This week was crazy with work. I worked through most of my coffee breaks which meant no weights or walks. That frustrates me, its a battle between staying on top of the crap that needs to get done and staying on top of my fitness goals. Whatever I chose I feel like I'm failing at one or the other.
Monday was insane and I didnt get a break till about 2pm. At that point I was a bit overwhelmed and decided to head out for a run. I ran 6 miles at a turtle pace but it felt good to clear my head and de-stress a bit.
But then I got back to the office and there was a message that the Minister was being questioned as we speak about some Rec issues in the Port Alberni area and I needed to be on standby for background info...really?!
Tuesday I worked through the morning then traveled down to Victoria at lunch time so no weights or run. Wednesday I traveled home and had meetings all day. Thursday I had meetings all morning so no weights again but I did get out for another 6 miles easy at lunch.
Friday was scheduled as a speed drill day but I had to leave for a field inspection at 12:30. I had a meeting at 11 so the best I could do was squeeze in an interval drill for 40 mins. 10 mins warm up, 6 intervals of 2 mins at ~6:45 and 2 mins recovery, 10 mins cool down. My running buddy and I were not feeling it at all. Tired legs, no motivation, but we did our best. We ran a super a hilly route and I was super impressed with our final times...
That last one was up a super steep hill but we came in under pace on all the other ones!
So I finished the week feeling somewhat badly. That I hadnt done enough, I had slacked off, I ate at maintenance and therefore didnt drop any weight...bla bla bla. But really that's crap. I have a full-time job that I love, 2 kids and a busy life. I am not a professional runner and things are going to come up. I'll have ran 57 km on my "slacking" week and did a 45mins weights/strength session.
Some weeks are going to be rockstar weeks where everything lines up and I get out for all my runs, do all my weights and walks. But, some weeks life will be busy and regardless of me making exercise a priority I wont get as much done as I would like. I need to be better at reminding myself that that's ok too. I am committed to running, keeping fit, and trying to eating healthy and none of that changes by having a reduced mileage week or a bunch of events to attend.
On a lighter note this is Tegan's nerf gun target...makes me laugh every time I look at it as it looks like we have a large purple vagina on our wall :)
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