Gettin' back in the swing of things

It's been a little over a week since the 5k, and I've done LITTLE training lately. I swam on Monday evening - exactly one week ago today - with every GOOD intention of following that weeks training plan. I figured my second week in my new position at work would go much more smoothly, but that proved to be untrue as I continued to work 10-12 hour days and ended up breaking down on more than one occasion with all the stress. The weekend brought a little relaxation, although I was on-call for most of Saturday.

Finally got the chance - and energy - to work out today after work, upon being able to leave a full 30 minutes early since my work was done. Woo Hoo!! Spin class wasn't set to start for another few hours, so I hopped on a Spin bike and did a full hour in the cardio section of the gym. I'd never worked out there before, as the one other time I biked sans spin class was done INSIDE the spin room all alone except for one lone maitenance guy who went around checking each bike during the hour I was there. And, although spinning alone isn't exactly ideal, I think I enjoy that option better than the one today. Just too many people and distractions, and although I didn't feel self conscious at all, I still felt that I would have liked to be more "in the zone" with the music and put together my own routine of "2 minutes standing, two minutes seated up-hill" or whatnot.

Either way, I finally got in a workout after two weeks which have consisted of ONLY the 5k and a 1200 meter swim. I almost forgot how good it feels to work out, but it all came back to me after I stepped off the bike and felt my jello legs (jello as is "the muscles are fatigued" and not "my fat shakes like jello" mind you). So, one workout down and 5 to go - including a 10k on Saturday which I am SO not looking forward to considering the low is suppposed to be 37 and rainy - yuck!