{"id":270,"date":"2016-01-01T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=270"},"modified":"2016-01-01T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T14:00:50","slug":"the-rest-of-the-month-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/01\/the-rest-of-the-month-december-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The rest of the month – December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Between work, training and 5A swim classes, I fell behind on blog entries after December 12th. I considered doing individual entries for each, but I then decided one long entry would be easier to deal with than 19 short ones. So here goes…<\/p>\n

The weekend of December 12th, I joined a local gym. I know the Chicago winter hasn’t gotten bad. BUT I knew it would at some point soon. I also needed the ability to get bike workouts in before the spring. The first weekend there, I succeeded in getting about 6 hours on the bike in. I also had an issue with the treadmills which taught me that I need to stay away from them unless I’m with someone else.<\/p>\n

The following week consited of 3 swim workouts (including a double dip thanks to a friend letting me be a guest at their club), 3 hours on the bike and a very long day of running on that Saturday. <\/p>\n

The following week started off with the normal swim sessions, along with an extra one (guest of my parents at their club). Then I had to pay for Christmas Eve on the bike. Every year, one of my aunts throws an amazing party and I typically ingest 2 days worth of calories (or more) in less than 6 hours. <\/p>\n

So to pay for all of that, I spent a total of 9 1\/2 hours on a stationary bike from December 25th – 27th. Let’s just leave it at that I found out very quickly that I need to invest in a nice pair of bike shorts before I try to do the planned Century in September 2016.<\/p>\n

The final week of December started out with a normal set of swim workouts, and ended with a very hard run session. The swim session in the morning was the longest one I’ve done, and I didn’t realize how tight my body was. So needless to say, the run was a real challenge as my body kept getting tight. The post-session stretching was more painful than it has been in the past — there were a couple of times that I saw spots from the pain. But nothing’s torn, broken or hurt.<\/p>\n

Because of that issue Wednesday night, I decided to make NYE a rest day. I had originally planned to go to the gym and ride the bike for a few hours after work. Instead, I spent the night with a good beer and relaxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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