fitness: SSF social dancing

feeling: great, duration: 02:00
Lots of social dancing over the course of the evening (8pm-1.30am). Felt much better the next day because I’d drunk more during the day before dancing and because the venues weren’t as hot. Eating properly also helped. Noticed that my higher intensity dancing (facilitated by my higher fitness), my reduced body weight and my generally higher fitness are making eating well before dancing at an exchange more important. By eating well I mean eating carbs for dinner and eating good veggies and some protein. I’m surprised by this because I’m so stocky I usually don’t have this issue. Must be something to do with being older and actually exercising more intensely every day.

hot, humid

fitness: a very poor showing

distance: 5km, calories: 584, effort 5/5, duration: 0.45, pace: 8.59, feeling: alright.

Started running and felt pretty ordinary. Tired. Sore knee. Snot everywhere. Ran. Ran for about fifteen minutes then had to stop because of my hamstrings. Didn’t ever get the proper running rhythm back. So walked with brief spurts of ‘sprinting’ (ie running as fast as I could, but only just getting above walking speed).
It’s very humid, I’ve had shocking allergies for the last few days, I’m still recovering from the weekend (in the knees) and… well, I don’t know. Soon this semester will be over and I’ll have more energy again.

last night

Last night I went dancing and it was nice.

There was a crowd of non-dancers there generally milling around the pub, which was useful as it provided a sort of crowd-filler that really adds to the mood in the room. They were all cheery and well lubricated, which is a lovely antidote to dancers who can be a bit serious and uptight. But the dancers were also feeling cheery last night, and there was a nice mix of people, all of whom were looking for some fun dancing and were ready to socialise. I was happy with the way my set went. I just played a lot of favourites, though I did play versions that aren’t usually played. Which was nice.

Then I danced and danced. An hour and a half without stopping, only sitting out a couple of songs. All that charleston practice and swimming and running has really built up my stamina, which is satisfying. It hasn’t done much for my following, though, which is only to be expected.

And then I came home and watched Vampire Diaries in bed, eating peanut butter on bread and chocolate ice cream and explaining the plot to The Squeeze, who was still up when I got home.