I am Matt Thomas.

Sick Days

November 3, 2006

I’ve been pretty cooped up this week with a bad cold, but it didn’t keep me from at least accomplishing a few things this week.

I’m thinking I need to calibrate my sport kit. According to it, on Monday I walked 1.47mi in 30 minutes, at an average pace of 20’17”. I missed Wednesday because of my cold, but I was back in force today, or so I thought. Today I walked 1.43mi in 30 minutes at an average pace of 20’56”. The thing is I felt like I was walking my little heart out today. Maybe it’s because of the time off I took, combined with being sick, combined with doing my workout at 5:30 AM today because I woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep. At any rate, both times were under my overall average of 21’41” so I’m still improving.

Tuesday and today I did a full strength training set, 3×15. Again, today I was feeling pretty woozy by the time I finished. Maybe going for a blowout at 5:30 AM after I’ve been sick the past week wasn’t the best idea. Nonetheless I got it done, so I’m happy for that.

Funny story. Monday, when I was walking on the treadmill, I decided to listen to the new Scissor Sisters album. I really got into it, and started drumming along with my hands, as I often do. As the first song faded out to the silence between tracks, I realized that my “drumming” on the handlebars was creating a loud “CLANG CLANG” noise every time I hit it, ensuring the entire gym felt the rythem of “I Can’t Decide.” Embarrassing, yes, but considering what a complete lack of self-consciousness just being at the gym requires from me, I can’t say it phased me too long.

This weekend—Camp, maybe Lindsay, and I are hittin’ the boats down in Biloxi. Or as my grandmother might have said, the “casinas.” Here’s to a big jackpot; I’ve got a tax bill to pay.