Just signed up for the Pittsburgh Half and I couldn't be more excited! This is MY YEAR for running; I just feel it. Officially starting training in 2 weeks but I'm having a blast lifting, running, and cross-training and it'll be nice to have the routine of training again.
I also just bought this gorgeous bridesmaids' dress for a wedding I'm on on June 5th! It is so beautiful and I'm soo excited.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
This week in training!
What started out as a not-so-hot week turned out to be pretty good! I have to remember that with not having any races on the horizon (as of riiiiight now) I am just running to maintain my fitness level and stay sane (I need endorphins and fresh air and to move my body almost every day! haha)
Monday: Total body lift! Upper and lower and back. 45 mins total
Tuesday: 2 miles on the treadmill I hate... 19:10.. and 5 mins rowing (1000m)
Wednesday: 20 minutes outside (2 Miles!) Took it slowly since it was pretty snow covered.
Thursday: 2 miles on my preferred treadmill--17:30!
Friday: OFF :D
Saturday: We got 20" in the great blizzard of 2016! So fun and I'm so glad we stayed inside all day/didn't have to go anywhere. I snowshoed in the afternoon for 25 minutes and it was soooo hard! A great glute and quad workout for sure.
Sunday: 5.05 Miles in the snow and on the roads! Fantastic day. My legs originally felt very heavy from my snowshoeing yesterday. I would've run longer but my Garmin died and I didn't want to miss football playoffs. Also did 20 min lifting upper body!
Monday: Total body lift! Upper and lower and back. 45 mins total
Tuesday: 2 miles on the treadmill I hate... 19:10.. and 5 mins rowing (1000m)
Wednesday: 20 minutes outside (2 Miles!) Took it slowly since it was pretty snow covered.
Thursday: 2 miles on my preferred treadmill--17:30!
Friday: OFF :D
Saturday: We got 20" in the great blizzard of 2016! So fun and I'm so glad we stayed inside all day/didn't have to go anywhere. I snowshoed in the afternoon for 25 minutes and it was soooo hard! A great glute and quad workout for sure.
Sunday: 5.05 Miles in the snow and on the roads! Fantastic day. My legs originally felt very heavy from my snowshoeing yesterday. I would've run longer but my Garmin died and I didn't want to miss football playoffs. Also did 20 min lifting upper body!
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Training & Nutrition for the Week!
This past week went by too quickly... let's be honest, life in general is moving too quickly!
Brad & I have recently had a major shift in what our plans for 2016 are. A potential new job opportunity has come up and I'm excited but a little bit sad to think about how different our lives will be. More on that when we actually have something official to share ;-)
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: First real, beautiful snow of the year. This did not make for a pleasant drive home from work (took 3x as long! The roads were not clear at all) but I rewarded myself with a beautiful snowshoe hike/run in the fresh pow! Afterwards I lifted arms/shoulders/back.
Wednesday: 3.1 mi rowing and a solid 30 minute lower body workout--tried some new weight-free exercises at the end: bulgarian squats, squat jumps, curtsey squats, and 1-2-3 lunges. I definitely felt it the next day.. esp in my boooty!
Thursday: 3.1 mi run {27:36} (for some reason it's my most common distance... usually just what I leave myself time for and is a manageable weekday distance. I'd like to get more 4-6 mi runs in when I can, though!), 20 mins arms/shoulders/back.
Friday: 3.55 mi {30:37} and then 30 min lower body again.
Saturday: We rented a townhouse downtown with 5 of our friends for the weekend and had an absolute blast eating & drinking wayyy too much but I still got in a 3 mi run {28:xx} in the beautiful 36 degree weather
Sunday: Blustering and soo cold when we got home so I opted for just a 45 min full body lift! I'm still incorporating those new exercises as a superset at the end of my workout and could almost do them on their own one day if i don't have any weights.
Got in 5 solid weights sessions this week and I feel great! My quads and shoulders especially are looking really sculpted. It takes patience and time as well as tweaks to your nutrition (because you're starving allll the time!) but I think it's worth it. Plus I've noticed I'm able to keep a faster pace for a longer period of time because my overall fitness has increased. Also, adding snowshoeing and rowing this week has made for happy legs and arms. I love changing it up! This week I may try to get a bike or swim in although we have 14 friends visiting starting Fri night! And I have to finish a quilt by then..
My nutrition has been on point all week! I had healthy lunches and made really filling/healthy dinners as well which is difficult to do since B doesn't always like to eat healthy... The goal is to make him hearty meals!
Next post I'll talk about cold weather running!
Brad & I have recently had a major shift in what our plans for 2016 are. A potential new job opportunity has come up and I'm excited but a little bit sad to think about how different our lives will be. More on that when we actually have something official to share ;-)
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: First real, beautiful snow of the year. This did not make for a pleasant drive home from work (took 3x as long! The roads were not clear at all) but I rewarded myself with a beautiful snowshoe hike/run in the fresh pow! Afterwards I lifted arms/shoulders/back.
Wednesday: 3.1 mi rowing and a solid 30 minute lower body workout--tried some new weight-free exercises at the end: bulgarian squats, squat jumps, curtsey squats, and 1-2-3 lunges. I definitely felt it the next day.. esp in my boooty!
Thursday: 3.1 mi run {27:36} (for some reason it's my most common distance... usually just what I leave myself time for and is a manageable weekday distance. I'd like to get more 4-6 mi runs in when I can, though!), 20 mins arms/shoulders/back.
Friday: 3.55 mi {30:37} and then 30 min lower body again.
Saturday: We rented a townhouse downtown with 5 of our friends for the weekend and had an absolute blast eating & drinking wayyy too much but I still got in a 3 mi run {28:xx} in the beautiful 36 degree weather
Sunday: Blustering and soo cold when we got home so I opted for just a 45 min full body lift! I'm still incorporating those new exercises as a superset at the end of my workout and could almost do them on their own one day if i don't have any weights.
Got in 5 solid weights sessions this week and I feel great! My quads and shoulders especially are looking really sculpted. It takes patience and time as well as tweaks to your nutrition (because you're starving allll the time!) but I think it's worth it. Plus I've noticed I'm able to keep a faster pace for a longer period of time because my overall fitness has increased. Also, adding snowshoeing and rowing this week has made for happy legs and arms. I love changing it up! This week I may try to get a bike or swim in although we have 14 friends visiting starting Fri night! And I have to finish a quilt by then..
My nutrition has been on point all week! I had healthy lunches and made really filling/healthy dinners as well which is difficult to do since B doesn't always like to eat healthy... The goal is to make him hearty meals!
Next post I'll talk about cold weather running!
Monday, January 11, 2016
Weekly Training Recap
Because of some... big anticipated changes this year I haven't signed up for any races so far this year! I did a 5k last weekend and will probably just spontaneously sign up for a few local races as they come up. I don't want to commit to the Pittsburgh Half as of right now but I may as it gets closer (I know, then it's more expensive! Ugh). So I am aimlessly running... and I oddly like it! I wrote down races in my planner that exist in case I am able to do them... As weekends fill up (as they inevitably do when you are married to someone even more social than you are), I cross them off. Kind of a different way of looking at racing but it's working for me right now! I am also in a wedding in early June and have to travel for that, a wedding the weekend before, and two TBD weekends for the shower and bachelorette so... I'm kind of in limbo right now!
A couple tentative races include:
Strawberry Classic 10k or 15k in Temple Terrace, FL on Mar 19th (we will be there with friends for Spring Training)
Yough River Trail 10mi or 13.1 on March 26th
Pittsburgh Marathon 5k April 30th
Pittsburgh Half Marathon May 1st
Maybe one day I'll be one of those people who plan their life around RACING, not the other way around, but maybe not :-)
This week was pretty low-key but I have been making lifting a priority and it feels great! I haven't seen a change on the scale (I never do though, let's be honest--and if anything it's going up by one or two pounds since I'm getting more muscle) but I am looking leaner and feeling healthier than I have in a long time! I can tell it's helping my running as well since I am consistently running at a faster pace than I have in almost 6 months (since before wedding-planning craziness).
Monday: Lower body lift
Tuesday: 2.10 mi in 17:22, upper body lift
Wednesday: 4 mi in 34:42, lower body lift
Thursday: 2 mi in 18:12, upper body lift
Friday: 1.5 mi rowing machine (my current obsession!)
Saturday: 4 mi in 36:09
Sunday: Lower & upper body lift
A couple tentative races include:
Strawberry Classic 10k or 15k in Temple Terrace, FL on Mar 19th (we will be there with friends for Spring Training)
Yough River Trail 10mi or 13.1 on March 26th
Pittsburgh Marathon 5k April 30th
Pittsburgh Half Marathon May 1st
Maybe one day I'll be one of those people who plan their life around RACING, not the other way around, but maybe not :-)
This week was pretty low-key but I have been making lifting a priority and it feels great! I haven't seen a change on the scale (I never do though, let's be honest--and if anything it's going up by one or two pounds since I'm getting more muscle) but I am looking leaner and feeling healthier than I have in a long time! I can tell it's helping my running as well since I am consistently running at a faster pace than I have in almost 6 months (since before wedding-planning craziness).
Monday: Lower body lift
Tuesday: 2.10 mi in 17:22, upper body lift
Wednesday: 4 mi in 34:42, lower body lift
Thursday: 2 mi in 18:12, upper body lift
Friday: 1.5 mi rowing machine (my current obsession!)
Saturday: 4 mi in 36:09
Sunday: Lower & upper body lift
Monday, January 4, 2016
Week in Training/Resolution Run 5K!
Training this week:
Monday: 20 minutes lower body lift--loving how much time I've been putting into lifting lately... I'm starting to see great results and I know it'll help me in my running/racing this coming year and in the future!
Tuesday: 3.1 mi run in 27:37 (8:44/mi) and 20 minutes of upper body lifting. Really starting to see a lot of definition in my shoulders and back! I keep begging the hubby to take progress pics and then forgetting and getting dressed after all hahah
Wednesday: Needed a day off! Lots of work to finish up before another long weekend
Thursday: Quick 5k in 27:44 (8:46/mi) right before it got dark! Would've loved to run more but NYE preparations were underway! I ran to a nearby town to get live lobsters for us to enjoy :D
Friday: Got in a solid 5+ miles and felt great! It was cold but bearable. I then lifted upper body.
Saturday: Resolution Run 5k! When I woke up and it was 25 degrees I almost decided not to go (no prize money, t-shirt, and it only cost $15!) but then I figured it'd be a great way to get a workout in and would be fun.
There were about 100 people there and I ended up with a 27:30 and third in my age group! It was pretty hilly and the cold really affected my running but overall it wasn't bad! Did a .4 mi cool down and ended the day with 3.5 miles!
I ended up cleaning my house, heading to the gym for rowing and a lower body lift since my legs were shot anyway!
Sunday: 5.02 miles in 45:00 (8:58/mi) on dead legs! Want to get a 6-7 miler in this week and build my base back up for whatever races I decide to run this year :)
Monday: 20 minutes lower body lift--loving how much time I've been putting into lifting lately... I'm starting to see great results and I know it'll help me in my running/racing this coming year and in the future!
Tuesday: 3.1 mi run in 27:37 (8:44/mi) and 20 minutes of upper body lifting. Really starting to see a lot of definition in my shoulders and back! I keep begging the hubby to take progress pics and then forgetting and getting dressed after all hahah
Wednesday: Needed a day off! Lots of work to finish up before another long weekend
Thursday: Quick 5k in 27:44 (8:46/mi) right before it got dark! Would've loved to run more but NYE preparations were underway! I ran to a nearby town to get live lobsters for us to enjoy :D
Friday: Got in a solid 5+ miles and felt great! It was cold but bearable. I then lifted upper body.
Saturday: Resolution Run 5k! When I woke up and it was 25 degrees I almost decided not to go (no prize money, t-shirt, and it only cost $15!) but then I figured it'd be a great way to get a workout in and would be fun.
my face when I went to check in and saw how cold it was... Note to self: need more winter running gear!
There were about 100 people there and I ended up with a 27:30 and third in my age group! It was pretty hilly and the cold really affected my running but overall it wasn't bad! Did a .4 mi cool down and ended the day with 3.5 miles!
I waited in the cold over an hour for this bad boy! I'm glad I did. It's my new work mug :)
I ended up cleaning my house, heading to the gym for rowing and a lower body lift since my legs were shot anyway!
Sunday: 5.02 miles in 45:00 (8:58/mi) on dead legs! Want to get a 6-7 miler in this week and build my base back up for whatever races I decide to run this year :)
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