Day 18: Vomit Intervals...My FAVORITE....

Workout: Chalean Vomit Intervals, Swim 300 yards, Run 20 minutes


The Workout...

Dear Chalean,
You are the only person who can make me want to vomit, yet still I love you.  It's like we're in an abusive relationship except that I'm actually better for it.  Though, I often hate you, I really do love you.  Please don't be offended by my cursing or yelling terrible names at you.  It's how I show love.  A billion reps are not easy, but I'm sure that I'm stronger for it.  Literally.  I can pic up the vacuum cleaner with one hand, no problem now.   So, thank you, I guess?
Love Always,
Jenn

So, per the norm, Vomit Intervals kicked my butt.  And trashed my legs.  I think that all the biking, running, swimming, squats, lunges, and existing is catching up to my legs.  They are either going to crumble under all this exercise or be totally ripped.  I vote for ripped, but right now crumbling is in the lead.  That was the morning.  We swam and ran after work.  The swim is still difficult for me, but I guess it just takes time.  I can't get the breathing right.  It's tough, because I still haven't figured out how to swim without getting water up my nose, so I still have to wear a nose plug.  I feel that is holding me back.  Boyfriend says that my stroke looks really good, though, so I've got that going for me.  The run was good.  It was a warm-up and then 4 minutes running at 6mph, 1 minute walk at 4mph, repeated.  It feels a little hard to run at 6mph for 4 minutes in a row, but i'm still doing it, which makes me happy.  The run/walk combinations do seem to work for keeping me going.  That little break makes a big difference.  We'll see how I fair in my next run.

The Food...
I try to write down a list of the food I each each day and it's disturbing.  It's not so much what I eat that is disturbing, but the quantity.  But most of the list for this day consisted of veggies and fruit, so I guess I don't feel so bad about it.  I also have to eat every couple of hours.  I even eat right before I go to sleep and wake up STARVING.  I'm not sure what that's all about.  I must do some great digesting in my sleep.


Feelings...

Though I only got like 6 hours of sleep, I woke up with energy. That was quickly faded about halfway through Vomit Intervals, though.  I still have a hard time getting out of bed, even when I wake up with energy but that could be due to a lack of self-motivation to exercise (thank goodness for my workout partner, Boyfriend) or my lack of desire to go to work.  It's crushing my soul.  I felt some pain behind my left knee (like the ligaments that connect my thigh to my calf maybe?) during the day, which alarmed me, but that has since passed, so maybe I was just tight.  By the afternoon, I was sooooo tired.  That's about the time I got a coffee and then spasmodically decided to pour it all over myself, my desk, and my notebook, as described in my last blog.  After I got home, I was sitting in bed with my computer in my lap, working, when I actually fell asleep mid-typing.  I could tell it was mid-typing by the random letters repeated across the email.  Fortunately, I did not send that email in my sleep.  I napped for 18 minutes.  The sound of my dog LOUDLY licking her butt woke me.  I felt really refreshed, though.  18 minutes may not seem like a long time, but it felt really good to me.

On a side note, later that night, Boyfriend is standing in the bedroom, grabbing his butt, saying "God, that Chalean really makes my butt hurt, she's such a hooker!"  I don't know why, but it struck me as hilarious.  He then went on to talk about how much he loves his bike and wants to have babies with it.  He went on to say how when he sits on his bike, he doesn't even feel the seat anymore, it's like he's one with the bike.  Ew.  But he also said that maybe he doesn't feel the seat because Chalean makes his butt muscles hurt so much on a daily basis with all the squats and lunges, that it's hard to tell what hurts him and what doesn't.  Hahahahahahahahaha...his poor butt.


Day 19 Workout: Chalean Burn 3, Bike 8 Miles.

Jenn - I'm the best around, no one can get me down....