Running for two--or, mostly walking

Week 2 of my new exercise plan and I'm already off schedule.  Oh bother.  I totally meant to do some yoga yesterday, but it just wasn't in the cards (church, football, sleeping, vacuuming...these things were in the cards).  Oh well, I'll just chalk it up to New Year's Resolution Failure and try to just maintain from here.

I usually leave work at 11:00 to go to the gym, then I do my workout, come home and shower, eat something and go back to work in time to clock back in at 1:00.  It works out really well because I don't feel rushed and I can take a real shower instead of a five minute hurry up shower.  Well, what I meant to say was that it works well in theory, but today it didn't work as well in practice.  I lost track of time at work and ended up not leaving until 11:30.  Then I spent 15 minutes in the parking lot trying to get the ice out of my wheel wells.  Once I got home it was 11:50 and I was so tired that I decided cramming in a workout wasn't worth it and took a 30 minute nap (which turned into a 50 minute nap and was awesome). This plan actually worked out really well because it was pizza Monday at Planet Fitness.  So, I went to the gym with Paul after work, ate a piece of pizza, did 15 minutes on the elliptical, ate another piece of pizza, did another 15 minutes on the elliptical and came home.  I fully intended to get some treadmill running in today, but the gym was pretty crowded so there weren't any treadmills available.  C'est la vie.  I had a pretty good workout, since I was feeling so fresh from my awesome lunch nap, so I'm happy with it.

I listed to a past favorite praise song at the beginning of my workout and it got me thinking.  This song talks about how God's love endures forever.  It encouraged me to think that, despite the fact that my endurance level is pretty low, God's Love endurance level is such that he never stops loving.  His love endures forever and it isn't dependent on my performance or on anything else.  It is what it is and it'll never end.  How comforting to know that there is nothing that I or anybody else can do to separate me from God's Love (see Romans chapter 8).  I know this to be true, but C.S. Lewis states that we need to be reminded more often than we need to be instructed.  I'll consider today to be a reminder.

30ish minutes of yoga today.  I modified my old Ashtanga Yoga routine and it went a lot better than the 30 minutes I did last Thursday.  Honestly, if my yoga is too serene I get bored.  That's why I like Ashtanga.  Lots of movement.  Also, I know a woman who is totally ripped just from trail running and Ashtanga Yoga, so I figure it's worth a try.

I was going to go check out the new thrift store that is two blocks from my house after work, but I forgot that it was going to blizzard today.  Oh well, maybe it won't be snowing tomorrow after work.  There's always hope. 

Took a nap during my workout time today instead of going to the gym.  I just couldn't get out the door.  Going up stairs is tiring.  I planned to do a workout after work and go with Paul, but Paul is taking some time off.  Oh well, I'll just have to definitely go tomorrow.

Went to the gym at lunch time.  I started on the treadmill and was feeling pretty good.  Not spectacular, but I was feeling okay.  However, about 5 minutes into it my ankles started hurting, so I took a short walk break to see if that would help.  It did help, until I started running again.  I ended up doing only about 9:00 on the treadmill and then gave up because my ankles were really starting to bother me and I didn't want to make it worse.  I hopped on the elliptical, but only had enough in me for 15 minutes.  So...tired....

I didn't run again yesterday.  I took a nap during my workout time and then made an appointment with my doctor and made some other phone calls.  I really planned to go running today, but the tired is really getting me.  I'm not sure how I'm going to even walk 5 miles in Moab, let alone run it.  Oh well, I paid money for it, so I just need to finish.  I don't need to win any awards or anything.

I hid out most of he weekend.  I only left the house today to have breakfast with Paul at Angie's and then to buy groceries.  I mostly watched football and slept.  I didn't even keep my phone on me all weekend.  I really just wanted to hide and sleep.  It worked out well.