Last week, I learned that I could laugh myself into an asthma attack. That was new.
Friday rolled around and we were all little stressed, tired and slaphappy at work. I had been going back and forth with someone at another office, trying to get a document right and each version came back worse. I finally lost it laughing hysterically. Then the wheezing; followed by the struggle. My boss actually figured it out first and went for my purse. Which, surprisingly had my inhaler in it. I admit I rarely carry it in my purse. I have one in every running pack but I rarely need it at work. Oops. But like I said, I luckily had it that day.
Last week wasn’t horrible in the training department. Well, not sure if I can call it training yet.
I rode the spin bike one day and decide to keep my Peleton membership now that the 2 month trial has ended. I don’t have a Peleton bike nor does my bike even have an onboard computer but I do like not thinking. The instructor on the app tells me what to do and I do it. Not thinking is great.
I also made it out for a run after work! Which is kind of shocking as it is only the second time I have run after work since transferring to this office. 9 Months ago. Ouch. But I did it! I made it out for 3 miles on Wednesday. I also said goodbye to a favorite pair of crops that night as the mirror in the work bathroom let me know they no longer pass the see through test. Oops. I ran with a quarter zip tied around my waist. Ha!
On Saturday I was going to head to the high school to help my mother swap out a tennis net or 2 as they are finally starting high school sports. Then I was going to run my Napa Valley virtual mile on the track. Except the track was full of people. So I headed out for a short run from the school. Except I got trapped in the school and ended up having to jump a fence to get out. Didn’t break my face but my mile turned into a 15 minute joke. Whatever, I’m going with it. 🙂
Sunday was another adventure at the state park. We didn’t get lost but my new shoes failed the test. After getting lost a few weeks ago, I knew the Topo’s weren’t for me so I did some research and ordered a pair of Altra Timps. They were fine going uphill. Once we turned around, I damn near took them off and ran barefoot. It likely would have hurt less. Between the surprising February heat and the dumb shoes, we didn’t meet our original goal. The plan was to do Oats Peak which is 10.8 miles round trip trail. We turned at the last trail break at 3 and headed back. I changed my shoes in the lot and we did another mile-ish on the Bluff Trail. Also found a cool little hidden cove I had never seen before. It ended up being just under 8 miles for the day.
So not a complete waste of the week.
I’m glad you had your inhaler with you at work that day. Maybe that’s a lesson learned and you NEED to keep one in your purse.
Sorry you had to say goodbye to your crops. I hate it when my favorite things wear out.
Funny about having to jump the fence to get out of the school.
Sorry the shoes hurt your feet? Was it a matter of size and your toes hit the front on the downhill or something else. If it hadn’t been for that, you might not have discovered that beautiful cove.
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Yes, I do need to be better about having one in my purse. And the purses are usually huge so there is no excuse.
I am having trouble finding trail shoes. The Topo’s were too big in the toe and caused bruising going downhill. So I tried Alta- my feet still slide and the left arch was on fire. I miss my old shoes but they were discontinued.
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I hate it when something I like is discontinued and I can’t find anything comparable. Did you try all of the lacing tricks to see if that helps?
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I have tried many and nothing seems to help. At this point I own a stupid amount of trail shoes.
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Well shoot. I hoped it was something relatively simple.
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