catherine's running efforts

Another attempt at the pool running, this time after reviewing the things that Bonnie posted. The video helped a lot. I think I was successful. Eric wasn't so much. He thinks he's too tall. I think he needs to watch the video.

I also tried regular swimming. It kicked my butt. I could only do four laps before I felt super out of breath. Eric says it looked normal, so I think I just need more practice. I like that it makes me tired, though.

Today I was more stressed about not getting caught up on work stuff than I was about not going to the gym, so I skipped the gym. I'm glad I've been being consistent, but I also don't like waking up every day and feeling like I'm more behind than the day before. 

I felt super dumpy after missing two days at the gym. Plus, last night my muscles were doing this really weird thing where if I flexed them (like if I pointed my foot hard or tried to flex my calf) they'd seize up and hurt. And then I was all antsy during the night, so maybe my muscles started to atrophy or something. 

So tonight I decided that I was going to run. I walked on the 12% for a mile, and then I ran a mile very slowly. No tightness. Then I walked at 12% for half a mile, and then I ran another mile. I sped it up after the first half and got some tightness, so then I went back to the very slow run.

Our 20-week appointment is on Tuesday, so I'm going to ask about the tightness again (again). It doesn't at all hurt (though sometimes I'm sore like an hour later), and running just feels really good in the rest of my body. And it's going to be warmer outside soon.

Really Friday's entry should have been on Thursday, and this entry is for Friday. Anyway, Eric picked me up from work so that we could go to the gym before going to the gymnastics meet (go Utes!). The Sugarhouse gym is weird. It's like a dungeon with mirrors. I hung out on the treadmill walking up a fake hill for awhile, and since there was a mirror right next to me I spent some time thinking about whether I'm noticeably losing muscle tone. So then I did the quad machine for a bit.