The Petite Athlete

For the next few weeks, things are going to be hectic round hurr.

It’s just 3 weeks out until the end of term and I am SO excited. It’s been hellaciously busy, like I haven’t had the energy to run, and I cry myself to sleep at night because of it. :[

My schedule resembles something like this:

Wake-up between 5 and 6 am, eat a quick breakfast and head to the Physical Therapy clinic for my internship until 10:45, rush home, change into office attire, hope I made a lunch or grab something from the freezer, drive 30 minutes to work, work for 5-6 hours to pay the bills, sit through 30-45 minutes of traffic on the way home, rush home, change for yoga, complete hour-and-a-half of yoga (various styles) and then hit the gym for the real calorie-burner and love: running. By the time I am out of the gym it’s 9:00pm.

Many nights, I am too exhausted to hit the gym for a run, so these days, I am lucky if I can get 2-3 runs in a week. Because you see, I also have other classes I have to attend do and homework to finish and papers to write. I don’t consider Yoga a workout, as only one of the classes is even somewhat vigorous. I do enjoy it with my running, but since it is taking away from my running, I have really begun to resent it. I am taking it as an elective this term, but I am going to be so happy when I don’t have to attend 5 days a week anymore.

I also have been feeling really sluggish, because I have been eating an excess of sugar. All the carbohydrates that I am used to are not being burned up by running and I’m feeling poop-y. I am concentrating on eating a lower-carb, more nutrient rich diet, even if it is just to get me through the Holidays.

I am off to run right now though, and am pretty jazzed about that!