Goals until the year's end:
- Attend 2 strength workouts each week
- Get 10,000 steps every day
- Spend 5min dedicated to stretching 3x a week minimum
- One Starbucks trip a week max
- Don't eat crap. No more snacking on Jerry's Poptarts or Oreos. Plan shopping trips/meals so that I have healthy things to eat. Note to self: an entire wheel of brie doesn't count as healthy.
...and hope to be healthy enough on Jan 1 to run a time trial mile to see where I'm at.
Monday
Did: 10000+ steps, 5min stretch before bed
Was traveling for work. Got 5k steps in the airport before my flight, 3k on-site, and another 2k before departing.
Tuesday
Did: 10KTuesday @ 9:31/mi avg, 16000+ steps
The hashtag does it again. Yet another morning where I did not want to get up and, once I got up, didn't want to run. Once I started running, I didn't want to run a 10K. Thanks to the hashtag, I did.
Hamstring was alright until m5 this week, then started feeling tight. Spent some time stretching it out before my shower (that's new), and it felt fine the rest of the day.
The hashtag does it again. Yet another morning where I did not want to get up and, once I got up, didn't want to run. Once I started running, I didn't want to run a 10K. Thanks to the hashtag, I did.
Hamstring was alright until m5 this week, then started feeling tight. Spent some time stretching it out before my shower (that's new), and it felt fine the rest of the day.
Wednesday
Did: 0.25mi run @ 10:24/mi, Boot Camp (with three run rounds), 10000 steps, 5min stretch
Man, I love me some boot camp. Today was bodyweight day. We didn't do a single thing I can't do by myself at home, but I need the group motivation, playlist, and Matthew's cheerful timing callouts to keep myself going.
After Friday's workout, I was sore until Tuesday. Looking forward to another few days of soreness and knowing I'm working towards my goals. :)
Man, I love me some boot camp. Today was bodyweight day. We didn't do a single thing I can't do by myself at home, but I need the group motivation, playlist, and Matthew's cheerful timing callouts to keep myself going.
Thursday
Did: 0.75mi WU, 4x600/200, 1.25mi CD- 9:08/mi avg, 10000 steps
I haven't been to the track since the first week of October, and, man, it is GOOD to be back. It was another coooooold morning, and, with my ham, I opted to just meet the girls at the track instead of chancing a climb up the YMCA hill.
I'd thought about skipping the workout and just running easy around the track, but figured it wouldn't hurt to do part of their workout (6x600/200) and just push a bit on the 600s instead of going for a time/split.
I wasn't sure how my hamstring felt on the tail end of the third one, so I cut it at four repeats and just ran an easy mile the "wrong" way around the track, cheering on the others. That's something a few of us have done when we've been injured or otherwise not doing the prescribed workout. I remember how much it helped me to hear cheers from a friend, and was glad to be able to do the same for others. :)
Did: 0.75mi WU, 4x600/200, 1.25mi CD- 9:08/mi avg, 10000 steps
I haven't been to the track since the first week of October, and, man, it is GOOD to be back. It was another coooooold morning, and, with my ham, I opted to just meet the girls at the track instead of chancing a climb up the YMCA hill.
I'd thought about skipping the workout and just running easy around the track, but figured it wouldn't hurt to do part of their workout (6x600/200) and just push a bit on the 600s instead of going for a time/split.
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| ...and it worked out really well :) |
I wasn't sure how my hamstring felt on the tail end of the third one, so I cut it at four repeats and just ran an easy mile the "wrong" way around the track, cheering on the others. That's something a few of us have done when we've been injured or otherwise not doing the prescribed workout. I remember how much it helped me to hear cheers from a friend, and was glad to be able to do the same for others. :)
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Friday
Did: Boot Camp, 10000 steps, 5min stretch
Another day of bootcamp! Today's workout was: broad jumps, Boso planks, ab wheel roll-outs, hamstring curls and fly sliders, tricep pulls, weighted wall sits, heels-to-heavens, lateral raises, and mat sprints. I was able to kill about half the exercises, modify the other half (tricep pulls and roll-outs), and do 1-2 of them as specified. We were supposed to close out with about a half mile of running, but it was 25 with a "feels like" of 21. Brandi and I made it about 0.05mi out the door and decided we were NOT dressed for that (I was in shorts and a halter workout top).
Instead, we had our instructor give us yesterday's "finisher" workout and we did 2/3 repeats of that. We got a lot more from that upper arms, glutes, and abs workout than we would have from another ~5min of running.
I'm working from home today, so it's a LOT harder to get steps in. I only got about 2000 from the bootcamp workout, so, every hour, I decided to hop on my treadmill and get a half mile walk in to stay "on track".
This was the only thing that "saved me".
Another day of bootcamp! Today's workout was: broad jumps, Boso planks, ab wheel roll-outs, hamstring curls and fly sliders, tricep pulls, weighted wall sits, heels-to-heavens, lateral raises, and mat sprints. I was able to kill about half the exercises, modify the other half (tricep pulls and roll-outs), and do 1-2 of them as specified. We were supposed to close out with about a half mile of running, but it was 25 with a "feels like" of 21. Brandi and I made it about 0.05mi out the door and decided we were NOT dressed for that (I was in shorts and a halter workout top).
Instead, we had our instructor give us yesterday's "finisher" workout and we did 2/3 repeats of that. We got a lot more from that upper arms, glutes, and abs workout than we would have from another ~5min of running.
I'm working from home today, so it's a LOT harder to get steps in. I only got about 2000 from the bootcamp workout, so, every hour, I decided to hop on my treadmill and get a half mile walk in to stay "on track".
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| DIY treadmill desk: 2x4 haphazardly laid over the rails |
Saturday
Did: 10000 steps, 5min stretch, 0.5mi @ 10:00/mi treadmill
What's even harder than getting 10000 steps on a work-from-home day? Getting 10000 steps without boot camp on a day that you're spending time with family doing not-so-active things.
Jerry had a training run with ATC, so I was solo with the little man. It was nice to hang out inside and play with him, but, I soon realized that chasing a toddler around doesn't really get you many steps (even though it feels like it!). We did a short walk around the neighborhood to make a big dent in the day's step count before spending time with my family picking out a tree. I was able to finish off my steps with 1.5 on the treadmill before bed that night, 0.5mi of which was run to test out my new hamstring brace/wrap.
Did: 10000 steps, 5min stretch, 0.5mi @ 10:00/mi treadmill
What's even harder than getting 10000 steps on a work-from-home day? Getting 10000 steps without boot camp on a day that you're spending time with family doing not-so-active things.
Jerry had a training run with ATC, so I was solo with the little man. It was nice to hang out inside and play with him, but, I soon realized that chasing a toddler around doesn't really get you many steps (even though it feels like it!). We did a short walk around the neighborhood to make a big dent in the day's step count before spending time with my family picking out a tree. I was able to finish off my steps with 1.5 on the treadmill before bed that night, 0.5mi of which was run to test out my new hamstring brace/wrap.
Sunday
Did: 5.1 @ 9:07/mi
It was 66 degrees this morning. When I opened my garage door, I was hit with a wall of humidity to boot. No matter how long I've lived in the south, this will never feel like Christmas weather to me. :P
I had minimal expectations for today's run. The original plan was to stroller run with Running Mamas, but 80% chance of rain had us opt to bail on the run + playground and do a mid-morning breakfast playdate instead. So, I joined up with the Sunday Runday crew, hoping that I'd be able to keep pace with them. I figured I'd try for 5-6, and let my hamstring be the guide on pace and distance.
The run went marvelously. My hamstring did just fine (not sure if it was the weather, the brace, a placebo effect from the brace, actual healing, or something else/a combination thereof). It bugged me a little when we switched pace a bit in-run, so I resumed what I had been running comfortably, but, apart from that, this was exactly the run I've been hoping for since Thanksgiving. :) YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Did: 5.1 @ 9:07/mi
It was 66 degrees this morning. When I opened my garage door, I was hit with a wall of humidity to boot. No matter how long I've lived in the south, this will never feel like Christmas weather to me. :P
I had minimal expectations for today's run. The original plan was to stroller run with Running Mamas, but 80% chance of rain had us opt to bail on the run + playground and do a mid-morning breakfast playdate instead. So, I joined up with the Sunday Runday crew, hoping that I'd be able to keep pace with them. I figured I'd try for 5-6, and let my hamstring be the guide on pace and distance.
The run went marvelously. My hamstring did just fine (not sure if it was the weather, the brace, a placebo effect from the brace, actual healing, or something else/a combination thereof). It bugged me a little when we switched pace a bit in-run, so I resumed what I had been running comfortably, but, apart from that, this was exactly the run I've been hoping for since Thanksgiving. :) YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
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