Oh...the Ache

My...body....hurts....!! Went for a run on Tuesday morning and managed a full 30mins which I was very pleased with! Then yesterday was my rest day.. now initially I wasn't going to have a rest day in the week but I was so tired and I think the shock of going back to the gym just knackered my body! So I had a rest day yesterday which is actually fine and something I think I will stick with as I normally go to the gym on Saturday anyway..

 

Yesterday I had a really big and unexpected food day but not in a out of control way... because I am leaving my job my mother wanted to come and meet me for lunch and so we went out and had a very nice three course meal...then in the evening I had a meal out with 3 of my friends for work and we had so much fun but of course also had a three course meal with wine! I didn't get to bed until 12.30am and was thinking I wasn't going to make it to the gym this morning... I woke up around 5am and thought I'm not going to go so changed my alarms to be an hour later... but then my body naturally woke up at 6.15am and I was feeling fine... I was lying there thinking to myself.. oh don't go it's fine... I probably won't do very well even if I do go because I ate so much and drank last night so there isn't any point... well half way through this chat I was like...wow hold up there... You are awake and feeling fine, you don't know how you are going to be once you get to the gym so don't say no before you have even tried... a 20 minute bad workout is better than no workout... so get up and go to the gym.... and do you know what I did! I did mange to leave my phone at home so for the 1st time had to run without music...and bizarrely I actually probably had the best run so far! I did 30 minutes without a problem and although yes I was sweating and I was pleased to finish I wasn't hugely out of breath or anything.. I was really pleased! I think I may even try running without music again as I don't know if that had anything to do with it ...my thoughts on that is because I was able to hear my body and my breathing... who knows....

 

Today however my body is really aching...like really aching... it's going to be a hot bath and early to bed for me tonight before I hit the gym again tomorrow morning!