Day 25: hydrate before class! / double

So, seeing as I will be doing two classes a day, five days a week for four weeks at teacher training, I figured I'd better prepare by doing at least one double (two classes in one day) beforehand. I'd never done one before. "Double" seems to be the preferred nomenclature at my studio for this sort of insanity/intensity, but I like to call it a "twofer."

This morning I didn't get up until 8 (that's late for me, even on a weekend) and I ate a small bowl of cereal and read a book. I did not drink any water until right before I left, and only about 4 oz, because I am apparently an idiot. I went to the 10 AM class and it was HARD. It was very HOT. I was not well-HYDRATED. But! I persevered. It was Audrey teaching. I had to rest out a set of Standing Forehead to Knee. (I was hoping resting out this pose in Savasana would send Audrey a message about the temperature but it didn't seem to work.) So it was hard work. And hard work is good, and good preparation for training.

I then proceeded to the Metropolitan Market, where I purchased the following: one 20 0z. purple "Revive" VitaminWater, seven 16-oz. purple VitaminWaters (stocking up for the whole week,) a package of Emergen-C supplement drink packets, and two pineapples. Gee, does it seem like a crave Vitamin C after class? MUCH?! I got home, showered, and shortly afterward MSH and I took a long walk down to Green Lake because it was another gorgeous spring day! Sixty degrees and sunny, sunny. Lovely. We had lunch at Tacos Guaymas (y Mas) where I had at least two tall glasses of water (I think the y Mas is because this location has a bar and the other doesn't?) and then walked back home. On the way there, we went through two open houses and hit two on the way back. We are not looking to move, we just like looking in houses. Perhaps that's weird. But Sheryl Crow says if it makes you happy it can't be that bad.

I read for a while when I got home, and then took a short nap, popping up in time for the 5 PM Bikram class. Oy. I would say that the second class in the same day is not twice as hard, it's four times as hard. I don't know if my lunch wasn't properly digested (although three hours should be plenty of time!) or if I was working out lots more toxins deeper in somewhere, but my stomach was very tender and I was totally pooped. I rested out a LOT of poses. "Double" was all I could muster to write on the calendar when I was finished. One of my fellow students upon hearing after class that I had done a double said "I looked back at you at one point and said to myself 'This is her second class today.'" She was right. And I worked hard! I can't do another double next Sunday, but I will definitely be doing at least one more before I leave for training. And next time I will be lying very still the entire time between classes. Sucking water through a gallon-sized water bottle like the ones bunnies have in their cages. Because my first double at training shall not be this hard, I say. The fact that it will be a totally different sequence than I'm used to will be challenge enough, thank you very much!

I will reward myself with leftover ravioli & assorted vegetables with fried tofu. And some mandarin orange/vanilla ice cream. Mmm.