I went to the gym for the first time since before Thanksgiving today. It felt amazing! I told my senior project manager and my project partner Adam, also a staff engineer, before they both left for vacation, that when they return I will be leaving the office by 5:30 eat least 3 times a weeks so that I can prepare sufficiently for my second Ragnar Relay at the end of April and my very first Triathlon which is at the end of May. Got to build up to these things.
So I just wanted to see how painful it was going to be getting back into the routine, and to my surprise, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was able to run for 10 minutes straight. Then I had to walk for a couple minutes, then to finish off I ran more of a sprint for a minute. After than, I said hello to my personal trainer who I haven't seen since before Thanksgiving, and then headed to get changed for a nice lap swim.
I haven't swam in I don't know how long. I was no speed demon in the pool this evening, but I wasn't expecting to be. I just wanted to see if I could swim my usual 5 non-stop to warm up the right muscles, then stretch for a couple minutes, and then swim 15 more. And I'm glad to say, I was able to do it.
So, now that I know that, for me it's all about improving time/speed, and endurance.
When I got home, I opened up birthday presents to myself: I got a Live Infinitely Hammock (I think it was supposed to come with straps so I followed up on that) and a Bear Butt 10'x10' rainfly with straps. The Bear Butt had great reviews so I nabbed it. Love both of them. Thought about pulling them both out in the living room, but as usual, the evening was flying by and I need to get to bed so that I can operate properly at work tomorrow.
The last thing: I'm pretty sure I'm going to start off my international travels with a trek into the Mount Everest Base Camp with a local tour guide that I found through some internet research. We've been chatting back and fourth. It's a 14-day trek into and out of the base camp with 2 acclimatization days each way. Who wouldn't say EPIC!! Yup, I think that's the right way to kick it off... don't you?
Ok, have a great night everyone.
Stop looking at my bear butt!! (hahahaha - I'm cracking myself up).
So I just wanted to see how painful it was going to be getting back into the routine, and to my surprise, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was able to run for 10 minutes straight. Then I had to walk for a couple minutes, then to finish off I ran more of a sprint for a minute. After than, I said hello to my personal trainer who I haven't seen since before Thanksgiving, and then headed to get changed for a nice lap swim.
I haven't swam in I don't know how long. I was no speed demon in the pool this evening, but I wasn't expecting to be. I just wanted to see if I could swim my usual 5 non-stop to warm up the right muscles, then stretch for a couple minutes, and then swim 15 more. And I'm glad to say, I was able to do it.
So, now that I know that, for me it's all about improving time/speed, and endurance.
When I got home, I opened up birthday presents to myself: I got a Live Infinitely Hammock (I think it was supposed to come with straps so I followed up on that) and a Bear Butt 10'x10' rainfly with straps. The Bear Butt had great reviews so I nabbed it. Love both of them. Thought about pulling them both out in the living room, but as usual, the evening was flying by and I need to get to bed so that I can operate properly at work tomorrow.
The last thing: I'm pretty sure I'm going to start off my international travels with a trek into the Mount Everest Base Camp with a local tour guide that I found through some internet research. We've been chatting back and fourth. It's a 14-day trek into and out of the base camp with 2 acclimatization days each way. Who wouldn't say EPIC!! Yup, I think that's the right way to kick it off... don't you?
Ok, have a great night everyone.
Stop looking at my bear butt!! (hahahaha - I'm cracking myself up).
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