Wrapping up the week. We are......getting there. I guess. I have been
exhausted this entire week. Like, don't sit down in the afternoon or I'll fall asleep on the couch tired. And I'm getting like 9-10hrs of sleep every night, which is
normal for me. It's definitely not a "too much sleep" situation, and it's also not during the part of my cycle where I have a day or 2 days that my energy levels are sapped. It's weird and frustrating.
Anyhow, in shoe news I wore the Hierros with and
without the injinjis (my usual balega blister-resist socks and the fit felt better on my toes.) I'm not noticing anything particular about my feet post-run which is great. Now to see if there are any more super-sale ones online. Sierra had a few online ($70!) but not in my size, so I'll keep looking on
Amazon, etc.
Sunday: the weather was great so we worked on some chicken chores, got the (unheated) greenhouse cleaned up and a few of the raised beds/containers in there planted. DH had picked up a yard of compost that we spread on our main garden rows, and we planned out most of where things are going to be planted this year, what we have
space to grow (this is super important because I tend to massively over buy/seed-start), and what we used/didn't use last year to adjust quantities.
Monday: hiked with a friend and the doggo on a nearby trail loop. The "outer loop" is 3.36mi and has about 350ft of ascent/descent. The pup did pretty well, and we walked pretty much the entire thing. We are hoping to make it a sort of regular thing (a trail run or hike) depending on our schedules.
And then I went and froze my buns off at a middle school track meet for 4 hours.
Tuesday: it snowed. And I was massively sore in my glute med. So sore. Standing up hurt, walking hurt, sitting down hurt, changing position hurt. Was it the hike? The dog/jorring harness pulling on my pelvis? The gardening from Sunday? I don't know. All I know is that this was no fun.
Wednesday: I was still sore, but decided that doing some exercise might help work it out. I left the dog home this time, and attempted to run/walk the loop at the trail from Monday. The plan was to run the downhills, walk the (serious) uphills, and stick to 30/30 on the flats and slight inclines/declines. After about a mile my legs and glutes loosened up and this actually went pretty well. My legs were really tired and I totally did the 'push your hands on your thighs while you suffer up this steep hill' thing a few times. Once I finished the loop, I decided it might be a good idea to walk and really get cooled down, so I walked the loop around the state campground that the trail system backs up to. So that was about another 0.7mi and is more flat and had another section that could easily get me over a mile, so another things to combine in with the inner and outer loops to get more mileage with out just straight up repeating.
And then I went and froze my buns off at a high school track meet for 4 hours.
Thursday: legs felt good, but as stated in the beginning, I was so so so exhausted. And DD doesn't have school on Thursdays, and I never made it down to the basement to get on the treadmill.
Friday: Our HS hosted a decent-sized track meet (not huge, not tiny) and so I ended up working a few tasks there for most of the day. The weather was supposed to be horrible, but the rain ended up staying south of us for the first system, and the 2nd storm system didn't arrive until after dinner. I worked the admission gate with DD for 4 hours, then helped with getting hurdles on/off the track, and then was able to just spectate for about the last 90min. It was a long day that ended up chilly, but not cold.
Saturday: exhausted again. Hey, at least I'm getting my streak on with my kindle unlimited subscription? DH went downstate to help DS1 get stuff out of his dorm (he comes home Wednesday and my grocery bill is whimpering at the thought of another teen to feed), and then they went and watched a Tigers' game.
Sunday (today): After DH went turkey hunting in the morning we got a lot more stuff done in the greenhouse and the garden. We planted potatoes, beets and carrots, and also started cups for roma tomatoes, a few varieties of cherry and slicing tomatoes, zucchini, cantaloupe, pumpkins (DD requested specifically), and cucumbers. We also made a turkey dinner for lunch, and between all of the garden stuff and the lunch stuff there wasn't time for me to go for a run before DH was headed back out for his evening hunt.
The upcoming week has 3 track meets again which basically take up the entire afternoon and evening, but the weather looks better and I'm hoping to get 1 or 2 trail runs in and some treadmill milage.
