got the wheel, got some rest, going to tampa..

Yesterday I realized I was pooped. Just beat. And so this morning, when the alarm went off, I made the executive decision to stay home. I'm where I needed to be in my work, had no meetings today, and was not going to be productive as tired as I was, so I went back to sleep. I slept until ~9am.

The biggest mental battle today was if I was going to workout. But, when I need to rest, I need to rest. I had a short crappy workout yesterday b/c I was tired. Last night I couldn't get to sleep & felt horrible. So today I would have been even more tired.... Yet I still wavered all day over going to workout. Why? Why? The rationale side of me KNOWS recovery is super important and that there are times that a crappy workout does nothing for you... eventually I stopped beating myself up & accepted that today was really a rest day.

so I went grabbed my wheel. All fixed up purty.... ALMOST went & put it on the bike, but seeing as the bike was @ work & I couldn't go to work & then not workout, I stayed away.... Which means it'll be monday before the wheel is back on the bike & tuesday before I can use it... It would have been nice to get a ride in tomorrow morning, but the UBE will have to suffice.

After grabbing the wheel, I drove over to my favorite upscale shopping center. They have nice outdoor furniture scattered around the grounds. I wanted to get out of the chair & just sit in the sun.. So it did it and it was great. It has been BEAUTIFUL all week here & I've not been out in it at all. There was a nice breeze, so my little quad body didn't over heat. Called mom & dad to catch up & then wandered over to the bookstore. Did a little reading, then off to target to get real sudafed.

Real sudafed contains pseudoephedrine, which help keep my blood pressure up when I exercise. It is considered a performance enhancing substance & is banned. Yes, if you take sudafed & you compete & you test positive for it, you will lose your medals. what it does for me is make exercise a less than miserable experience. I can tell the difference & plan to take it every day I train. And if I can find stuff better than sudafed, I'll take it. Ya'll just don't know how miserable it can be to not have an intact sympathetic nervous system. It sucks. badly. I want that and my hands back.

Tomorrow, after a 90 min - 120min UBE session, I'm driving over to tampa. Sunday is a CAF triathlon & I want to meet the Florida group, who are based in the tampa area. I'm staying w/Lauren, who apparently I know through rugby, but I also know her through professional channels & finally through CAF. Such a small world. ANYWAYS.. turns out Lauren is going to the Jimmy Buffett concert saturday night. Yours truly is tagging along.... How much fun is that going to be!!! concert then up early for triathlon the next morning, then a 5 hr drive back to MIA. whew... nothing like a road trip to take your mind off work!

ya'll have a fab weekend & I'll be back in touch on monday or tuesday.

I'm going to bed!