Tuesday events

Tuesday was a rather fun day. I had my workouts, my errands, my house cleaning, my laundry... Ultimately, I had a lot to do.
My morning started at 5 A.M. with another early morning run. I had every intention of running 4 miles, per my Half Marathon training plan. Getting out of bed, I quickly noticed that my calves (specifically my left calf) were really sore. I decided to wear my compression socks to alleviate the discomfort during my run. I love my compression socks. Yes they are hot pink, but it's not just their good looks that I love. I am convinced that my compression socks are helping prevent common running injuries. Ie: shin splints, tendinitis, etc. My husband turned me onto the magic of compression socks a couple months ago. At first I was like "Holy moly those are some EXPENSIVE socks!" But honestly they are worth the money.
Anyhoo- my calves were really sore (Thank you Saun T and T25) so I put my compression socks on an hit the pavement running. It was an awesome run and started off really nice. Shortly after a mile in my calves were really hurting. I decided not to push my luck and seriously injure myself, and cut my run short.

After I got home I immediately laid on my couch with ice packs on my legs. My calves were aching so terribly it was like having charlie-horses radiate up my legs. It was super uncomfortable, but that didn't stop my cat from climbing up on me asking for pets. Cats have zero social awareness. Me: "Hello! I'm hurting over here!" Merlin: "Oh... well, your hands aren't hurting so pet me some more."

Matching facial expressions with my cat.

Judgemental-Cat will judge you.

After a good icing, my legs were feeling much better. I was able to get up and move around with little discomfort. Running errands was my least favorite part of the day. I love having groceries in my fridge, but I don't enjoy shopping for groceries. Thankfully, Derek came along with me and helped me shop.

In the afternoon we decided to head to the gym and swim some laps before doing T25. My goal was to swim 800 yard consecutively and time myself to see where my progress is. 

I enjoyed my swim-cap face lift! HAHAHA!

I swam 800 yards in a total of 19 mins. Woah! A wee bit slower than I was shooting for. I definitely have some room for improvement. The next 26 days will hopefully be enough time for me to shave off some minutes. I am still happy with my swimming progress. I mean, the fact that I can even swim 800 yards is an accomplishment.

After a nice 25 minutes of T25, I called it a day. I was wiped out.