Tag: fitness

August mile a day challenge

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Hi friends!!!  I am going to try a little challenge on the blog!! I hope you will join in.

It is going to be very simple, travel a mile a day on your own energy.

You can:

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walk, bike, swim, run, row and anything else you can think of that can take you the distance. For anything water based there are 1609.34 meters in a mile. As for steps in a mile i found this on beach body blog:

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it is also totally ok to combine several of these to make a mile, you could swim 800M and walk half a mile or swim 400m, walk half a mile and row 400m, you chose each day how you want to do this.

However you do it just get that mile in.

check in on social media with #augustmileaday

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Who is in?

 

 

Book on Tape review

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

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Lately i have gotten a little sick of listening to music when i run, i can only hear the same song so many times before it looses all motivation, so i changed to books on tape. I also like plugging one of these in at work when i need to buckle down and get work done.

Side note, i have ADD so engaging half my brain with a book allows the other half to buckle down and work for longer periods of time than normal.

I listen to all different kinds of books and i shop audible’s sales and things like that.

This actually sounded like a really interesting book and it was. Yes they describe the rapes but I didnt feel that i was overly graphic. I cant believe how sucky the justice system is to rape victims, no not all places are horrible to the victim but some really do suck and that is moslty what the book was about.

Overall i found it to be an intersting book and something intersting to listen to while i ran. No it didnt freak me out, this wasnt about the people who jump out of a bush and attached a random passerby this was about aquantance rape.

Monday Motivation

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

 

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Check in on last week:

Monday: Swim 800m after work Completed

Tuesday: AM strength with trainer, Spin for 30 min after work Completed

Wednesday: Run 3 miles before work w/ Artemis This changed to a speed work after a showing at night but completed

Thursday: AM strength with trainer, Spin for 30 min after work Completed

Friday: Run 3 miles before work w/ Artemis, Swim 850m after work Did not happen, i got frusted with life and just relaxed on the couch 

Saturday: 8am Spin class, Swim 850 m Also did not happen. I was bad and stayed up waaay too late friday night so an 8am spin class was not happening and of course once you skip one workout its just soooo easy to keep skipping

Sunday: Run 10 miles This turned into a 6 plus mile hike and a 12 hour day hahaha, but it was a nice hike. 

 

Now for this week:

Monday: PM Swim 800M

Tuesday: AM strength, PM Spin

Wednesday:AM Run, PM Swim 850M

Thursday: AM Strength, PM Swim 850M

Friday: OFF

Saturday:AM spin class

Sunday: 11 mile run

 

A late morning 

by Ariana Peters, posted in training

Good morning!!!

Well someone,  ahem Artemis,  woke me up at 3:30am again to go to the bathroom so I slept through my morning run……and my alarm clock, waking up with about 20min max to get out the door to make it to work. But I did it!!!!

This is what I woke up to

There are raindrops on the lattice lol

I LOVE rainy days.

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It is funny to me that most people today are being grumpy about the rain. 1) we live in the pacific northwest, rain is part of life 2) it has been a few weeks since we had rain 3) not this weekend but next weekend is supposed to be almost 100!! Enjoy the coolness now. 4) it is already clearing up and should be nice the rest of the day and the weekend.

Maybe i am a little biased because I love the rain but it is good for everything and everyone to have a little rain before a hot streak.

That is my morning.

I had packed and planned to go to the gym after work and run and swim but i just got a text from the roommate and the realtor wants to show the house at 7pm tonight and she has  dinner. My plans are more easily movable so moved now they are. I can run at home, i had planned a short tempo run but i can’t swim at home……… hmmm well maybe i will change it so that i swim tomorrow and sunday instead. Such is life, we must be flexible or we will break!!!!

Are you good at being flexible?

How do you feel about the rain?

Home from my trip and the week’s recap

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Back to work today!!!

The end my trip was nice, we tried to go to the gym and swim Morning but the pool was closed because the office was closed, don’t ask me to explain it cause i can’t lol.

Then we went to the beach for lunch, which sadly was dissapointing, especially considering the prices, oy.

But the dogs had a blast at the beach!

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These pictures make me soooo happy, seeing how happy she is.

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Mom was freezing though hahaha.

After a LOOOOONG drive home, at least it felt that way there was no way i was cooking

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After we got home she was wiped out!

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And of course after having been there i had to watch Twilight hahaha

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Horrible picture.

Ok recap on last weeks workouts, you can find what the plan was here.

this is what actually happened,

monday: AM strength workout

tuesday: OFF

wednesday: AM swim workoug

thursday: OFF

friday: OFF

saturday: 30 min spin, 20 minutes misc stregth

sunday: 5 mile run

 

Not my best workout week hahaha.

 

Halfway through the week

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Happy Thursday!!!!!

Yesterday was insane! Work was crazy in the afternoon, i was here late and collapsed when i got home.

Yesterday morning i did swim training which went really well.

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this is how i relaxed at lunch.

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i needed sugar and caffiene. No i do not normally drink energy drinks, in fact i almost never energy drinks but this week has been crazy.

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just started this book on tape this morning and i am LOVING it!!! It is so cute!!! The reader reminds me of Steve Martin when he was in Father of the Bride.

Got my last check from the tulip festival which will get me through to my next paycheck and help me pay some of my last personal training payment.

Speaking of money……..i dont know if i told you this yet or not, but my landlord has decided to sell our house. We get a great deal on rent because one of my roommates is sort of friends with the landlord. He said he would try and find someone who wanted to keep us on but even if that happens our rent will increase probably exponentially. So now i have to see what happens and whether i will be staying or having to find a new place or what is going to happen. But my spending money is sure going to decrease A LOT.

Well whatever comes i have my training to keep me sane.

Talk to you soon!!!!

Monday Motivation**May 2, 2016

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

OMG its May!!!!!! How did that happen?

 

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Happy Monday!!!!

Monday- AM strength training, my trainer kicked my butt! I was already shaking half way through

Tuesday-AM spin and swim

Wednesday- AM swim with trainer

Thursday- OFF

Friday-AM spin and swim

Saturday- AM spin

Sunday 10-11 mile run

 

What does your week look like? 

 

Monday Motivation**April 25, 2016

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Welcome to the last week in April 2016!

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Today- i am taking the day off to rest my legs a bit more. My feet are doing better but my calf muscle still feels a bit sore like i over stretched it when i twisted my ankle running on Sunday.

Tuesday-AM strength, hopfully as long as my leg is still feeling ok tonight

Wednesday-AM swim training

Thursday-Off, since i am now doing trivia Wednesday nights i don’t get home early enough to make 5:30am spin class without missing too much sleep

Friday-Spin and Swim

Saturday- run 9-9.5 miles

Sunday-Off

 

it is a lesser week for me workout wise but sometimes we just need some rest.

Ugh my stupid phone

by Ariana Peters, posted in Uncategorized

Well this was supposed to upload and post last night but my phone is on the verge of dying so i get to spend my lunch at Costco seeing what they can do for me for a phone plan and hopefully get a new one soon.

Yesterday was a good day i pickedup a pineapple at the store a few days ago and cut it up, so happy we are getting to fresh cheap fruit season!!! I am starting to have good delicious snacks.

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I met my trainer at the gym for a swim workout.

It was beautiful at lunch so i went out for a little walk before the rains hit at night. When i got back i put my legs up to try and drain some of the lactic acid that has built up

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I needed a quick dinner so i drove through subway. Then i ran out the door to my first trivia night from Meetup.com!

It was super fun!!!! I will definetly be going back.

 

How was your Wednesday?