Yesterday after work I said hello to my pets, let Lady go potty, grabbed 6 cans of food I know I'll never eat, and went back out the door. My stop? The YMCA. With my 6 cans of food I just saved $50 on the membership fee. Woohoo! After just a few minutes and a lot of question asking, I became a member. OMG, I joined the gym! I am the girl that has never worked out in a gym, never passed a swimming lesson, never run on a treadmill! I still don't intend on running on a treadmill, but I want to try everything else. This weekend I am on the hunt for a good "athletic" swimming suit so I will be ready for Monday morning when I go to my first class. I'm using this water aerobics class to help me get used to the water more so then I can hopefully be brave and take an adult swimming lesson. I also asked to have a cardio/weight room orientation so I'll know what everything is and how to use it properly. I'm pretty darn excited! Scared, but excited!
After the Y visit and a yummy dinner (I had salad again - this is TWO nights this week!) I prepared to run. I haven't had a run since last Saturday ... unless you count the .4 miles on Sunday when I just bombed right at the start. I went out around 8:30pm intending to do a 5K. I did 2 miles, and I'm okay with that. It's been so long and I am not 100% over the latest Meniere's attack, so I was okay with 20 minutes to break me back into it all. It was soooo dang humid. OMG. I mean I was so uncomfortable that my head was filled with positive thoughts. I kept saying this is just practice for Disneyland and California weather. Baby steps! So I kept pushing through even when I wanted to pause. Ugh, even my left ovary hurt. What? Okay, so maybe that is just a sign of womanly issues about to happen, but whatever. I was just proud of myself for continuing on through the hurt and sweat!
So next week things start all fresh for me. Sunday I will do 9 or 10 miles. I will not let myself fail! Saturday I will buy my new swimming suit(s) and possibly test them out in the river at my mom's house since it is supposed to be 90º+ here for the first time all year. Sunday night I'll set out my towel, a breakfast bar and swimming suit so I'll be ready to get to the YMCA really early for my first class. If I like it I'll sign up for it for real and do it 3 days a week. Fun! (I hope.)
And lastly ... TWO WEEKS!!! Two weeks from today is the Disneyland Half Marathon expo!!!
i LOVE the Y. I've taken a break during the summer so I can take advantage of daylight (work till 7pm), but once fall comes around, you bet i'm there after work.
ReplyDeleteIf yours has a hot tub you will LIVE there!!!
I wish the Y or rec center was cheaper here. I just belong to a regular gym and it just has the basics. Any type of different exercise/fitness should spice up your workouts and hopefully give you other options if/when you have other attacks. See you in... TWO WEEKS!!!
ReplyDeleteWay to go!! I wish I were a member!
ReplyDeleteWho are you? :) Very exciting!! I really need to start going to the gym regularly.
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for Disneyland!!
Woo woo!!! That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteAwesome girl! Swimming in the river. You are heck a lot braver than I am. :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck for this coming week - on your running, your swimming ...
Disney needs to have you as their official spokesperson. You sweat and bleed Disney.
what a great deal for the membership. You're going to rock these last weeks of training!
ReplyDeleteDid you go to class this morning?? I want to hear about it.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your last two weeks of training! I hope that your Meniere's stays in check!
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