An update on yesterday’s post:
A) the rib eye steak was not that good. It was beautifully cooked and instead of being ‘pink’ where it rare, it was a gorgeous red (if you’re a veggie, sorry, this probably grosses you out). But it was kind of tough & dense. OK, really tough. Although it occurred to me that if we stuck to only grass fed organic meat for a few months and then ate a grocery store steak, we might find the texture quite mushy. I guess it’s all what you get used to.
B) the spinathon. Really should have investigated that awhile ago. You have to form a team and do a bunch of fund raising to the tune of around $1000 before you get to do it. Guess I won’t be doing that tomorrow!
C) I did not go for a jog last night. My mini fast left me completely under fueled and….well…..I didn’t really want to go. So Ray and I went and walked that trail together instead. It was flipping cold out, too! When I got home I hopped in the bath to thaw out my bum and legs!
Now for new business….which is also still sort of old business. Last May I rode my bicycle on a 40km trail ride for charity. Since Ray was hurt at the time I rode it by myself (with 150 other people). Around the third kilometer I took a wrong turn (don’t even ask!), went 2km out of my way and had to turn around and go back. Not being one to enjoy being dead last, I put feet to pedals and started to make up some ground. Until kilometer 8. You see, it was raining the entire time. I was bent on catching up. I went over a little wooden bridge. I hit what I thought was my back brake but was actually my front brake, skidded out on the bridge and crashed, flew over the handlebars and crashed into the side of the bridge. I ultimately ended up partially dislocating my shoulder and really killing my knee. However…..being alone on the ride and not one to give up, I finished the next 32 kilometers. Probably not the smartest thing I’ve ever done. Upon finishing the ride and getting home, we realized my injuries were a little worse than I thought. Whatever, I still finished. The next day my right arm was useless to me and off we went to the chiropractor where he fixed me right up. Why do I tell you all this? Because I now have a weak spot in my shoulder which recurs every once in awhile. Like right now. I slept wrong and now my shoulder is screwed. SCREWED. So that precludes any sort of jogging for about a week or so until either it corrects itself (it could happen!) or until I get to my chiropractor next Saturday. Look out, spinning!
My knee, Day 1-3 post crash!
Also discussing spinning, it has come to my attention that I have been much too lax with the whole exercise thing. Since I was leaving my schedule open to be free to jog on sunny days and then the sunny days don’t come often enough, I’ve really been pokin’ the puppy as far as consistent exercise goes and that doesn’t make me feel good physically or mentally. So tonight I’m sleeping in my gym clothes and getting up for spinning in the morning. I will also spin Monday and Thursday next week and hopefully on a non spinning day it’ll be nice enough to get out and go for a walk.
I bought my liquid iron supplement last night, I’m doubling up the dosage for a few days to see if I can start to feel a little better, and I’m going to exercise even though I don’t feel like it…..because a body in motion stays in motion and a body at rest gets lazy and fat if there is not a definitive end to the rest. That’s my theory, anyway! 😉
Fitty vs Fatty 