Saturday and Sunday: Run, Bike and Pure Barre

So Saturday morning, I rolled out of bed at 6:00 AM just to show that I still could.  I was actually a little late to running group and was in no position to head out with the long run marathon trainers so loped off for what turned out to be a really aimless sort of run.  It seemed like I just ran back and forth, up down side streets and through a golf course before feeling rather frustrated and giving up after 7.5 miles.  I think, though, that that was the furthest I have run since my marathon on December 11th.  So, good for me, I guess.  It is a season of training without a race.

Next week, however, I need to address my run with purpose.  I think I will go ahead and start running with the long group runners.  This means that I will spend a good bit of a long run by myself, as I will only be able to keep up for a little while, and then have to drag along on my own.  I will be starting speed sessions soon, and the combination of longer runs and speed work, should improve my distance speed.  We shall see.

The rest of my Saturday was spent needlepointing, needlepointing, needlepointing.  I needlepointed until my eyes crossed, and my fingers were raw.  The great project is almost finished, and then I will be able to move on to the next great needlework.

Now, after my abysmal aerobic showing yesterday, it seemed that I needed to accomplish a few things today.  Young Sloan had a fever last night, so we could not head into church this morning.  This meant for a long morning of coffee drinking and slinking around the house in my PJ's.  BUT, in a great show of effort, I hauled myself onto the trainer for a reasonable half-hour and then drove in to the Pure Barre studio.

Now, normally, a Pure Barre workout in the studio is much more intense than being at home.  Today's extra difficulty was negligible.  There were 27 people there, and the instructor was really too beleaguered  to give anyone individual attention for long.  Normally, when I go the the Pure Barre studio, I go at 6:00 AM, there are only a few other people there and you get lots of individual attention.

So, a quiet weekend and lots of needlework.  In an act of wild abandon, I stayed up until 11:30 PM working a crossword puzzle!!