Monday night I couldn’t sleep and wound up with about 6 hours. I woke up refreshed, which I thought was strange-had a good workout Tuesday and thought nothing more of it after that. Wednesday I had an average night’s sleep, but woke up groggy which built up over the course of the day. Not only did I start to dread that night’s workout, but starting in June, I will be joining a master’s swim group that doesn’t start until 7pm. This stresses me out because I get off at 4:30 and live too far away to go home and come back. So do I work out from 5-8, including the swim class? I was clearly overly stressed about workouts future
Late in the day, I was just beat and decided to skip the workout. Today, I’m very fresh, I’m looking forward to my workout and the master’s swim doesn’t sound so daunting. Even though I won’t meet my time goal for the week, I will have quality workouts the rest of the week.
It also happens that I found out this morning that I made a spelling error on a document that I was doing edits for. I haven’t misspelled a word since second grade when I cheated off the idiot sitting next to me! So in hindsight I most definitely did the right thing by skipping the workout. When work performance declines, it’s time to take a timeout.
The Cramps and Not The Singers of the Greatest Song Ever, "TV Set"
Also yesterday as I was sitting on the train heading home, I suddenly got the most horrific cramp in my upper hamstring. I shot up out of my seat because I know from past experience, if you don’t uncoil a cramp immediately it just tightens more and more until you’re screaming in agony and literally wind up injured. In the awkward position I was in, I was bent forward so as I was struggling to straighten my leg, the same type of cramp hit my abdomen. It was almost panic time as I was trapped in my seat in a weird position. The lady next to me asked if I wanted to get out, but I thought if I tried to get by her, the cramps would get worse I would collapse. Instead, I calmed myself down and started breathing deeply in order to clear out the lactic acid. Suddenly, I literally felt my abdomen muscle unfold. It was the weirdest sensation. Then my hamstring relaxed. What a relief! My abdomen is still sore this morning, but it could have been much worse. I suspect these cramps were also a symptom of fatigue, so again, I’m glad I was wise enough to skip.
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Leg cramps are the absolute worst!
Ohhhh Master's! I have a couple of friends that go to one out in Beaverton is that where you are going?
Is there anyway you can change your schedule around to come in a little later and leave a little later so you don't feel pressured to workout for 3 hours every night?
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