A friend of mine defended this thesis today and officially became a Ph.D. Juxtaposing that with the fact that I have not been doing a lot of lab work due to my TA schedule and my inability to compartmentalize my mind and focus on things in front of me, made me feel on the one hand extremely proud him and on the other hand slightly worried for myself.
Anyhoo, in order to go celebrate his successful defense I skipped yoga today, had some champaign which was for some reason much stronger than I anticipated (probably because I was drinking on an empty stomach), and then ingested an obscene amount of cake, chips and salsa, and veggies with yummy ranch dressing. I got home with a headache and was absolutely exhausted. Took a nap and really struggled to go to the gym afterwards.
I did only 2.5 miles today, just to save the long run for the weekend. Given how tired I was when I got up and how much junk food I had in my stomach I did not anticipate that I would have an excellent run. But it just felt... really easy. My foot didn't bother me, I felt energetic, and I felt really comfortable going up to higher speeds. I was pleasantly surprised how short my run felt, and I had a blast watching a documentary on wildlife in Russia on the Animal Planet channel.
And I can't really figure out why. I had assumed that because of the stress, the slacking of fluid intake, the lack of sleep, and my general decline in running ability had contributed to my recent struggle every time I get on the treadmill. Maybe I was mentally less tired today since I knew it was going to be a short run (but I was still afraid of it)? I can't quite figure out what was different about me today. I got about 6.5 hours of sleep last night, plus another 1.5 or so hours before going. I ate oatmeals for breakfast, a vegetarian lunch, and about 2.5 L of water before the cake and snack fiasco. I took my daily vitamins right after I got home. I don't consider that a wild stray from my normal daily routine.
I don't know what made today so easy.
After I got home I did two Ballet Beautiful videos: swam arms and butt series 1. I wasn't in the mood of trying anything new today, and both were a struggle but after many pauses and stretches and coconut water I managed thru them both. I wanted to do another abs video from blogilates but I was tired, and it was getting late. So maybe tomorrow. I think since tomorrow is not a running day I will do legs and abs and something else.
Wednesday morning I tried to do a video before leaving for school. It was a new video too and that wasn't very smart. I forgot why I decided to do it, probably to make up for not doing anything on Tuesday (granted I didn't leave lab until 10:30 for TA stuff and had to get up for the 8:45 am the next day). I didn't get through the entire video due to time and lack of strength, but yesterday was also a long day and I felt much more energetic. I was hungrier faster, but I wasn't tired, and I think the morning exercise may have something to do with it. I just couldn't get up this morning to try again, but I will repeat this experiment someday.
It's almost the weekend! My parents are coming to visit so I will have to plan my time carefully, but they will bring me yummy food, and we are going to see ballet together and all of us are very much looking forward to it.
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