Today is Monday! Woot Woot! I actually like Monday. I get to go back to work! I like my job! It's also quieter now on Mondays with the new schedule that we have. I was sooooooo tired when I woke up. I thought for sure I was going to fall asleep at my desk. I had no car to leave though so I had to tough it out. Around mid-morning, I started to get my second wind. I was exhausted on the drive home though. I told my husband I didn't want to walk, but then I convinced myself to walk and then not and then to and then not and then to. I knew this walk was going to be hell and I just didn't want to do it, but I knew that I had to do it. This was supposed to be 657 feet in elevation over .9 miles. That's a lot with no breaks. No breaks at all! There were some little blips where it went down so it wasn't as hard, but on a treadmill, you don't stop to take pictures. All you do is walk! I wasn't so sure I could get through this, but I wanted to try. Don't tell anyone at work, but getting points for Engage for Health is kinda what pushed me over the edge to get on here. I didn't even have 1,000 steps today so that would have been no activity points for the day. I couldn't have that.
I started out with 1.5mph. He was going some crazy speed that was just about running. Not that he himself was doing it, but the machine was set to have me race. Screw that! No way was I doing faster than 1.5. I tried to set up my heart rate monitor to my watch today and it worked, but then I guess I didn't hit the start button so once I hit start on the treadmill, the heart rate monitor hooked up to the treadmill. I still get credit for a 30 minute walk though (with warm up and cool down) so I get 100 points for Engage for Health.
This walk was hell. I'm not going to sugar coat it at all. It was absolute hell. I started at 1.5 mph and then just kept kicked it down until I was at 1mph. I felt like a failure going that slow, but I wanted to give up so many times and I kept going so I guess I'm happy with that. My heart was going crazy and I could barely breathe. My calves were killing me! I'm not sure if I'll be able to walk tomorrow, but I kept going. Graham McTavish was the leader for this one as well, but he brought a friend. I think that was because it was hell and he knew he couldn't talk the whole way up this hill! The next walk is supposed to be worse. I don't think I'll be doing it tomorrow.
My phone was in my pocket for this walk, but it's being slow to update my Adventure Sync with Pokemon Go and my Engage for Health app is being slow to update with Polar Flow. I did that hellacious walk. I want to see eggs hatch! I want to see my 100 points on Engage for Health.
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