The days have been flying by with work, a little training here and there, and a trip to Memphis. It was my great aunt's 90th birthday on Saturday, the day before my wedding anniversary, so we flew out to celebrate. I hadn't seen my nieces and nephews in over 3 months, which is well over half of the youngest one's life. It was less than a 48 hour stay in town, but we still managed to get to see Damie, Laura, Charlie, and Olaf.
In training news, well, there really isn't much news. I'd been going to a physical therapist about my 12 year old hamstring tendinitis. After a point, like in any relationship, I realized that he wasn't listening to me and I didn't trust him. I decided it really wasn't worth my time to get ultrasound plus a little deep tissue massage that any good husband, who even vaguely knows anatomy, could perform. So I had to break up with him. I left a message on his voicemail that I wouldn't be coming back, and told him it was me, not him. I've been broken up with over email, and despite my surprise at the time, I've decided that it was the way to go. No awkward explanations or weird conversations.
At work I've been doing a little more. I now make coffee every morning and teach one of my coworkers computer basics. I realized how much he needed to learn when he tried to tell me how to close a document -- by clicking that little X in the upper right corner. He calls me in for help with things like printing certain pages of a pdf. It keeps me busy. I also learned just today that we have a monkey farm on base. I thought I'd fallen asleep for a second when a guy told me this, but no, it's exactly what it sounds like. Apparently it's a retirement home for former primate pilots. I didn't ask too many details, but I do plan to ride my bike out that way. He mentioned flying fish or something too. I think it's worth the ride.
I've had a few people come into my office wanting help with running, and I've recently taught a spin class to total beginners. I really like this crowd of people who are so new, pretty much anything you give them will help them. When "run 3 times a week" is an increase from their current plan, you know they'll be faster with your guidance. Today in a class I asked if anybody ever went to the weight room. I saw 7 blank stares. Aha, this may be the reason you all recently failed your fitness test. Just a guess.
In training news, well, there really isn't much news. I'd been going to a physical therapist about my 12 year old hamstring tendinitis. After a point, like in any relationship, I realized that he wasn't listening to me and I didn't trust him. I decided it really wasn't worth my time to get ultrasound plus a little deep tissue massage that any good husband, who even vaguely knows anatomy, could perform. So I had to break up with him. I left a message on his voicemail that I wouldn't be coming back, and told him it was me, not him. I've been broken up with over email, and despite my surprise at the time, I've decided that it was the way to go. No awkward explanations or weird conversations.
At work I've been doing a little more. I now make coffee every morning and teach one of my coworkers computer basics. I realized how much he needed to learn when he tried to tell me how to close a document -- by clicking that little X in the upper right corner. He calls me in for help with things like printing certain pages of a pdf. It keeps me busy. I also learned just today that we have a monkey farm on base. I thought I'd fallen asleep for a second when a guy told me this, but no, it's exactly what it sounds like. Apparently it's a retirement home for former primate pilots. I didn't ask too many details, but I do plan to ride my bike out that way. He mentioned flying fish or something too. I think it's worth the ride.
I've had a few people come into my office wanting help with running, and I've recently taught a spin class to total beginners. I really like this crowd of people who are so new, pretty much anything you give them will help them. When "run 3 times a week" is an increase from their current plan, you know they'll be faster with your guidance. Today in a class I asked if anybody ever went to the weight room. I saw 7 blank stares. Aha, this may be the reason you all recently failed your fitness test. Just a guess.
Or maybe it's because you've been testing on the outdoor track instead of the indoor one. Last week a girl told me that she was trying to test inside because "that altitude outside is killing me!" You know, since we pump oxygen into all the buildings to make up for that.
Some of the people are willing to take advice, and I love helping them. And most of them really want to know how to improve. Then there was a girl who I gave several workouts to. Her response was, "I probably won't do this." I love that she was honest!
I need to be more honest with my workouts. One of these days I will most likely be telling Jeremy, "You know that bike workout we had for this afternoon? I probably won't do it." That'll be one of the many days we get warnings on our computers about the high winds. Uphill + 50mph gusts is something I am completely over. Today was a "calm" day, but I still designed our track workout to go with the wind during the hard part of the interval, into it on recovery. :)
While my body is still going slow, I'll still give it a reason to go slow, so back up to the mountains we go!
The most unusual day: clouds and cold.
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