Monday:
I didn’t accomplish a lot today with the holiday. It was some well needed R and R though after a two tough days of workouts.
Tuesday:
Again, I was out of town overnight and wasn’t able to make the AM bootcamp with Moira. I was back in town early enough to attend the Fleet Feet track workout. What a butt kicker!!! All the workouts start with a mile warm up and end with a mile cool down. On this particular day I had to be timed doing a 2.4 KM race (6 laps around the track). This was hard enough! After this I had to do the following: 100m-200m-300m-400m-400m-300m-200m-100m; in between each of these intervals we had to do a 10 burbies or 10 toe touches. It was one of those workouts in which you feel like you’ve accomplished something after it’s done. Unfortunately, after the workout my right hip/butt felt as if I had pulled a bit of the muscle. I’m hopping it won’t prohibit my future workout!
Wednesday:
Hot Yoga!!! It was nice to be back into the routine of getting up early to do yoga. Part of my weekly training routine is to complete the Hot Power Flow class at the Harbor Wellness Center from 5:45-6:45. When my alarm went off the first thing I wanted to do was to hit the snooze and go back to sleep for the extra hour. Well, so much for that!!! I was able to overcome my lazy inner voice and get up to do the class.
This week Tammy R taught the class. I’ve had her teach my first several classes so I was familiar with her style. The initial 10-15 minutes of class were challenging but soon after I was able to climb back into a routine that allowed me to continue. Again, at the end of class and throughout the rest of the day I felt like I had additional energy coupled with the pain in my hip/ butt from the previous night was extremely reduced.
Running- I again met the Fleet Feet group for a run through the Pheasant Branch Conversancy. Although I was only supposed to do 5 miles I felt so good that I did an additional 7.5 miles! My hip/butt only felt a little bit sore, ahhh the benefits of hot yoga!!!
Thursday:
Today I completed another strength workout that was laid out by Moira in the Free Weight area of HAC. Usually I play racquetball or swim with a friend of mine but my schedule didn’t allow me to.
Friday:
Another challenging tempo run with Moira. This was a shorter than normal (only 2 miles of actual tempo) I really worked hard and it felt good. Although my legs still aren’t exactly feeling the best. We spent a majority of the time as we did a cool down and after talking about nutrition. I’ve really let my nutrition slide over the past 5-6 weeks and my performance is effected by it. I’ve avoided weighing myself over the past few weeks because in the back of my head I knew the results weren’t going to be pretty.
A tool that has been helpful to me in the past is a calorie tracking app for my phone. One app that I used last summer and fall was called: My Fitness Pal. It was a great app that was easy to use as you begin to track your food intake. What I’ve switched to last spring is the Live Strong app. I like the Live Strong app because it allows you to put in the specific time of day as opposed to just putting in breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Saturday:
I did an easy 5-mile run through the Pheasant Branch Conservancy with a friend. Things went well although the heat and humidity was ridiculous.
Sunday:
I was scheduled to run a 10-mile smooth and easy run today. I met the Fleet Feet group in the Olin South Parking Lot for a run down the Lakeshore Trail, another great place to run in Madison. We started at 8 am, which was the first mistake. The temperature was already in the low 80’s by that time. I ended up going at a faster than my scheduled 8:30 pace. My average pace was around 8:10 per mile. The weather got the best of the group so I only ended up running 8 miles.
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