Hmm... Smells Like Bubblegum?

Today's goal: 45 min Advanced Yoga on NTC

I woke up early today to fit my workout in before getting ready for work.Considering that yesterday was kind of a hard day to start off with, I thought it made sense to do yoga and stretch first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, that would mean that I needed to be out of bed at 4am (Eastern) to do my workout. 

I had big plans to get to bed early to achieve this, but instead stayed up till midnight playing Bloons and watching Master Chef. When 4 am rolled about, I at least woke up prepared to get out of bed. Then I realized my body wasn't sore, and I didn't need the yoga just yet. I should sleep in and get back to exercise after a 13 hour day.

As the day progressed, this became a worse and worse decision. I could slowly start feeling my muscles get tired, stiff, and eventually just painful. I was wrong to think the lactic acid had run its course by the morning. 

With some verbal coaxing, I stuck to my commitments and did the yoga session. As a person who can't touch her toes, I was skeptical coming into this workout. However, I hoped above all that whatever poses were chosen would help my screaming muscles. Turns out I had every reason to be worried. We spent about 15 minutes in some variation of downward dog, which the original "V" form was enough to put my Achilles on fire. Follow this with one footed, pretzel armed, twisty things, and I was far from happy the entire almost-hour.

I opened the window in the middle of the session out of shear boredom. Pleasantly enough, rain started sheeting from the previously cloudless sky in moments, refreshing my ankles with fresh water for some of the stretches. 

I went to the shower afterwards, feeling stiff in more muscles than before the yoga session.

Returning to the room after dinner, I found the window was still open from before. The whole place has a wonderful, sweet smell of bubblegum, which is the most rewarding part of the whole day. Bizarre, though, where it is coming from?

Tomorrow's Workout (first thing in the morning since I'm flyin' home):
Nike Training Club - Fast and Fierce, 45 mins