Amazing Morning

Seriously, who knew waking up at 8 am on a Saturday could be so fantastic? Ryan and I usually sleep in on the weekend, hang out and eat breakfast together then run errands etc. But today he left to go visit his parents for a few days so I figured it would be a good opportunity to work out then get some paper writing done. I was right!

I met my friend Gina who is also going to South Africa this May, and went to the university gym, which I’m slowly starting to like, but definitely not as much as my regular gym. Breakdown of the workout:

• 20 min warm up on treadmill (I walked, with an incline since my calves are still sore)
• Stretch
• Squats
• Free weights
• Crunches and V sits (OW!)
• Stretch

At this point Gina had to take off, but since I didn’t have to be anywhere I hopped on a stationary bike for 30 mins and went hardcore. I don’t think I have ever pushed myself that hard when working out on my own and it felt AMAZING.I even got a little emotional when a really good song came on and I was trying to push through the last 2 minutes before the cool down. I kept thinking “I can do this! I can actually do this!” It was so weird, and super liberating.

I took my time stretching and relaxing after the fact, then grabbed some subway and a V8 for lunch. Now I have a sweet cubicle with a window and I’m ready to get to work.