Working and Working Out

Well a full week is in the books and I can without a doubt make one of the most obvious statements ever to be uttered on this blog: Holding down a job and working each day makes it a heck of a lot harder to get up and work out each morning.

Wow! Stunning, isn't it. But alas, it is true and in adjusting my schedule to the rigors of the 9-7 job (yes even in CA, I am still on a 9-7 schedule) I have realized the difficulties in getting up each morning amped up to workout. Looking back at my first day last Tuesday through yesterday, I made it for only 4 out of my 6 workouts. (I take Sunday's off for a rest).

As for this morning, I did oversleep, but pulled myself out of bed to get out to gym, though my workout had to be cut short due to my late start. I will begin to have to make a decision as to whether to cut my workouts shorter, get up earlier, or push working out until after work. I did go for my Monday run afterwork yesterday, but man did it suck. Though I did actually run one of my fastest runs, after a long day of standing, walking, and moving around, my muscles were so sore and it was just not very enjoyable.

So we will see what happens as the days continue but as I mentioned months ago, it is my goal to keep up the workout regiment and that's what I intend to do. So now I best wrap this up and head to bed otherwise Wednesday's workout will not be met and then it all starts going downhill. But before I do, I will leave you with a great story from this weekend's run.

On Saturday morning, I awoke, geared up and went out for my morning run. I wasn't planning on running a huge distance in part because I was sill sore from the 10 miles on Monday and also because I had some errands to run once I got back. But I began my run and had a specific route in mind. After a quick turn, I noticed that I was now running in the middle of a large group of women. It turns out that I had run right into the middle of the "See Jane Run" Women's Half-Marathon. My thought was that after a little bit, I should be able to break off from the pack and continue my run. Well after another turn, I found that my run took me right into the winner's circle of the Half Marathon! As I was nearing the finish line, I saw a camera man taking pictures of all the racers. Not wanting to waste his film and also wanting to avoid a picture of this embarrassing moment, I dodged off the trail and around the photographer. As I was about to cross the finish line, I noticed that the path I intended to continue upon was blocked off and only a small gap in the barrier existed. I again veered off the course and onto the grass in order to slip through the gap in the barrier and continue my run as I desired. As I slipped away from the finish line and ran through the barrier gap, I heard a voice scream out, "You're supposed to Stop! Oh well, I guess he wants to keep running! I think he wants to keep running!"

Yeah..... that was a first and quite a unique way to start run. Ok....I will blog with you later!

-Nice Guy-