Sometimes I think the amount I write on this varies proportionally with how much I’m working out. This makes sense on two levels. First, when I’m working out a lot, this often correlates with more free time. And second, I think I’m more likely to write when I feel proud about my working out. Obviously, this all a way of saying that I haven’t been working out that much. I think I’m feeling a little discouraged because my plantar fasciitis is better but still definitely present which means my hope for doing a fall triathlon is rapidly diminishing. This then makes my daily workouts lack focus. Plus, I’ve somehow been busier at work, which certainly seems odd since my rotations have been easier than usual. The problem is that I end up bringing a lot of work home with me since part of being a second year resident is teaching. I’m sure as the year goes on, I’ll be able to do more and more of this without preparation, but at my current stage, most lectures I do require some background reading. Anyway, here is a summary for my past few weeks of workout:
Week of June 30th (vacation): biked 4 miles + swam 1000 meters; swam 1450 meters; biked 15 miles; biked 20 miles
Week of July 7th (preparing lots of lectures every night): swam 1000 meters; biked 6 miles + swam 1000 meters; biked 15 miles
Week of July 14th (still preparing lots of lectures): biked 5.5 miles; biked 6 miles; swam 1000 meters; swam 1000 meters
Week of July 21st (very busy in the evenings, and often at work quite late): swam 1000 meters; biked 11 miles
As you can see, I only managed 2 workout this week. Alas. Here’s how that happened. Monday I was on call. Tuesday I was post call and then met friend for drinks as soon as I woke up. Wednesday I got out of work late and then went for a long awaited visit with a friend who had just had a baby (!), Thursday I didn’t get home from work until 9 pm. Friday I was going to wake up early to work out but then overslept and was too tired and grumpy when I got home to workout. I definitely could have worked out on Friday but the other days it was pretty much impossible. Hopefully this week will go a little better. My husband can testify to my level of grumpiness on Friday night after not working out for 5 days straight. It was not a pretty sight…
On another note, I had a lovely weekend (except for a grumpy Friday night). Saturday I woke up quite early (for a weekend) so I could make it to the pool by 8 am for a quick swim so I could be at work by 9:30 am. I worked until 11:30 am and then headed over to the Hophead Throwdown which is a combination of ridiculously hoppy beers with ridiculous spicy food. Delicious. Eddie and I both came home from that and enjoyed a lovely afternoon nap. I woke up and did some much needed housework which included buying several supplies at Tags (best hardware store ever!) to fix the door to our porch which had come off the hinges. Luckily, we have this amazing book with great pictures on how to do common home repair jobs. While we had the toolbox out, we also finally hung a few more pictures.
We left around 7 pm to meet some friends for Shakespeare on the Common, which is a very cool free performance that Boston does every year outside on the Boston Common. It was a beautiful night and a fun performance to watch. We got home fairly late from that and then slept in Sunday morning. I finally managed to drag myself out of bed around 10:30 to go for a long and beautiful bike ride. I was trying to follow the path of one of my long runs from my marathon days, but couldn’t quite remember the route so got slightly lost. Had a good time nonetheless. Relaxed and had a tasty lunch of fancy cheese (thanks to my friend’s gift certificate to Formaggio) while I waited for Eddie to get back from playing tennis. Then we headed out to my parents for a visit and another yummy meal which included fresh corn from Verrill Farms. On the way home, we stopped by Pemberton Farms so I could spend my birthday gift certificate. I was extremely happy to get some flowering hanging plants for my porch. We even had time to install the hooks to hang the plants from and to finish repairing the porch door. After that, we fixed our vacuum cleaner which has been clogged ever since I attempted to vacuum the front porch. Overall a very productive and relaxing weekend. The best kind.
