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12-2-16

Okay, so, with Thanksgiving travels and then a beat down of an allergy attack, I wound up taking 6 days off from exercise. Not ideal, but necessary to recover.

Wednesday was a big day for me: I turned in my notice at work. My last day there is going to be 12/22. I have a few work ideas stored up but we are really trusting God and taking this leap of faith.

Anywhoodle... Did 60 minutes of intervals on the bike trainer last night. O.M.G. It felt HARD. I adjusted all the gears and played around with it but never did figure out what was different. My guess is that when Raz set the trainer up, more pressure was applied than previous times to the back tire. There was sweat on the floor and I was barely moving, but hey- I got it done.

This morning I had a hard time getting up (maybe because my legs revolted?) but was in the pool by 5:50am. Holy crap. Okay, no more taking a week off the pool. I felt like my lungs had shriveled up and my legs were not participating. Also, the first time all 4 lanes were full. I did 12 laps (12X 50= 600) yards with an assortment of strokes. I just couldn't find a rhythm.

Rewarded myself with about 5 minutes in the hot tub. WORTH IT.

I feel like I'm moving in quicksand now. Thankfully my first evaluation was canceled this morning so I can GSD.

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