Resting a little...

It was a pretty nice day on Saturday and I had planned on riding my bike
in Fayetteville with Jessie. She ended up having a little bit of a cold
so she decided to skip out. I ended up just riding out from my house.
I went through Hillsboro and back thru the base. It ended up being a 26
mile ride. The wind was a little much though. I didn't have anything
in particular in mind on my destination or distance when I got on my
bike. I had kind of thought about riding out to Estill Springs and back
through Tullahoma. But since I didn't have a plan and the wind was
rather discouraging, I made it short.

I bailed out on my long run on Sunday. Mostly because it was nice out
and I didn't really think about what time it was and darkness snuck up
on me. I wanted to go run at Tims Ford state park. To make up for it I
got up at 430am on Monday morning for an 8 mile run. I ran at the trail
on base. I was a little slow at first and almost made up for it in the
end (my first lap was 18:40 for 1.75miles). I think my over all time
for the 8 miles was 1:20:45 or so. Running in the morning isn't really
my thing.

My plan for this week is to be an easy week. I've been working decently
hard for about 2 months to get my running distance up, etc. I think a
small break will do me some good. I figured it'd be a good week for it
as I am running in the Pred's 5K this weekend. It will be my first
running race. I haven't been able to really decide on a good goal
finishing time. I guess I don't' know what to expect.

I was worn out by the time swim class came around. I think I did a
decent job in the pool however. The drills are getting more and more
challenging. After swimming I expected to come home and pass out...
Nope, I was wide awake and ended up taking some Tylenol PM around
midnight.

I was awoken by work calling me at 5:45 Tuesday morning. Not really a
big deal, I should have been awake anyway. I ended up rushing to get
ready and going into work a little early. I skipped packing my lunch
and packing a bag to run after work. I ended up skipping my run on
Tuesday and opted for a 30 min nap instead. Then I went off to Don's
spin class. When I was driving home from the gym, I got called into
work again.. blah. It was for something different than in the morning
at least.

Wednesday was an interesting day. I started it off with Traffic
Court... which really just managed to piss me off for the day. I really
got screwed there and from what I could tell, was because apparently not
wanting to give the officer your SSN and Phone number when he told me I
may refuse to is interpreted as Rude to the Manchester City Police.
Long story short... I have Traffic School coming my direction next
month. After court I ran to Winchester for my dentist appointment and
stopped by Jessie's work to say hi.

Wednesdays swimming was pretty good. I'm trying hard to get myself out
of bad habits. Most of which seem to be in my stroke timing. And I
wish I could get that damn flip turn down. I need to just practice
them where I can do them without being tired from swimming already.

Today I went to the eye doctor for a follow up. She wanted to get some
baseline tests to keep watch for me developing glaucoma. According to
her I'm at a little bit of a higher risk to develop it.

I'm debating on if and how much I want to run today after work. I'm
looking forward to my race followed by some flying saucer and a hockey
game. Weather dependant I'm going to try to do a decent bike ride
Sunday.