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Recovered.

Posted by katymoe on February 1st, 2010

Last week was my recovery week.  It was fantastic.  It’s funny when you are closing in on your need for recovery…..and the idea of a run or a bike ride makes you want to cry.  You start wondering why you are doing an Ironman, when you hate training.  I was definitely in this low dark place before last week.  Then coach prescribed a recovery week, and after two days of sleeping in, with light workouts I was REARING to go again.  Loving my sport….craving long runs and rides, with extra swims!  It is really amazing what a few days of recovery can do to you.  By Friday I was BACK (the person who loves training, who loves taking her body to it’s limits) but, I was still recovering.  Friday’s training was a 1 hour bike with an evening swim, I was so sad turning around on the bike after only 30 minutes with my friends.  I toyed with the idea of just making it a 2 hour ride…I mean I felt good after all.  Then I reminded myself how I felt the previous week (completely smashed!), and how I knew coach would take me to that place again soon enough.  So, I turned around like a good girl.  I came home and had energy to clean, cook, do laundry, and crafts and was still excited for evening swim practice.  It was wonderful, I was a new girl.

The rest of my weekend was just as exciting and energy filled!!  Saturday’s workout was a DAY OFF.   Yep! I didn’t have to work or workout. WHAT?  Yep, day off off. These happen pretty rarely during IM training because of my 12 hour shifts, I usually get my day off of training on a work day.  Some work days are like marathons themselves, so it’s not always a “day off”.  Saturday was though, so the puppy and I went for a 5 mile walk, and then I spent 2 hours doing yard work in the beautiful sun.  I couldn’t let that sunny day go to waste just because I wasn’t training. (The funny thing about the yard work is how SOOOORE I was the next day!  I must have done 100 squats picking up leaves, etc!)

I spent the rest of the day working on some crafts.  I have this little purse that my brother gave me for Christmas probably 8 years ago, it’s been through a lot to say the least and the ink stains were finally the kicker. I thought I’d have to put the ol’ thing down.  After trying to throw it away several times I finally decided maybe I could just patch it….or save it as a pattern and remake one.  So I started taking it apart, as I took it apart I realized I really just needed to add new front pockets to it. In then end it became a refurbished purse!  (I’ll post pics of the finished project later).

Another project I was diligently working on while recovering was my “project quilt”. Which is a quilt I’m making with squares from all my scraps that are left over from my projects.  I’m about 3/4 of the way done with the top of the quilt.  I think I’m going to put a flannel backing on so it’s SUPER duper cozy!  It has been really really fun getting out old fabrics and remembering what I made with them.  Most of them are from purses and aprons, but I’ve done some other fun things.  I even put the OLD fabric from inside the refurbished purse on there!   Jess (Brett’s sister) and I have been making hair flowers and head bands I’ll post some pictures when I actually finish one.  We had a really fun crafting night the other night with some of her friends.  Jess was on a roll finishing bags she promised her friends for their birthdays’ last year….I kept eyeing her fabrics hoping she’d have leftovers that I could craft with (she has good taste).

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