Ready to kick butt this week???
Monday: Insanity Day 5
Tuesday: PM strength then 2 miles fast (11:35) and .15 mile hills x 6 at a 4 incline
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: PM strength and 3.5 miles @ tempo (12:30)
Friday: OFF
Saturday: Spin class then swim 650M
Sunday: 7 miles easy and yoga
Are you training for anything?
Happy Monday!!! how are you feeling after the holiday weekend?
Monday: Insanity Day 4
Tuesday: PM Strength then 1.75 mile fast (11:35 pace) and .15 mile hills x 6 at a 3.5 incline
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: PM strength and 3.25 mile @ tempo (12:30)
Friday: OFF
Saturday: AM Spin class then swim 600m
Sunday: 8 miles easy and yoga
If you fell off the wagon last week lets get back on track this week!!!!
Every day is a fresh start, make this one great!
Monday: Insanity Day 3
Tuesday: PM Strength then 1.5 mile fast (11:40 pace) and .15 mile hills x 6 at a 3.5 incline
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: AM 3 miles at tempo (12:30) Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Friday: 7 easy miles and stretching
Saturday: Spin for 45 min then swim 550 meters (this might change depending on the options at my moms gym in her little town
Sunday: OFF
Have a great holiday week!!!
Its that time again! Did i hit my weekly workout goal?
Here was the plan:
Monday: Insanity Day 2 Got fired, came home, then went out to a celebratory dinner, so did not workout
Tuesday: PM strength training then 1.25 mile fast (11:45 min pace) and .1 mile hills X 6 at a 3 incline Woke up sick
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: PM strength training then 2.5 miles at tempo (12:30) Still sick
Friday: OFF Sick, went for a short walk with Artemis.
Saturday: Spin class then swim 500m Sick
Sunday: 6 miles easy and yoga Long walk with Artemis. Trying to make sure i dont stay sick longer than nessesary .
What i did right:……recovered when sick
What i could have done better: Not gotten sick lol
Food: Medium, not horrible but not great
Comment and tell me how you did!
Well another life adventure is underway, yesterday afternoon i got fired from my job. First time in my life I have ever been fired, it was not pleasant.
I feel very betrayed by several people in how it happened but that is life. That is all I am going to say about the job. I will focus on the positives this is a new opportunity for me! I haven’t been happy at my job in a long time, friendships I thought would hold true fell apart when I left to hike the trail and were never mended, so c’est la vie.
I can now focus on setting myself up with a job or jobs that I like. The 9-5 grind is not my dream so I am working on making my dreams come true. I’ll keep you posted as things advance.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So last week and the beginning of this week were rough for me. I have battled depression and mood highs and lows since i was 16. I have seen therapists and physiologists. I have been a bindge drinker, bindge eater and cutter. Thankfully after my dad died my mom and brother found me a great Dr who didn’t just prescribe meds but took the time to work through my, at the time current, issues and teach me tools to pull myself out of that dark place when i went there. He knew it would be a lifelong battle for me and probably saved my life. Before him i was headed down a bad path. I have never been and will never be ashamed of past or of the fact that i deal with this. Feeling the extreme lows also means I get to feel the extreme highs, I get to love deeper and more often then most people becuase I wear my emotions on my sleeve. Yes it can be difficult and painful but it can also be joyous and wonderous. I will have an adventure filled life, the battle is simply to do it on a healthy way which is why i am so passionate about eating healthy and being active.
That being said lets catch up.
My sweet coworker got me flowers and candy to cheer me up om the anniversary of my dads death
Friday Artemis and I got up with the sun and went for the shortest run ever lol
I wasnt super happy about getting out of bed lol
Friday night we went to the vet, Artemis had to get her shots. Shes up to date and protected now!
Then we relaxed to make sure she didnt have any reactions
Saturday we pretty much just relaxed and she slept a lot. Recovering from the shots
I caught this wonderful picture when she yawned
Saturday night/Sunday morning i hit rock bottom and took a nap after only being awake an hour then layed in bed and cried. I made myself get out of bed and go for a walk with Artemis
We went 3 miles. And i reached out to family and friends to keep an eye on me for self-destructive behavior.
After the walk i went grocery shopping and did meal prep
I love to cook so this helped my mood a lot.
Each day i am climbing out of the dark. Today was a good day and i am almost back to normal! Thankfully these lows only happen 2-3 times a year depending on the year sometimes even less.
Went for a walk with the roommate tonight
And my cowoker finished a really interesting book and gave it to me to ready. Only on the 2md chapter and im hooked! Can’t wait to keeo reading
Thats it for me!!
If anyone ever suffers from suicidal thoughts or self-destructive behavior or severe depression please reach out to someone. You are not alone, i know it feels like you are, but you are not.
I used to only love Autumn but now i am seeing the dark side, and i mean literally the dark side.
I woke up at 5:40 to get my butt out the door to run at 6am and it was still dark out, like fully dark.
This is not a picture of where i live but you get the gist.
While running in the cool dark would be amazing, doing it alone, especailly as a female is scary. If i had someone to run with it would be awesome and do able, i would just bring a light but alone i feel like i am more likely to get run over or kidnapped or murdered.
So i went back to sleep and brought my workout clothes to go for a run at work because on the plus side of Autumn the day will be cool enough for me to run at lunch.
Now that we have gotten the bad part of Autumn and Winter for that matter out of the way, here are some of my favorites.
Yep, i am a pumpkin spice latte junkie!
The great clothes and accesories.
What are some of your favorite and least favorite things about Autumn?
Trailing the blonde 