Almost perfect day

It was almost a perfect day, one of those days that I didn’t expect it to go as well as it went, only to end it with some unexpected stress.

I woke up early, after a slow morning routine, I headed out for my run. With this app, I have two workouts a week which at first I thought it would be too intense, but now I look forward to it. Most of the time I don’t get to hit the pace in all reps, and I’m fine with it. Look the color of the sky!!!

before that, I had some corn cakes and bread with cashew cream cheese. I am still in search of the perfect pre-run fuel. Honestly nothing tastes good at that time of the day but gotta have some fuel to avoid cortisol hike.

I workout called for 5 sets of 3:15 min at 7:10min/mile pace with 2 min rest in between. Except one set (an uphill) that was 7:24, all the others, I nailed it! I felt sooooooooo good and strong! I know that probably only 25% of the time we get a super good run, and that was one of those days.

the App will give me feedback, AI generated for sure, that is nice.

I was drained in sweat and it was not even hot. I kept sweating for another 30 min once I got home, still feeling super hype up.

I did stretching and 10 min of Sally’s app (I am so far liking it and doing the 5x5x5 challenge, 5 exercise a day, 5 days a week, for 5 weeks). Big long shower and my beloved oatmeal with frozen berries.

I also had a very productive day at work, especially as a new project that I am building (out of an idea) is shaping up. I got two very senior researchers to join us. When we had the virtual meeting, I couldn’t hold myself as I was meeting luminary figure in my field, and I had to start by saying: I am big fan of your work!!! I realized that in a context of limited budget and over worked environment, good ideas still attract people and resources. I am super excited!

Then I got a text, Sofia said she was feeling hot and headache. I went home after my meeting and she indeed had fever. Since she got back from São Paulo, her energy level was low and now sick. She’s in good spirit though and will rest well this weekend as next week we will be going to Campo Grande for her swim competition.

Then daddy text me that Lizzy’s dentist appointment was taking longer than planned, her cracked tooth needed to be extracted and the dentist was having hard time taking out a stubborn piece. Oh well. I am so glad I was not there as I can’t handle all her crying. They got home 8pm and immediately I went to bed after I saw Lizzy was still joyful.

It’s quite common to have a mixed bag day. Gotta enjoy the epic and endure the lows.