I'm another week closer to the BoA Shamrock Shuffle! Every Sunday it's like a flashing neon countdown sign in my head, lol. I'm positive these 6 weeks are going to fly by in the blink of an eye. My schedule is jam packed until then.
Today was another "step up" day in distance for me. I did my entire 3 miles!!! I only ran into a slight problem around laps 22-26 (of a total 33) when my feet seemed to go tingly. I'm not quite sure why that happened. I just kept on going and pushed through it. It wasn't that big of a distraction in hindsight. I probably wasn't saying that while it was happening though ;-)
I also got back on track in the food department and stayed under my caloric limit today. I feel a lot better (less weighed down with crap) tonight than I did last night, that's for sure. My face is still breaking out though. Sigh. Lots of acne cream in my future, lol.
This week's training schedule will be:
Monday: stretch and strength
Tuesday: 2.5 mile run
Wednesday: 35 minute cross
Thursday: 2 mile run + strength
Friday: 40 minute cross (water fitness)
Saturday: rest
Sunday: 3.5 mile run
Well, have a wonderful remaining portion of your weekend! I hope y'all have a wonderful week!
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Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Super Sunday
I think non-healthy foods go hand in hand with the Super Bowl. At least they do in my my house! This year we decided to go pretty low key for the game and only have one friend over and not make a huge spread. Which is a good compromise for my waistline.
Except the mini spread we have is taco dip, beer dip, and pizza. I don't even care because they tasted phenomenal. ;-)
The good news is that we got to the Y at 10:30 this morning to do our workout. We promptly found out 3 things.
1) They don't open the actual workout spaces until 11 am.
2) Sunday mornings are way too crowded on their track.
3) People on the track can act like big time assholes.
#3 is the main reason that as we were leaving we said, never again at this time. There is a clear sign by the stairs when you get up there that slower traffic should stay to the inside. This was only read by maybe 1/4 of the people up there. There was even a woman with a baby jogger up there walking slow on the outside and every time we got to her of course there was also a walker on the right. Bobbing and weaving takes so much energy for runners. It's so frustrating. I finally nicely asked her if she could move to the inside. She replied, "I'm fine, I'll stay on the outside." I turned back and said, "the sign says slower traffic on the INside. It's so the runners don't have to weave in and out." She mumbled something like "oh guess I didn't see that." Which is fine, I asked her nicely in the beginning. But don't give me attitude when you can't take the time to read the rules... She then commenced to bitch about K and me to her husband when he came back up to check in with them.
Like I care. Just let the fat kid get her run in, mmmkay?
In other news, today marks 8 weeks until my 8k! Eeek! I struggled a bit on my run today. It was due in some small part to all the lane traffic that messed with my pacing but I'm not sure that was the whole reason. I followed the Hal Higdon training schedule almost perfectly, only switching my rest day to Saturday instead of Friday. I think I ended up slightly short of running the entire 2 miles today. I know if I add in the walking laps I hit it but I was a bit disappointed that I didn't run it as I had done on Tuesday and Thursday. I was just not in good shape today and I can't really pinpoint why. I was wearing new socks that have the arch support band on them and my toes and feet did go slightly numb so I had to loosen my laces midway through. I'm still not sure that was enough to mess me up as much as I was. Oh well. I know everyone has off days. As the saying goes, "A bad run is better than no run." So I will just move on from it and do my best on Tuesday.
My training schedule for this week will look like this:
Monday: stretch and strength
Tuesday: 2 mile run
Wednesday: 30 Day Shred (level 1)
Thursday: 2 mile run + strength
Friday: water fitness (60 min)
Saturday: rest
Sunday: 2.5 mile run
Well...that's all for me tonight! Have a great week y'all!
Except the mini spread we have is taco dip, beer dip, and pizza. I don't even care because they tasted phenomenal. ;-)
The good news is that we got to the Y at 10:30 this morning to do our workout. We promptly found out 3 things.
1) They don't open the actual workout spaces until 11 am.
2) Sunday mornings are way too crowded on their track.
3) People on the track can act like big time assholes.
#3 is the main reason that as we were leaving we said, never again at this time. There is a clear sign by the stairs when you get up there that slower traffic should stay to the inside. This was only read by maybe 1/4 of the people up there. There was even a woman with a baby jogger up there walking slow on the outside and every time we got to her of course there was also a walker on the right. Bobbing and weaving takes so much energy for runners. It's so frustrating. I finally nicely asked her if she could move to the inside. She replied, "I'm fine, I'll stay on the outside." I turned back and said, "the sign says slower traffic on the INside. It's so the runners don't have to weave in and out." She mumbled something like "oh guess I didn't see that." Which is fine, I asked her nicely in the beginning. But don't give me attitude when you can't take the time to read the rules... She then commenced to bitch about K and me to her husband when he came back up to check in with them.
Like I care. Just let the fat kid get her run in, mmmkay?
In other news, today marks 8 weeks until my 8k! Eeek! I struggled a bit on my run today. It was due in some small part to all the lane traffic that messed with my pacing but I'm not sure that was the whole reason. I followed the Hal Higdon training schedule almost perfectly, only switching my rest day to Saturday instead of Friday. I think I ended up slightly short of running the entire 2 miles today. I know if I add in the walking laps I hit it but I was a bit disappointed that I didn't run it as I had done on Tuesday and Thursday. I was just not in good shape today and I can't really pinpoint why. I was wearing new socks that have the arch support band on them and my toes and feet did go slightly numb so I had to loosen my laces midway through. I'm still not sure that was enough to mess me up as much as I was. Oh well. I know everyone has off days. As the saying goes, "A bad run is better than no run." So I will just move on from it and do my best on Tuesday.
My training schedule for this week will look like this:
Monday: stretch and strength
Tuesday: 2 mile run
Wednesday: 30 Day Shred (level 1)
Thursday: 2 mile run + strength
Friday: water fitness (60 min)
Saturday: rest
Sunday: 2.5 mile run
Well...that's all for me tonight! Have a great week y'all!
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Jumped into the Deep End
I totally jumped right in. It was actually pretty fun. I'm glad I did it. I do plan on going again this week. It was a nice change of pace to be in the water again.
In honor of my fun time in the pool, I think I'll share a pin I just found. We did some of these same exercises tonight and they are relatively easy and low impact. It was an enjoyable new workout for me. Are you trying anything new for fitness so far this year?
The link to the full article can be found here in Alive's article from August 2013.
Tomorrow is Hump Day. Lord help me get through it, lol.
In honor of my fun time in the pool, I think I'll share a pin I just found. We did some of these same exercises tonight and they are relatively easy and low impact. It was an enjoyable new workout for me. Are you trying anything new for fitness so far this year?
Tomorrow is Hump Day. Lord help me get through it, lol.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Sunday Can't Be Slackday
I have no idea what happened but I woke up feeling like I was hungover as all hell. Except I didn't drink. In fact, I've only had one drink this whole entire week. Shocker. But I didn't let that stop me. I made sure I got my workout in. By 11:45 am I had already finished and had a load of laundry done. Sweet!
I am really hoping that I am going to wake up and have a good weigh in for my online challenge. I am one of the best when it comes to being a weekend wrecker when it comes to diets.
I've found an 8k training program that I plan on starting this week. It comes from Hal Higdom's website and looks to be easily achievable for me by March 30th.
Which means that the BoA Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago is 10 weeks from today.
Which also means that 10 weeks from right now, I'll probably be wanting to die of exhaustion. ;-)
10 weeks from now I will have graduated to 8k runs. I can do this! I have to do this!
Here is the training program in case you are looking for something similar:
Hope you all have a wonderful week! Keep on trucking!
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Race Plans 2014-15
Cross posted from my main blog There's No Crying in Baseball
I've spent the last few weeks picking out the races I want to run next year. I for sure will do The Color Run again. This is their 2014 Kaleidoscope Tour. I am not sure when/where I will run it though. I might have to shoot for Milwaukee or Green Bay because the Chicago date is 6/8/14 and Amarillo is 6/7/14. The following weekend is my sister's wedding on the 13th so that might be tough.
On top of that, the other June race I want to run is the Run for Their Lives PAWS for Chicago 8krun/4k walk. PAWS is the city's largest No Kill humane organization. I really love their organization and their mission. I would love to be able to do some great fundraising for this one. Last year it was the 9th of June and I'm guessing it will be the same weekend. I think I'd rather do PAWS and move my Color Run to a different city and date.
In early 2014 I think I will aim to do the Shamrock Shuffle 8k. I believe it will be held on March 31st. Somehow with a Wisconsin winter I will have to figure this one out. We rejoined the Y and they have an indoor track so I think that's what I'm going to end up using.
I will probably run the Ugly Sweater again since K said he'd do it if I want to again. My SIL said that she wants to do it for real next time and not bail again. So we will see on that one.
I feel like I need another run in there somewhere. After the Ugly Sweater I could throw in a Turkey Trot or a holiday run but come January 10th-ish 2015...I will have the Disney Half Marathon!!! I can't believe I am going to do it. But I am going to try my best to make this a reality.
I better start both saving and running even more. And investing in paper bags to breathe into. I foresee a ton of hyperventilating in the next year.
I've spent the last few weeks picking out the races I want to run next year. I for sure will do The Color Run again. This is their 2014 Kaleidoscope Tour. I am not sure when/where I will run it though. I might have to shoot for Milwaukee or Green Bay because the Chicago date is 6/8/14 and Amarillo is 6/7/14. The following weekend is my sister's wedding on the 13th so that might be tough.
On top of that, the other June race I want to run is the Run for Their Lives PAWS for Chicago 8krun/4k walk. PAWS is the city's largest No Kill humane organization. I really love their organization and their mission. I would love to be able to do some great fundraising for this one. Last year it was the 9th of June and I'm guessing it will be the same weekend. I think I'd rather do PAWS and move my Color Run to a different city and date.
In early 2014 I think I will aim to do the Shamrock Shuffle 8k. I believe it will be held on March 31st. Somehow with a Wisconsin winter I will have to figure this one out. We rejoined the Y and they have an indoor track so I think that's what I'm going to end up using.
I will probably run the Ugly Sweater again since K said he'd do it if I want to again. My SIL said that she wants to do it for real next time and not bail again. So we will see on that one.
I feel like I need another run in there somewhere. After the Ugly Sweater I could throw in a Turkey Trot or a holiday run but come January 10th-ish 2015...I will have the Disney Half Marathon!!! I can't believe I am going to do it. But I am going to try my best to make this a reality.
I better start both saving and running even more. And investing in paper bags to breathe into. I foresee a ton of hyperventilating in the next year.
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