The 4 lettered word….. rest

Rest.  Ahh….. rest.

(don’t worry I didn’t scale a mountain to rest this time)

Yep, I finally took and entire weekend OFF!!!

I think this was the first weekend since maybe my surgery back in January that I totally took a weekend off from working out.  Did I feel a wee bit guilty? maybe.  Did I deserve it?  Yes.  Did I need it?  I think so.

There were two races I was thinking of doing, both 5K’s….. rather than doing one or both, I did neither.  I actually went and watched one as part of the course was less than a mile from our house, plus my mom was running it and my SIL & MIL were walking it. We waved and cheered them on.  I had a couple runners who knew me go by and ask why I wasn’t running…..  I just smiled and said I’m resting.

Granted….  I didn’t sit around and eat bonbons…..  I did laundry, cleaned, worked in the garden, cooked, etc.

Last week was no record breakers in mileage or workouts, BUT it was more diverse then I have been in awhile.

Monday- kettlebell & running (5 miles)
Tuesday-swimming (1200m) & running (4 miles)
Wednesday- kettlebell
Thursday-swimming (1200m) & biking (20 miles)
Friday- kettlebell

It was nice to ease back on the mileage a bit and mix it up.  Yeah I probably should have gotten another run & another bike ride in, but oh well.  Not the end of the world.

In other news.  I didn’t get picked for jury duty today!  Yay!  A whole lot of time wasted to only pick jurors for one trial.  One lowly trial?  WTF?   Apparently everyone is going for plea deals or something.  I did enjoy the change of scenery leaving work for a couple hours…..although I did get a bit behind on emails for a bit, I seemed to be a popular person today. 

Oh and Happy Belated Mother’s Day to all the moms, including my amazing mom and mother-in-law!!!  We had a fabulous brunch with them and the families yesterday morning.  I made a couple of easy & fairly quick frittatas, scones, toast/english muffins and fruit salad.  Yum!

What did you do for Mother’s Day?  When was the last time you took a good rest break?

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Britt

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