Friday my wife woke up with a sore neck, so I ran back to drive the kids to school and daycare, then ran back to work, then ran back home at the end of the day for my "top" (delts, traps, tri's & forearm) workout. So four miles run-commuting. I can't figure out if these micro runs are annoying or beneficial, both, or neither.
Just as I was getting ready to pump, my wife and son came home from a blood test. My son's hemoglobin had been a bit low, so he's been taking iron supplements. Gives him a very black stool. It became impossible to work out, as both parties seemed eager for my company. So I showered, had a Rampant IPA, and we all left to pick up our daughter at Discovery Club.
Saturday morning, woke up at 2am, which is getting to be my regular wake up time, instead of 4am or so. Annoying. So I decided to make up my "Top" workout, after eating a banana, a protein bar, and making some coffee in my stovetop Moka Man. The night before I had eaten a ribeye with almost a whole bottle of Petite Sirah, and nothing else, so I woke up hungry.
It's kind of surreal to pump iron in the wee hours of the morning. Just as surreal as running at that time of day I suppose, except the lighting's the same in the garage so I didn't think it would feel so different. I only managed medium effort, and thought about quitting several times in the middle of it. Then thought about going out for my long run, but watched half a football game on Tivo with two more Rampants instead--a rare treat to watch a game without any distractions, and I love being able to fastforward the commercials. Then I chatted with my wife and slept another few hours. A strange sequence of events.
Later, I ended up blowing off my long run again. I feel a little guilty. I think I've become a little too obsessed with maintaining my workout routine, so some enforced rest is probably good. Still, I was on the verge of having a perfect workout week--four solid st sessions and 38 miles running. Oh well, wasn't meant to be. Ended up with three high effort st workouts, one medium, and 25 miles running.
One-mile run-commute this morning. 42F so just missed the Winter Challenge cut-off. The cool surface felt fantastic. Bring it on Mother Nature. Now wondering whether to get in a long run this afternoon or crank up another regular workout week starting with "front" st workout. Decisions, decisions.
It's about time you graduated to running shorts. I have some Nike ones that I love. I get less chaffage with them than I do with some Champion running shorts I have.
I used to be committed to the low-tech aesthetic, but over the last year, largely due to my participation on this site, I've been converted to a high-tech approach. I got the Brooks Rogue 3 or something like that. Great shorts, so comfy, almost like running naked (although I got the longest inseam). And I love my Merino wool t-shirts. They never stink! I don't think I'll be using my stinky plastic base-layer shirts this winter. I'm going with 100% Merino wool layers.