Happy Humpday! I have the next few days off, which is good since our girl kitty (Maple) just had surgery yesterday (😭). She had a bladder stone the size of a fingernail and is doing OK- She’s home and the pain medications they gave here are still in effect (so she’s pretty loopy).

Last weeks training was a bit of a cluster thanks to 2-hour doctor appointments, working 4 shifts in a row, and dealing with the side effects from the Moderna COVID vaccine.

Monday, 1/25- 60 minutes easy & 20 mins strength & yoga

Tuesday, 1/26- 45 minutes easy & PT mobility work before my last night shift of the week

Wednesday, 1/27- Rest Day. Between 1.5 hours of sleep after working all night, doctors appointment (just meeting my new PCP!), driving 2 hours to get home, and teaching skating lessons I just didn’t feel like running-> so I didn’t . It’s important to listen to your body and adjust your expectations to it.

Thursday, 1/28- Got my second COVID vaccine, but still managed to sneak in my PT exercises and 45 minutes of hill work on the treadmill. 10 minutes up/ 5 x1 min @ 10% incline (1 min recovery)/ 5 min tempo at 7:08/ 5 x 1 min @10% incline/ 10 minutes down. That was fun?!? 🤩

Friday, 1/29- Complete rest day. This is when the side effects really wiped me out. Slept most of the day.

Saturday, 1/30- Felt a bit better, but didn’t want to push it so did an hour easy , 20 min indoor cycling, and PT exercises.

Sunday, 1/31- Another rest day, but got in my PT exercises. Had to get up at 3am to get to work by 6:30am and by the time I got out and had dinner, it was 8:30pm. Just not enough tIme in the day!
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How do you adjust your training and expectations when things go awry? I used to be really bad at that, but have slowly learned that things happen and that’s life! I’m doing the best I can with what I have.