Grinding Out the Workouts this Week

This neighborhood is absolutely horrible for chill runs. The hills are just miserable. They turn every run into a grind session. A few months from now I'll love the leg strength this will develop. Right now, I'm hating it. Set the alarm for 5:30a. Snoozed it for 30 mins because of those darn hills!

I've been consistent with the workouts this week. Only missed one day, work overtook my time. Besides that I've been getting 45-ish minutes of stationary bike and/or running in. Not quite my goal of an hour a day but not bad considering where I'm coming from lately. The week was very busy but I managed to fit it in... that's a good sign. Overall I'm happy to be back in motion.

Not yet feeling any of the benefits of the workouts. Just soreness and fatigue. And not the "wow, I rocked that workout" fatigue. More like the "i suck" fatigue. I keep longing for those days of being in IronShape. This is no time to be watching pace or power output. Things are ugly and all I can remember are the days where I'd go twice as fast or output twice as much power at any given heart rate.

I'll just keep grinding them out for a while. I can tell already that I'm going to need to mix things up more. I'm not yet familiar with the new neighborhood workout spots. Columns drive is about two miles away. Sope Creek trails. Some trails by the Chattahoochee. To be honest I'm not ready to workout around other people yet. I tend to get too competitive and right now that could cause injuries. I need to grind out aerobic work for a month or two before attempting to integrate back into the endurance community.

Have a great weekend everybody!