3rd shift

Due to some problems at work with some of my systems, I get to sit in and observe for this week out in the wind tunnel from 8pm to 8am.  At least there is only 3 days of shift work for me.   Makes for a almost welcomed shift in my schedule.  I enjoyed being able to wake up whenever over Christmas break then going to run before breakfast.  Its kind of similar with this. 

I left work yesterday early with hope to get a nap in before swim class.  That, as you probably guessed, didn’t happen.  I loafed around the house, played some Dr. Mario with my brother on the original NES.   We are pretty evenly matched.  I definitely recommend  the game for some competition in a quick thinking game.  I’ve been playing it for a while since my brother has been staying with me after he graduated.  He has a job interview with ATA on Wednesday.  Hopefully that goes well for him.   When the time came I headed to swim class.  

We are getting a better work out now that we are moving on to harder drills.  Our coach had us doing 8x75’s on the 1:50 50yds of which was underwater kicking drills, I have to say that was a little rough.  After swim class, I showered got some dinner and headed into work. 

I got off early last night about 3:30 am.  I went to bed and got up around 11:00 or so.  Loafed around a little bit and then went for my 5m run.  It was a little chilly and there were some pretty large wind guests as well.   Overall, it seemed less windy than it did Sunday.  I ran out of the rec center.  It seems like its not hard to find a hill around there.  I ran the 5 miles in 48 min.   I’m happy with that.   I’ve been thinking I need a little motivation to get faster.  I know I can run 9 min miles outside in the terrain and weather, but just don’t have the motivation to do so.  Reading Lana’s latest blog kind of got me thinking about that.   I’m running against the clock for my arbitrary goal.  I try to go faster, it hurts so I back off a little.  I think I was doing a little better with the pace but I’ve been battling side stitches toward the end of my shorter runs in the cold.  Still haven’t found a good solution to that.  Ones they set in it seems like they are there to stay and just get worse every step.   Right after I stop, get a drink and start to stretch it seems to go away. 

Went home and rested up for don’s spin class.  The music was a little different in today’s class.  It wasn’t quite as heavy as it’s been in the past.  All and all it was a good class.  I sat in the back so I feel like I might have cheated myself a little.  Its not as motivating when no one can see how hard you are going.  We did some new things in class too… single leg and pedaling backwards for example.  The pedaling backwards was a little tricky because the bike would only take so much torque before it slipped in the reverse direction.  It was almost like a resting set due to not being able to push it really hard.    After spin, I went home and got ready for work and grabbed some dinner and coffee. 

And here I am midnight at work… only 8 hours left.   So far so good, smooth operation. 

I plan on going home and sleeping as long as I possibly can, going to my swim class, then repeat.  Depending on when testing stops I am kind of hoping I might even be able to make it to a 530am spin class Thursday morning.  I’ll be returning to first shift Friday.