Work out slowdown

I must admit that the recent change to my schedule. (14 hour days, 6 days a week) has taken a major cut out of my workout time. That and some heavy rains.

I only got in one run workout last week. It was amazing to see how much harder that run was than some of the previous workouts. It was only a 3 mile run, but it certainly felt like a much longer one! I felt it the next day as well. I did some stretching which did help on the legs and lower back.

I also missed a race that I had planned to run. Work had shifted me to nights for a couple of days and I couldn't make it to the race.

I'm not much for treadmills, but maybe I could get in a few miles in the bad weather and not miss the runs totally.

On a brighter note, I have finally gotten my wife to start exercising. She will go walk while I do my run and she has even mentioned starting to run some 5k's next year. Now if we can both stay motivated for that long.

Enough for today. I need to get ready for work - again.

Inspiration Time

Found this video on youtube. I know its a couple of years old, but what a story. Just watch is all I have to say.

No Workout Blues

What a week. Working for a public utility (Nuclear) means 24/7 operations and this week I think I was the one working 24/7. Going in at 3 AM and doing 12-16 hours in one day every day this week was really hard on my workouts. I did manage to get in one day of running on Wed. I had my PB time of 9:20 a mile for the 5K, but didn't get any other time to run. I must say that really has been hard - not getting to work out that is.

The munchies seemed to set in as well. I think it was all the weird work hours, the caffeine and the sleep change that did. That's what I'm blaming it on anyway. I should be back to the normal work routine this week so it will be back at the workouts again. Will have to work off a few of those pounds I gained this week.

So how does everyone else manage to get in time for your workout routine when life seems to throw a curve into the schedule?