You are Going to Burst into Flames if you Step Foot Outside!

Ok. Not really. Maybe...
I feel like a sloth...But, then I remember that exercising is a lot harder in conditions like this.....

But, I'd be lying if I didn't say I was in a funk right now....

I'm stressed out with school.  My hours on the weekends are spent juggling family responsibilities and studying....

I miss being able to dive headfirst into running when the goings get tough....

But, at the same time, my body is telling me to deal with my stress in different ways cause running in this heat is not going to help....

Last week on a rare day when the daytime high was only 95 I went to Bootleg Canyon. I ran 4.5 miles and I had a great run.

It was only 88 when I was out there running around.

But, since then, the daytime highs are reaching record temperatures.  My  current block of classes ends on July 3rd.  I'm functioning in survival mode.....

In my last post,  I explained that I was on the mend from a back injury..... I took that week easy, and then the following week I was able to run 34.5 miles.   Last week my feet and left hamstring hurt so I scaled it back to around 15 miles...

I don't think I will be doing any "epic shit"  in the next few weeks..... I'm just going to be in maintenance/survival mode until the end of August.

I'm sorry for the whiny nature of this post.  But, I feel like doo-doo.

Thanks for reading.

I hurt myself on my day off.

I decided to take a rest day on Monday (two days ago).  Earlier this year, my husband began revamping our garage by turning it into a mini gym.  We moved our treadmill and chin up/bar dip station into the garage, and we also purchased an Olympic bar and some weights.

Sometimes when I'm in the mood, I will knock out a few chin ups or do some bicep curls. I'm not talking about an actual workout,  just when I feel like screwing around in the garage for a moment.

Well, I had a burst of inspiration (and stupidity) on Monday morning.  I decided to do some deadlifts without properly warming up... The first set was okay.  During the 2nd set.  I must have rounded my back (or arched it) but, I felt my back seize.  I put the weight down immediately. I'm pretty sure it's just a muscle strain, but the lower right side of my back near the base of my spine is sore.... Great.....

I knew that I was ready for a rest day, I had been on a two week plus streak, and I had a killer tempo run on Sunday....


   



I can run, but getting up from a sitting position to a standing one hurts, and so does bending forward.  I'm going to give my back a chance to feel normal before I start running again.  This muscle strain could have been so much worse, and I feel like a total dumbass for being so careless. I have rested for two days and my back does feel slightly better each day.  I'm going to take another two days off...

It's midterm week, so I have two papers to write.  It's also blazing hot...  Last week I was able to go to Lake Las Vegas, and run some trails because the morning temps were in the 70's, now we are looking at mid-morning temperatures in the 90's and daytime highs in the 100's .  The heat is here, and so is treadmill season (boo!)

My last hurrah  out at Lake Las Vegas for awhile.

I have a tomato face in this picture, and it wasn't
nearly as hot then, as it is this week.

I have totally learned my lesson, and I will be more careful when lifting heavy weights.

This stuff is awesome.

Thanks for reading.