May Round Up

Working out ever since the pandemic hit as been weird. Obviously I haven't been able to swim as the pools have been closed (hopefully that changes sooooooooon) AND all the normal places for open water have also been shut down (argh), but running and biking? That can happen.

March went terrible because our brains were in shock of what was actually happening. That makes sense. April, we were settled in for the long haul and it made it easy to move. May, stuff has been kind of opening up but in weird ways and the odd frustration and impotence from March came back.

As a result, my May was crap.

But I DID GET TO SWIM AGAIN SO YAY.

Swimming: 2194.56m (1.36mi)(2400yd)
Cycling: 91.34 mi
Running: 42.95 mi
Lifting: 30 sessions (6:28)
Other: four hikes (4:15), four walks (3:22:14)

We disappeared down to Tucson for a few days and the hotel we booked had a lap pool we could use, so I finally got to swim again. Given the layoff and my usual bodily reaction to it, my final swim was the only one where I kinda felt "normal" again (I usually get nauseous my first few swims back after long layoffs and this was my longest layoff in a while). I didn't get to swim as much as I wanted, but it was still so nice to be able to swim.

Cycling was a huge disaster (got sick of dealing with people on the trails and also just sick of the same old routes) and running ... kind of the same.

I also had my first off day since August of last year when my neck freaked out on the first ... thanks to being super hungover when I finally cracked.

I'm not even saying any goals for June ... but trying to find some water might be nice as 70.3 Boulder, as of today, is still on ...

Oh wait. I have one goal - ride hills. Birthday Lemmon extravaganza is still on as scheduled, so the husband and I need to get some vert on in our lives.

Plus we did sign up for the virtual Colorado Trail challenge, so in general, miles would be good.