep in.

No run :(

Didn't even try, figured the more I rest the better. Was another hot day, so I opted out of a ride and his offer of 6 mile run (he did almost 19!). Instead met for his Middle Eastern post run lunch (none for me) and then Ted Drewe's. Great conversation, kept me out of my head too. But not away from M goddammit. Felt like hours. Of M.

NUMERICS sad to report. Almost 4 hours of
BIKE 48.5 miles
RUN 3 miles
COMMUTE 47.4 miles.