I’m not dead. I’ve just felt that way. I worked out Monday and pushed it hard. Yesterday, I woke up with some of the nastiest vertigo I’ve had in a long, long time. My head was spinning like a top. I slept until six hoping that it would cure it. No dice. I woke up again with it (just not as bad) and was going to sleep in again. But I got out of bed.
I’m glad I went — but it sure made the workout harder.
I started out with 3/4 of a mile on the track to loosen up. My head throbbed. We then stretched and Line 3 (my line) started with Coach Clark. We did one-minute drills with planks, mountain climbers, pushups and we repeated it repeatedly. I was dizzy and kept having to shake my head to get my bearing. Ugh.
Then we went to Coach Morgan’s. One of the other side of this crap is that I can’t concentrate. I forget things as soon as they go into my head. So I kept screwing up. But I worked out with Joe, who is a rather tall Madison police officer. He’s a great guy who I like working out with. And I also discovered that I can’t jump rope for squat with a dizzy brain.
We then went into the weight room. Connor and I partnered and he did great. I tried not to screw up too badly. The room spun a few times but I got through the session without too much fuss. My shoulder popped and groaned, but held.
One thing we haven’t done this 12-weeks is run the Gauntlet. The Gauntlet is basically running the stadium. That was remedied today. We did two circuits — I actually enjoy the Gauntlet except going down the stairs. I don’t wear my glasses, so I am scared blind that I’m going to fall down the stairs. Came close a couple of times today. But I survived.
Our last station was a fun one. We had ladders, bear crawls, bags, inchworms and sprints up and down the football fields. Did that twice and was into my third circuit as the final stretch began.
I don’t know what the heck is going on with my head. Figure it must be a virus. But I’ll plow through it. Always do. Just glad I got out of bed this morning. As they say, 80% of success is just showing up.