Tired but motivated

I am exhausted. Since it's Saturday evening, I would really like to do something other than lay on my couch watching tv. However, I don't really have enough strength to do much of anything else at the moment. It's been a very busy couple of days, and so I just need to relax tonight :)

I was out late last night so it was really hard for me to get up early for our day 2 of Team in Training. We had to meet at Campbell Park at 8am. I picked up the kids at 7:30am and we all headed over to the park. It's actually a fun feeling to be part of something like TNT. When we got there, the big crowd of participants was already starting to gather. As we began, they first had everyone do the warm up/stretch routine. They then explained our options for today's running. We were to run on the trail that they had marked with a one mile and two mile turnaround points. So we had the option to run a total of two miles or four miles.

Although I would have liked to push myself to the four mile run, and while we could have run the four miles in an hour, Dana and I opted to run the two miles (David could run four miles faster than us.) We just wanted to make sure that we didn't take too long to run as David and Dana couldn't stay too late. They had their first cupcake fundraising bake sale and needed to get going so they could set up. And my excuse was since I drove them, I needed to leave too!

But it was fine. Although I just ran the two miles, I still had kettlebell class to go to afterwards. So I felt as though I was doing enough for the day.

After I dropped the kids back at their place I went to kettlebell class. I was worried my sister (my teacher) would ask if I had practiced kettlebell during the week. She had been training me a bit during the week over the past several weeks in addition to the Saturday class, but since I bought my own kettlebell, I can now do the mid-week workouts myself. But since last week I wasn't doing as much as I wanted to, I didn't get any kettlebell workouts in. And so, on my drive over to class today, I was trying to think of my excuse for when she would ask how I did this week! When I got there she was much too busy though, and so she didn't ask. Whew!

Anyway, class went very well. As I've mentioned before, it's only a half hour. But it's the best half hour workout I've ever had. I just love how good I feel in such a short time. Also, since I'm now in the beginning class rather than the intro class, I felt proud as the new people came in for their intro class right after mine. They just stood there watching what we were able to do. It felt good to feel a little bit more advanced--although I have no idea what the next stages will be like yet. Each week though, I learn more and get to do a more difficult swing routine. The progression is exciting to me.

After kettlebell class, I met up with the kids at their fundraiser. They were doing amazing! People kept going up to them wanting cupcakes, and if they stood around for any length of time, would then end up wanting to buy more. Everyone was so supportive and I was so happy for the kids that they were making good money. Now, I feel waaaaay behind. I haven't raised any money yet, and so I need to get on that soon. I have a couple ideas. I just need to spend some time developing them. Hopefully soon.

Tonight I'm simply exhausted. I took a several hour nap when I got home today. And although I feel better now, I'm still tired. So, I'll rest tonight and think about what I'd like to accomplish tomorrow. Sunday is supposed to be my rest day, but as of now, I'm motivated and feel like getting a bit more running in. So we'll see...