Lonely = Sore

Since Matthew had to leave I have been throwing myself head first into my training. I figure if I keep busy, I won't realize how empty and lonely my/our apartment is without him. My sadness has caused my training to become reenergized and I kicked into overdrive.

I have been adding "challenges" onto my already intensly revamped routine. I love these "challenges, they are very popular. I have found 30 day challenges for just about anything, they can either be the same thing every day or they mix it up or ramp up the reps as the month progresses. I added ab, oblique, and thigh challnges to my workout routine until my race August 23rd.

In addition to that I work at a rock wall (read as: I climb a few hours a day when we aren't busy), bike to/from work every day (about 5 miles), and do power yoga classes twice a week. Sunday happens to be my craziest, busiest day, and I end up working out for hours. My Sunday for the last 3 weeks has been:

Sunday Funday:

• Run 8 miles
• "Burbon" (A Spartan routine)
• 10 push-ups
• 5 Pull ups
• 10 Burpees
• 30 Second Sprint
• Repeat entire routine 5 times after 1 minute rest
• Ab Challenge (changes daily, today was)
• 65 Sit Ups
• 85 Crunches
• 42 Leg Raises
• 55 second plank
• Oblique Challenge (changes daily, today was)
• 29 Wood Choppers
• 55 second side planks
• 80 Ankle Touches
• 66 Russian Twists
• Thigh Challenge (changes daily, today was)
• 50 Lateral lunges (per side)
• 80 scissors
• 30 Fire Hydrants
• 70 Plie squat pulses
• 1 Hour Power Yoga Class
• 5 Miles of Biking

Being lonely is proving to be very exhausting and I am starting to feel burnt out. Let's hope I am not pushing too fast, too much, too soon.