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December 4, 2005
One Sick Puppy
Our little Roxy dog is giving new meaning to the term "sick as a dog". Oh man. I'll spare you the gory details but let's just say bad things have been coming out of her - from both ends. Major yuck. Of course after we realized what was happening she was banished to the basement which is much easier to clean, but we still had bad stuff to clean up on the carpet too. We know more about carpent cleaning products than any one person should know. But the good news is, carpet does come clean and she seems to be feeling better. She lapped up her dinner like there was no tomorrow whereas last night she wouldn't even touch it, and she's been wagging her tail and jumping all around as is her usual style. She's still in the basement - but she's working her way up and I suspect tomorrow night she'll be allowed back in the carpeted house. Poor thing. We both feel bad for her but she really needs to learn how to use the toilet. :)
Anyway, between hosting my friends yesterday (we had a ball on Friday night and then on Saturday before they left) and cleaning up after Roxy, I didn't make it to the YMCA yesterday. It actually closed right around when my friends were leaving and when we discovered that Roxy was sick, so I obviously wasn't going to get a workout in. That's okay.
Today, after more cleaning and other various odds and ends, I did make it to the YMCA. I started with a swim workout, 2000 yds total with 4 sets of (3x50 yd hard, 4x25 yd kick hard) in there. This time I took smaller rests between the sets (90 sec instead of 2 minutes) and I think that made it harder. After the swim I changed and did the elliptical for 30 minutes while I watched the Steelers lose. Bad news man, they are in jeopardy of not making the playoffs and that makes for a very depressed City of Pittsburgh. Regardless, my legs were quite tired on the elliptical indicating that I must have worked hard in the pool. Swimming is so different from running - you can work really hard and your legs don't really "hurt" per say vs running where they may very well kill. Not that swimming is in any way easier - I think it's just the difference between a weight bearing and non weight bearing sport. Seems to me that running tears down your muscles a lot more.
So that's my story. I can't believe it's already Sunday night and I must return to work tomorrow! I've got some work to do on my school paper tonight and then it's bed time. Cleaning up after Roxy was quite a tiring experience!
Summary for last week:
Sunday - 45 minutes elliptical, core and feet exercises
Monday - 45 minutes bike and weights
Tuesday - off (class)
Wednesday - 1 hour spinning and weights
Thursday - 35 min elliptical, 10 min bike, core and feet exercises
Friday - 1750 yd swimming 5x(4x25 yd, 2x50 yd kick), 2x25 pushups, 2x100 crunchups
Saturday - off
Sunday - 2000 yd swimming 4x(3x50 yd, 4x25 yd kick), 30 min elliptical, core and feet exercises
Posted by beth at December 4, 2005 4:52 PM
Comments
Sorry to hear about Roxy, it sounds like it was painful for everyone involved! I'm impressed that you've jumped right in to the swimming workouts so nicely and that you're sticking with it. I hope this provides the rest (from running) that your foot needs and that you become an awesome swimmer in the process!
Posted by: Alison at December 5, 2005 10:30 AM