I’m grumpy today. Despite the fact that I overslept, I still feel just exhausted.
Last night we all went out to dinner to celebrate Nick’s birthday, so I decided to work out beforehand for the first time in more than two weeks. It has finally gotten hot here, so in lieu of running I headed for the elliptical machine in the exercise room.
It’s been a while since I’d been in there, and I was happy to see that there are now three elliptical machines (one more than there used to be) and three TVs (two more than there used to be). I could finally choose what I wanted to watch even though there was someone else in the room. Hurrah!
I decided to take it a bit easy, and only did a 28-minute program on the machine. Four minutes at high intensity and incline, four minutes at lower levels, and repeat. Including a five-minute cooldown, I went a bit more than two miles. Of course the mileage on the elliptical is always a bit sketchy to me, since your stride is constrained and all that. In any case, I worked up a good sweat and it felt nice to try to get back into the swing of things. Katie’s upcoming wedding should be a nice motivator to work out regularly for the next month.
