Saturday, July 17, 2010

new shoes

If Jenn can post a pic of her "special needs" shoes and Melissa posts one of her cool new mom shoes...then check these out...yep...that's 4 inches of heel, baby!! Can't WAIT to wear them somewhere....


But for today I modelled my bike shoes and my running shoes. Sigh. Up early for a bike ride, but damn I was tired. My body just gets wacked when that girlie time of the month comes and I can hardly function for a few days. I don't know what that is all about. It has gotten way worse since having kids. Headaches...soooo tired...lethargic all day...hormones playing havoc on my body and I do not enjoy it. I am literally out of the game for two to three days every month!! Today I tried to get up but just could not. My brain was banging against my skull. So I went back to bed for a few hours. Took some painkillers, dragged my bike outside, got on it and just pedalled.
For just about two hours.
I was flying out highway #5!! Got from my house to the church in about 40 minutes!! Turned around and a great big UGH....wind. Lots and lots of wind. Took me over an hour to get home...But it did not bother me and I just kept pedalling and kept my head down. Had to pee the entire way back but I was not about to go into the grasses and visit those mosquitos again.
And thanks so much for the tips on my last post!! I now have bug spray IN my pack AND I fixed my tire all by myself...All was good today on the bike!!
Then it was time for a run. I seriously felt sick to my stomach starting out but just kept putting one foot in front of the other and after about 20 minutes, I was good to run all day. Ended up running well over an hour. I think I really like to run after a bike ride...my legs are warmed up, I have to really concentrate on keeping myself together...no daydreaming...until it feels good to run. My pace was not all that hot...but covered 12km in about an hour 10...so pretty good for me!! Also took a walk break up Broadway as I love to window shop on that street...some really cute stuff on sale...I will be back there shortly...

3 comments:

Melissa said...

Oh, I LOVE those shoes! I used to wear 4" heels without flinching...now the thought of that makes me spontaneously fall over. You have to post a full-outfit photo when you wear them out :-)

Charlie Browne said...

you going to swer those heels when you do vegas?

Amy said...

Silly me, I thought they would be running shoes. Yours are much more fun.

Great workout despite feeling like crap. I am not excited about feeling WORSE after having kids. Aunt Flood really is a bitch, huh?

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