Balancing Life

So this weekend was a lesson in balancing life and training.  Friday I got a call that Shawn was in the Quad Cities for meetings, instantly my mind turned to Buffalo Wild Wings, since Shawn is my trigger for binge eating.  Friday is my long days for workouts though, so I had to get in a run (5k in 21:50), a bike (30 minutes on the bike path at about 18.7mph) and a swim 35 minutes at the Y doing drills, plus get showered and to BWW before Shawn finished his meetings.  I made it and then gorged on 24oz Miller lite, Grilled Chicken Buffalitos in spicy garlic sauce, 8 boneless wings in Hot Sauce, and a regular order of buffalo chips with cheese.  The best part was even after this feast I had 375 calories left for the day.

Saturday was another lesson, the nice weather means that there are chores to do outside as well as inside.  Lisa and I headed to Lowes and HyVee to get our shopping taken care of.  We finished that and started on the yard work.  We mowed the yard, unpacked the shed, fed the birds, and put patch kits down in our bare spots in the yard, planted annuals in our hanging baskets on the backside of the house, installed new solar powered path lights, and filled in holes with top soil.  I made a 2nd trip back to Lowes (isn't there always at least a 2nd trip), to get the things we forget/realized we needed.  By the time we were through most of our list it was late I decided to put my bike ride off until Sunday.  We grilled burgers and brats instead. 

Then we started a fire in the fire pit and hung out in the back yard making smores until the fire had died down.  We did have some unexpected entertainment as a bunch of high school kids thought it would be fun to have an impromtu get together at the elementary school just through our backyard.  It got really, the cops were called and we got to watch the kids running away out into the neighborhoods. 

Sunday was more of the same.  I got up early and went for a 6 mile(45min) run.  Then we started on our outdoor list again.  As I got to the shed one of the cables on the door had broken, so it took another trip to Lowes and a couple hours to get it straightened out.  We picked up a couple more patch kits and finished up that part of the yard.  Then I tried out our new electric edger, it worked wonders and the yard looks much better.  We finished the day off with 3 loads of laundry and 2 episodes of Fringe.  In between I did a 60 minute ride of almost 18 miles on the bike path.  The weather was perfect for it. 

We bought Zelda a harness and a leash on Saturday while we were out running errands.  We took her out on Sunday morning for about 10 minutes she was pretty freaked out most of the time but she seemed to relax a little bit.  Hopefully we can get her comfortable going out so we can help her get a little more exercise, she needs to lose 2-3 pounds to be a little healthier.

So this weekend I learned that you have to be flexible in your training schedule when life and chores come to call.  I still got great workouts in, we still got a lot done on our to-do list.  This week is going to be busy, we need to deep clean the house, keep working on wedding planning, and do some more yard work (weeding and putting down mulch).  Can't wait for next Saturday so I can sleep in again.