Pooped!

This weekend was the Relay for Life supporting the American Cancer Society. I joined a team with my co-workers and we spent all weekend together at this event. We had half an hour shifts for a continuous 24 hour period. Most of us only got a couple of hours of sleep, if any. One of our members, Kurt, beat testicle cancer a few months ago. It was great to be there supporting him and have him experience this as a survivor.

I was actually surprised how big this event was. There were a lot of people there. The weather was awesome, but it didn't make running around the track easy. I ran the whole time for my first shift and ended up getting heat stroke. It wasn't that bad and I was really proud that I was able to run for a half an hour straight in 80 degree weather. I was really taken back at the support of my co-workers for accomplishing that. I ran a lot on Saturday during my shifts. It was kind of crazy.

I didn't run at all today. I was pretty beat. I only got 3 hours of sleep last night. Each team is supposed to have at least one member on the track at all periods of time so there wasn't much time for us to get much more than a few hours of rest. But we had a great time. I ended up leaving a tad early while they were doing the finale ceremony. I was so tired. And of course it was hot and my apartment is like hell when it's hot. I came home, took a shower and putzed around the computer for awhile before taking a nap.

I was really warm from all the sun I have gotten this weekend. I ended up going down to my pool and swam laps for a half an hour this evening. I have no idea how I had energy to do this, but it felt good. I haven't been swimming regularly and I miss it.

I hope I got below 240 pounds this weekend. We shall see tomorrow morning. It was a good, but exhausting weekend. And tomorrow morning I have session with my personal trainer. I haven't not worked out in over a week. Eeek!