Training Rundown: 3/29-4/4

Happy Humpday! Only 2 more workdays in my week (I picked up an extra shift this week). I can’t believe I get to race in a LIVE race this weekend! Training has been going really well and I’m just so excited to have fun out there and be grateful for the opportunity.

Monday, 3/29: 45 minutes easy, 20 minutes of yoga, & 20 minutes of strength

Tuesday, 3/30: 10 min up/ 20 min @ 8:10/ 5 min @ 9:00/ 20 min @ 8:10/ 10 min down & PT exercises

Wednesday, 3/31: 30 minutes indoor trainer & 30 minutes of strength

Thursday, 4/1: 1:30 easy miles, 10 minutes of strength & 15 minutes of Pilates

Friday, 4/2: Rest Day

Saturday, 4/3: 1:15 easy miles

Sunday, 4/4: 7 miles (40 minutes around 8:05 pace) & 30 minutes of strength

Total Mileage: 34.25 miles

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Happy Monday! We had a great weekend and it’s back to work for me until Thursday. The weather was beautiful out- you know, just those sunny bluebird 50-degree Spring days.

Maple was here for the weather too.

Challah bread French toast and bacon to start off our Easter Sunday

Also had great running weather too 🤩

Also met a new future member of our furry family!

We hope you had a great weekend and only 5 more days until we get another one!

Training Rundown: 3/22-3/28

It’s been a few days 😅I ended up getting a head cold at the end of last week and then went into a 4-day work stretch and THEN we found a house! So, I’ve been a bit busy and blogging had to take a backseat, but I’m back! I had a solid training week and am heading into my taper already?!? I have no idea what time goal I should have for my race next week, but I know that I definitely want to STAY POSITIVE and HAVE FUN! I’ve missed racing so so much and cannot wait to just be able to pop a bib on again.

Monday, 3/22: 1 hour super easy & some stretching before a night shift

Tuesday, 3/23: 10 up/ 4 x 6min at 7:45/ 10 down & 15 minutes of PT exercises before another night shift

Wednesday, 3/24: 45 minutes easy & 30 minutes of strength

Thursday, 3/25: 5 miles easy/ 6 miles at 8:10/ 1 mile at 9:00/ 4 miles easy & 15 minutes of Pilates

Friday, 3/26: 1:10 minutes easy & 30 minutes of strength

Saturday, 3/27: Rest Day

Sunday, 3/28: Scheduled to do an hour of cross training, but woke up feeling super congested so decided to take another rest day plus had to work!

Total Miles: 37.73 miles

Training Rundown: 3/15-3/21

Humpday! I have a few days off before another 4-day work stretch, so am trying to savior the time off as much as possible. Last week I had a really long work week (was at the hospital everyday for 7 days straight), so training definitely took a backseat. I think I’ve gotten a lot better at stepping back from running when I recognize that I’ve got additional stress going on. It’s almost super important to realize and honor your body when you do have that additional stress (running and training is stress, but so is being on your feet at work all day). I’ve also gotten better at prioritizing sleep. Rather than getting up early to run/workout if I’m going to be getting less than 7 hours of sleep, I push my workout to later in the day. It’s no longer worth it (to me) to lack sleep or put additional stress on my body when I don’t really need to.

Monday, 3/15: 45 minutes easy & 30 minutes of yoga

Tuesday, 3/16: 10 min easy/ 4 x 7 min hard (3 min recovery)/ 10 min easy

Wednesday, 3/17: 1 hour easy & 35 minutes strength training

Thursday, 3/18: Rest Day

Friday, 3/19: 10 min up/ 20 minutes at 8:00; 5 at 9:00; 16 minutes at 8:00/ 6 minutes cool down and 30 minutes of strength. Finally got around to doing this run at 7pm (and did the run split-up between dinner). Sometimes, you just have to make it work. I immediately fell asleep on the couch at 9pm afterwards 😂

Saturday, 3/20: Rest Day again- saw a few potential homes (got out-bid on one that we put an offer on) & had lunch with Alex’s parents!

Sunday, 3/21: 4 mile walk outside & 1 hour of Pilates and yoga. Achilles felt a bit tight, decided to rest from a run and do extra stretching/ other stress-relieving activities

Total Mileage: 23.3 miles

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Happy Monday! It’s a short weekend Rec because I had a crazy busy last week! Between working over 50 hours, having a tight Achilles, and house shopping- there really wasn’t a lot of free time to take photos! It was also super warm out, so had to take advantage of the extra vitamin D as much as possible!

Finished another book this weekend! This was good and a quick, whimsical read.

Did some yoga & Pilates and took some extra rest days off of running.

Got to watch the Syracuse men’s basketball game while eating homemade nachos!!

And did lots of snuggling with these two cuties .