Shoehorn in those workouts

Today included a classic example of how to shoehorn workouts into an overstuffed life of work, family, and training. I had a one hour bike trainer workout to do and about 65 minutes between picking up the two kids. I love a challenge.


3:18 - Leave work to pick up the 4th grader. Acquire child. Hear about day.
3:40 - Arrive home, throw on bike shorts and tank. Fill water bottle, grab towel.
3:43 - Tighten flywheel, hop on bike trainer, slip feet in shoes already on pedals, put on HR monitor, pull up preloaded workout on Garmin. Oh, and fire up Hulu+.
3:45 - Begin workout

======= T1:  5 minutes ======

3:45 - 4:45 - Intervals including threshold and max effort bouts, tempo section. Crank HR into 170s, sweat and grunt....and think maybe I shouldn't have eaten quite so much broccoli for lunch.

4:45 - Jump off bike, put on zip-up jacket in feeble attempt to contain sweaty self
4:47 - Get in car, no shoes, remember about flip-flops in pool bag and grab those

======= T2:  2 minutes ======

Lovely, eh?

4:55 - Arrive at pool, in shorts and flip flops (it's 37 degrees) still dripping and red-faced.  Wow, five minutes to spare!  Watch last bit of swim practice like a good mom. Remember that I was at this same pool 10-1/2 hours ago. Wonder why it seems more like three days ago.

5:00 - Greet child, hope he is not too embarrassed, then realize he is used to this. Rationalize I am developing a confident kid with these regular doses of mild embarrassment.

5:05 - While waiting for child to change, have colleague previously known only through email introduce himself. Awkwardly explain I don't usually look like this and then proceed with professional conversation.

5:08 - Head home to take care of kids and pets then a shower before finishing out the day with a bit more work and family.

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This post is dedicated to the newly formed Running Princesses who are working hard to shoehorn it all in and provide great support and humor to the group.