Bike hills workout + missed swim, missed run

Changing schedules...what to do?

I had to change up my schedule a bit today, and it didn't work very well. First, the swine flu required some additional time at work. I work in public health emergency preparedness/response, so the swine flu has us busy.

Tera had a meeting after work at 5:30, so I figured I would just swim in the morning, then bike at lunch, and run after work. I normally swim at lunch and bike after work on Mondays, leaving the biking to Tuesdays and beyond. I've refocused my biking efforts, so I wanted to do a bike today, too.

The swim in the morning? Hah, what a joke! That's why I don't schedule Monday morning workouts. I didn't make it.

Bike at lunch went well. This was the first time I've taken my bike to work for a bike at lunch. I researched some hills near work, and found a 1.5mile hill with 500ft elevation gain. I did it twice to get a feel for the timing so I can schedule it again. Two times up, each just over 9 minutes, and then up the big hill back to work in 3:33. Total of 30 minutes out. I can add one more time up the hill and still make it back to work on time. That's good to know. So, today was a good workout (albeit a bit short) and I know I can schedule that workout plus one more time up the hill for lunch workouts.

The run? Didn't happen cuz I was at work later than normal. And if I had taken Paul then (because I had baby duty cuz Tera was at a meeting), then he would have fallen asleep in the cruiser, making it difficult to get him back to bed asleep. I simply didn't want to play that game, so no run.

I hope I can make up the run tomorrow and still get in the Portland-simulation hill three times. We'll see. Weather is supposed to be rainy, 70% chance of rain, and thunderstorms.