TGIT!

I love Thursdays. We get to just do some relaxing things like heading to the park after the gym. Both girls are home, so we color and play Barbies and really just relax.

Today I finished up a huge project I was working on – writing a handbook for those becoming a notary in my state. It was a great project and I really enjoyed it. I always believed I liked writing articles the best, but honestly this was a lot of fun, and I learned something in the process!

Now that the project is done I get to kind of take it easy the rest of the week, as long as nothing new comes along between now and Sunday!

(Edited: A new job did come in! It’s funny how these things work. A client called a while ago about doing some continual blog writing about real estate; she got busy and didn’t call back until today-this was a few months ago! I’m looking forward to branching out into real estate. I write for Buy Owner from time to time, and I enjoy it a lot. I hope that this works out well too.)

So, today I did a mini-triathlon. I ran in the early morning, at 5, since the baby woke me up at . . . 4:15! It took me until five to get her back to sleep, and since I usually wake at 5 I couldn’t get myself back to sleep.

I did a 20 minute run, a 10 minute bike at the gym about an hour later, and after the bike a 30 minute swim. So, I split up the running from the rest of it.

The run was great. I worked on doing an all out effort, as fast as I could go for the entirety. I have not worked on speed since our trip to Georgia and I can tell. My times are slower. Today was great; I really felt like I was pushing myself during the run. I didn’t hook up my Garmin tonight so I don’t know my time but I do know it was a great run.

The bike, well, it was at the gym and boring. I need to get out on my own bike, and ride around town. I know I would enjoy this; but fitting it into my day has not worked up to this point. The one worry I have is a flat tire. I have no idea what to do if I get a flat. Guess I should figure that out! I figure once we get moved I will ride on Tuesdays in the morning around our community, since I’m afraid to run before the sun comes up (those gators, you know!)

The swim was great. Again, I just love swimming. It is so quiet in the water. Just like running, I am all alone and can focus on the things I want to focus on. As I swam today I really focused on strengthening my swim stride. I could feel the stretch in my obliques. I also worked on keeping up a steady pace, one that was a little fast but not all out.

I ate a lot today as well, I’m sure being hungry from all of the cardio. I don’t know that I tracked it all. I am a grazer, and have a tendency to, say, cut up a cantaloupe and throughout the day eat the entire fruit, munching here and there. Same thing with nuts; I can grab a few here, a few there, and have no idea how many I eat per day.

So, calories burned:
Run (according to Garmin): 215
Bike (according to bike): 75
Swim (according to Best Health ): 245

Total: 535

Calories consumed (I’m too tired to type out my menu tonight!): 2,712

Minus the calories expended I took in about 2500 calories today.

Tomorrow I get to sleep in. I want to do some pilates; it has been a while. Tonight, off to do some yoga and to read my magazine in bed!