I'm glad that she exercised, that she's interested in something I'm interested in, and that we were able to pass nearly three hours without getting into an argument, but'm glad I normally go in the mornings before she gets back from work. One thing I like about working out is NOT talking. I'm a pretty talkative person so by principal of people being around I tend to talk. But, counter to what one might think, I really like silence. I'm alone pretty often and, when I am, I'm quiet. I like it. I'm in my head and the sounds I hear are wordless.
This was not the case with my sister there with me. In addition, she tends to want to talk about very heavy topics, or ones that are very easily judged (in a negative sense), or a combination thereof. I'm happy she's talking to me and I often like heavy topics, but I don't like heavy topics when it's not appropriate (like when I'm exercising on a public track), or when it is the same topic we have gone over at least ...50 times before. I empathize with my mother and the fact that I have spent years talking about the same thing. That woman is a miracle of patience.
This was not the case with my sister there with me. In addition, she tends to want to talk about very heavy topics, or ones that are very easily judged (in a negative sense), or a combination thereof. I'm happy she's talking to me and I often like heavy topics, but I don't like heavy topics when it's not appropriate (like when I'm exercising on a public track), or when it is the same topic we have gone over at least ...50 times before. I empathize with my mother and the fact that I have spent years talking about the same thing. That woman is a miracle of patience.
The workout as a whole was slower, because there was a volleyball match on and people had pitched tents and chairs all along the track (and drinking at 10:30 a.m., tsk tsk, and a girl who couldn't have been over 14, and certainly not 18, smoking) and were crowding it, so we had to walk past that whole section before we could begin with the intervals again, and, though only a little, because my sister didn't know the moves for the exercises.
We finished the 15 sets and I stretched as well.
The shoes still leave no blisters and I honestly didn't notice any numbness in my toes today. The exercises are getting easier and I'm tripping less on the side skips, an exercise my sister found particularly taxing.
I eased up on the knee-ups because of the burn out from last time. I want to get through the interval and if that means only 80 or 85% effort I think that's alright.
I had terrible shin-splits today, as well as pain in the front of my thighs, and it was actually hindering my workout by the end. I was really struggling to run. It didn't feel like it was pain from impact but pain from trying to roll through. Anyway, quite painful.
Hips and back are fine and shoulder is doing better, and this without pain meds yesterday or last night. We'll see how it is tomorrow.
I suspect the pain in my legs has something to do with mowing the lawn on Friday evening, because not only did my shins hardly hurt during the Friday morning workout they also didn't hurt afterwards, and I felt fine on Saturday. I don't recall doing any exercise yesterday so I'm not quite sure what's going on there, just making theories, but I'm pretty sure it's not the new shoes. Hopefully the pain will be back down by my next workout.
A woman who saw me on the track said "great workout." So, that was strange, but nice. :)
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