Good morning!!! Here’s to another awesome week!
Monday: Insanity Day 2
Tuesday: PM strength training then 1.25 mile fast (11:45 min pace) and .1 mile hills X 6 at a 3 incline
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: PM strength training then 2.5 miles at tempo (12:30)
Friday: OFF
Saturday: Spin class then swim 500m
Sunday: 6 miles easy and yoga
What are your plans this week?
Time to check in and see if i made it to all my workouts. Comments will be in bold.
Here was the plan:
Monday: Insanity Day 1 Did not happen, I came home and just wanted to cuddle with my dog.
Tuesday: PM Strength training and 1 mile fast (for me lol) 12 min mile pace then .1 mile hills x 6 at a 2 incline DONE!!!! Though it was 5 hills instead of 6 because i felt good and did the last hill as .2 miles instead of .1. It felt good, i wasn’t dead after which is awesome progress.
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: PM Strenght training and 2.5 miles at tempo (12:30, see i told you i am slow) did not happen, took the day off
Friday: OFF actually ran 1.5 miles before heading to the beach
Saturday: Am Spin class followed by 450m swim ran 1.5 miles on the beach and hiked up a giant sand dune
Sunday: 5 miles slow and yoga ran/walked 2.5 miles all over the beach and up a giant sand dune
How i did: i feel ok with how i did but it could have been better
What i could have done better: not skipped Mondays workout
How was my food consumption: ugh not bad but not great. Ate out Thursday through Sunday
Comment and let me know how your workouts went this week.
Hi!!!
This is a very late post but here is my review for the Portland Run like Hell 5k.
Costumes were optional but the majority of people dressed up which made it so much fun!
My roommate and i dressed up as Batman and Robin.
Check in and packet pickup was pretty effortless for this race, it was very well organized. They had a small bag drop as well which was much appreciated becuase it was a little chilly and i had not bought a throw away jacket. They also provided some small snacks and water before the race which i was thankful for. There were a lot of porta poties, all clean, so very few lines.
The race itself was super fun, it ran through downtown Portland and was well maintained and coordened off. At about 2 miles they had an aid station which had water, some kind of electrolyte drink and were offering energy gels also if wanted, i split one with my roommate so we could make it through and speed up at the end.
After the race they had beer of course but they also had CIDER!!!
That made me happy and i was tipsy after 1.5 ciders, dont worry i wasn’t driving. They also were handing out chips, and peanut butter toast, and Cliff Bars. They were well stocked.
All in all our little group (there were 5 of us) had a blast!!! We all signed up for the Bridge to Brews 10k so we will see you in April!!!
Carra, my roommate, purchesed the medal to commemorate her first 5k!
Also even though i felt great and wasn’t really trying, i PR’d by about 20 seconds!!! Yay for training.
Here are a few of my stats.
Check out that hear rate! woot woot!
Happy Thursday!!!!!
I don’t know about you but I sit at a desk all day, and as they are starting to tell us, that is bascially a death sentance. So I Googled some stretches you can easily (and inconspicuously) do at your desk. I have started doing them and they do help and feel good.
Obviously this feels super great since i am a runner and it stretches your IT bands.
This feel super great, especially if i slept funny and my back is tweaked.
These are awesome too to get the blood flowing and wake me back up in the afternoon.
Stretching is sooooo good for you, whether you sit at a desk or not get it some stretching today!!!!
Check in with a comment when you have stretched!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My coworker likes non-fiction books and gave this to me after she finished reading it. It was not quite what i expected, it was even better lol.
Yes it is about death and is a little dark but overall it is really funny and enteretaining and seriously educational!!! I learned so much about what happens to your body after you die and let me tell you I want a natural burial, no embalming so the earth can take me back and i dont pollute it.
Overall it was a fun, different, easy read.
Slight warning there are a few sort of gross parts (EX body fat melting out of the crematorium and getting all over everything) but i thought it was funny the way she described it.
Sunday morning the roomie and I went for a run. 4 miles was the goal
we got lucky and it was a beautiful day
It was a good Sunday.
Yesterday i enjoyed a little walk at lunch
Last night I ate pasta and made pasta.
I made stouffers lasagna and had a salad for dinner
Then made stuffed shells for my lunches for the week. It’s amazing how easy they are to make.
Boil pasta
Make whatever filling you would like
Mine is ricotta, spinach, carrot and onion
Stuff the shells and cover in spaghetti sauce
Then throw in the over for about 10 min
I may have also had a chocolate chip cookie with ice cream on it for dessert.
Happy Monday!!
Back at the training!!!!! I took some much needed time off and am ready to get back to it
Monday: Insanity Day 1
Tuesday: PM Strength training and 1 mile fast (for me lol) 12 min mile pace then .1 mile hills x 6 at a 2 incline
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: PM Strenght training and 2.5 miles at tempo (12:30, see i told you i am slow)
Friday: OFF
Saturday: Am Spin class followed by 450m swim
Sunday: 5 miles slow and yoga
Also known as the 3rd harvest festival!
these will definitely be on my snack rotation this halloween
This would be a great center piece at dinner.
This will also make an apperance in my lunch box
Love this, it is fun but i think it still looks sophisticated
Super fun and cute dinner!
Don’t forget to honor your ancestors today! Set a place for them at the table, set a plate of food out overnight for them.
Happy All Hallows Eve!!!!!
Also The Exorcist is on sale on Audible today for $4.99!!
This is what i will be listening to today!!!!
I LOVE this series. It is so cute and fun. I was reading it before I ever started listening to books on tape while running.
No, these are not deep books but they are super fun.
I had a great weekend. On Saturday i did some movie watching and went for a run
On Sunday I worked 6.5 hours at the pumpkin fest on the farm that i worked the tulip fest for.
I got to drive this
And this
I may have stalled it when i parked it……I’m not a pro at driving stickshift.
Monday at the end of work i started not feeling to great.
I picked up some theraflu
And soup mix
Then watched some TV with my roommate
Today i went into work and started not feeling great earlier in the day so i headed home to relax and sleep it off, hopefully. I’ve napped and had dinner and now im climbing back into bed. Gilmore Girls is keeping me company until i pass back out
Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.
Trailing the blonde 