Chugging along

Ok so today was another brick workout. I was scheduled to bike and then run. But since I don't have time to be at the gym all day long, I try and incorporate my workouts into daily activity whenever possible. Today that meant running to and from the gym and doing a spin class. It's light out enough so at least I don't feel as if I will get mugged, or a car won't see me. The only thing I keep my eye out for is .....you guessed it Wild animals. None today-at least none that I saw.

The only problem-well not really a problem-more a pain, is that I run to the gym with my back pack. It is an el cheapo backpack that does not sit very flat on my back and jiggles a lot. Very annoying but what makes it worse, is that my Ipod often gets caught up in it somehow and then my ear buds either keep falling out or I feel like the cord is choking me. I refuse refuse refuse to buy another backpack, so I am content to deal with this despite people telling me that there are backpacks meant for running.

Now I know that running after cycling is hard-actually harder than I thought. But I have consistently felt that the running has been harder than normal. Then I think to meself, could there perhaps be another reason. Well my annoying jiggly backpack provided me with the answer. Today I weighed the thing, just to see, and realized than I am carrying an extra 6 lbs on my back! Alas, I have sympathy for those poor poor camels I saw at the zoo the other day!