Sick and tired.

By the time I was done working an event on Tuesday night and got to bed by 4:30 Wednesday morning it felt like my throat was thrashed and my voice was gone.

I felt like crap and had trouble sleeping until I finally woke up and got out of bed well after noon.

Able to stay home from working the party tonight, I expected to be in bed all day and just generally trying to sleep so I wouldn't feel so crappy heading into a busy weekend.

I'm sure the whole thing started by getting caught in the last thunderstorm and being soaked to the bone from the top of my head down to my soakers then have to talk/yell over loud music for endless hours over two straight nights.

I was completely lacking the desire to follow my normal routine of immediately starting my day with a protein shake made with berries to get me going.

I barely got my attempt to cancel my training session underway before my trainer told me it was al the more reason to get up and out to do my workout.

My legs got their asses kicked with a good leg workout that I managed to get through better than I thought I would.

Before my workout he also chose to do my measurements for the first time since I started training during the third week of June.

All my hard work despite my messed up ankle had finally had it's results measured.

In that short amount of time (with some occasional cheating on my nutrition schedule) my workout routine added a solid inch to both of my arms, my calves as well as my chest. I lost an inch off my waist while adding a total of 6.5 extra inches of muscle.

I was truly inspired.

I'm very lucky to have an amazing trainer like I do.

After my workout we discussed how hot I get when I'm running and I how to fix it.

Turns out I'm not taking enough water and I usually dump water on my head to cool down, but it turns out that if I maintain a schedule of when to take water and basically stay more hydrated that I won't get so hot.

He also taught me not to run a route in a circle but to run half my course then turn around and run the same route back to my starting point. The reason being that the sidewalks slant one way or the other and it's not good to stay on the same side during an entire run all the time cuz it's very bad for your hips.

I went out for a jog after my without and implemented both these instructions with great success.

It was supposed to be a soft run, but somehow even though I tried to run a slower steady pace due to my jello legs, I managed to keep a better pace than I did two nights ago. I'm baffled.

My screenshot from Map My Run was set to 'workout' and not 'run' so the route doesn't show nor does it show my time per kilometer, but it does show the time it took, and I assure you it was the exact same route as Tuesday. 

I ran 3.5k in 17:53!

It truly turned out to be a great day with great results and great workouts, but there is one negative about this day.

I now lie here at 2:24am after several hours of uncomfortable muscle pain with a thrashed and sore throat with a weak voice. 

But I'm somehow feeling well rested.

I hope to feel better tomorrow and rock out the day!