Non scale victories.

Just a little NSV today.   Yes I’m still running, and it finally stopped feeling like I live on Mercury, so I went for a run tonight.   I decided to try my new shoes and I am very pleased with how they fit and feel.   

Set a PR for 2 miles and it’s looking better for the tarpon triathlon.  

Dont ask...

 

I'll only get to do this once...

I've been struggling with motivation lately.  I feel burned out and haven't wanted to train for the upcoming race.   Part of this has been the shift in Echelon classes away from the morning and into the evening and their recent schedule change took away even more of the classes I used to do.  I just find it much easier to work out in the morning rather than after work.  Sometimes it feels like a chore and I like to be over and done with it, the other part is, to be honest, just easier.   It's done and I don't have to worry about it.   I don't have to figure out what class to do, when, and how long it will take.   I don't have to think about working around dinner, or having some down time, because it's done.

So...  Last night is an example of this.   They took away the endurance 75, which I like because it's helping me train for longer rides, and replaced it with a 45.  Normally I wouldn't care, but I was feeling grumpy about it yesterday, and it was getting late, so I did this class with Reed and got this result:

First place in a live class!

Yes, that is a first place.  My first time in a live class.  I was very surprised to be near the top, and once I moved into first I pushed harder to stay there.  Speed isn't a strength of mine and I took it for that reason.  I was so shocked that I took his fusion right after, finished third in that one, and burned my legs out.

Sadly, the excitement didn't carry over to this morning.   I was up, dressed and ready in time, but Nicole's bootcamp was switched to a fusion 30 (Janet was subbing and I think she has some shoulder restrictions), my legs are a little sore from last night, and I didn't want to take a hard bike class.  So another evening workout is coming up 😠  I'll either go for a run or do a bootcamp on-demand.  I keep hoping I'll be able to get back to a more normal schedule but it doesn't seem that way.