Hump Day

I go to the gym six days a week, and Wednesday is the toughest day. Double-workout day -- back-to-back spin and Pilates classes. I generally don't like spending two hours at the gym. I'd rather do lots of short workouts than a few multi-hour ones, but I'm kind of at the mercy of the gym schedule.

And I read lots of blogs by people talking about how invigorated they feel after a run or a workout. I've been working out for years and can't remember ever feeling that. Mostly I feel like I used to feel after church -- relief that it's over.

What I do feel is when I don't work out. I feel lazy and logy and find, very quickly, that it's more of a strain going up steps. But no, never the "runner's high" or anything else these people purport to feel.

And on Wednesdays it's the opposite. I feel absolutely beaten up. Exhausted and sore. My Wednesday afternoons, after the midday workout(s), are among the least productive parts of my week.

The worst of it is, I'm only halfway done for the week!