Stubbornness and sleep

So last night I was up later than I wanted to be and I felt the lack of sleep this morning. I wanted to get up early so I could run after work and before teaching Bodypump. That planned seemed like it was going to be sidelined, however, I know I can be determined and stubborn sometimes. 

After work I rushed to the gym and figured I *might* just be able to squeeze in the run. I ran inside and clocked in. Threw my bag in a locker and jumped on the closest treadmill. 

My training today was speed / interval work on the treadmill and I felt confident I could finish just in time to start class. Instead of "warming up" first I just went right into my base pace. Today I started with 6.7 or 8:57 instead of the 6.5 I used last week and then at the 3 minute mark I bumped it up to 7.7 or 7:47 pace. After my first push going back to my base pace felt much smoother than last week. I did 8 pushes instead of 6 and finished my 3 mile run in 25 minutes and 53 seconds! Awesome! I was so happy about how much easier it felt compared to last week.

So that was the GOOD news...the BAD news was that not too long after starting my run I really noticed pain in my inner thigh area. I had worked my lower body hard in the gym and was using the abductor and adductor machines which I don't normally do. I felt the soreness for the next few days. Of course that pain usually goes away, but I think the lack of warmup and already fatigued muscles created the opportunity for injury 😔

Because I was in pain coming off the treadmill I decided not to use any weight for the lower body exercises in pump class. Even the cooldown stretches were painful 😔

So lesson learned,  don't be in a rush, don't be stubborn. Take your time to prepare for you workouts and runs. 

6 sessions down and 83 to go!