WWU - This is Hard!

I forgot how Brad and his team like to name workouts.  For example, on Thursday we had to build a sandwich in layers - bottom slice of bread, meat, cheese, lettuce and tomato, top slice of bread.  The first layer was riding the exercise bike for a certain number of calories, then there were more hard things that we either did in reps of that same number or in calories, depending on the equipment.  Even with my sandwich being smaller than the rest of my group, I was still dying during that workout.  DYING.  And then, once we all finished and took a quick water break, we started in on a second sandwich!  On that one, I was seriously dying - I'd have to take breaks every few reps.  My sandwich ended up being open-faced - i.e. I didn't complete the second round - and I'm OK with that.  I worked harder than I have in ages, but that's why I'm going there - for that extra push.

Yesterday's workout was a combination where we had two exercises that we had to do 25 reps or calories in total on them - they could be split up 10/15, or 12/13, or 24/1 - no one did that, although that is my goal one day, just to make Brad laugh.  It was hard (I have a feeling this is going to be a recurring theme, LOL), but I did OK with my calf injury.  Of course there were some motions that I can't do just yet, but they found others, believe me.

The interesting thing about starting my workouts with Brad this time vs. when I started nine and a half years ago is that I'm not as sore after each workout as I was back then.  In 2009, I was seriously aching and it was a challenge to raise my arms to wash my hair some days, not to mention how much my quads hurt when I would sit down.  This go-round, I'm definitely worn out afterward (my legs are shaking which makes holding the brake pedal down on the drive home a challenge), and my muscles are spent, but I'm recovering faster...could it be that even though I'm not a high mileage runner, I'm more fit than I realized?  It's a good feeling, even though I'm dying during each workout.

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Calf update:  It's improving.  It is still full of bruises and there's a knot where the tear is, but it's feeling better each day, which gives me hope that I will be back to running again soon.  I'm trying to be good about icing it and I've been able to start gently massaging the knot, so maybe all of this will pay off soon.