Stress? Lack of Sleep? Not Enough Dogs?
Why, oh why is my VO2 Max score going down? I honestly don’t get it. I do have a bit of injury to my knee, and injury can lower the number. But so can “overtraining.” 3 miles a day is a lot for me recently, but I have trouble believing that it is excessive. Do I need to cool it? Do I need to alternate days or do I need to let my knee get better before doing more walks? These are all good questions and I have no answers. I need to know a trainer!
I finally got a chance to pay the guy who mowed the other day, and he offered to let me walk his dog for the additional upper body exercise. He’s not wrong actually, but I don’t really want to burden myself with a dog on my walks. I know he’s been really busy and doesn’t want to have to stop and do that, but I also feel busy and don’t want to do that.
I’ve been mush today. Just absolutely worn out. I don’t know if there is a reason for it. My average sleep time is a little low recently. Maybe I’ll try to force myself to stay in bed. I tend to just get up for the day if I wake up after 4:00am. By that point, I’ve usually gotten a full night’s sleep, but I have been getting to sleep a bit later. I just need a day to completely sleep in and not stress over broken things in my house.
I also haven’t been getting in the reading I want to get in. I keep stopping and starting. Stress? Lack of sleep? Something is going on. I just need to chill out and figure out what my problem might be.
[Walk #346, 1.18 miles]
- Location of Walk: Banner Park, Guthrie, OK
- Object Collected: trumpet vine seedpods
Playlist
1. Traces, Tom Aspaul
2. Cos Slay, LVCRFT & Christopher Young
3. Wood, Taylor Swift
4. Nu-di-ty, Kylie Minogue
5. Here For It All, Mariah Carey
6. peekaboo, Kendrick Lamar (feat. AzChike)
7. All Over Your Face, Cazwell
8. Love Myself, Able Heart