Summary Weekly Mileage : 21 miles Long Run: 10 miles Cross Training: 30 day shred (4 days) Daily Splits M: 10 miles on a very hilly course. Worst part of the run – Chaffing. T: 30 Day Shred W: 30 Min (2.25miles) of Tempo @ 12:00. 30 Day Shred. Th: 35 Min (2.75 miles) of Easy. 30 Day Shred. F: 30 min of p90x Yoga instead of the 30Day shred. S: 6 miles with GFA. Su : – Odds and…
“Mummy, are you ready now?”, asked my 5 yo for the 500th time today.“Not yet, Honey, just 5 more minutes”.“Mummy, you have been saying that since morning and now its almost dinner time.” We finally did Day 3 of the Shred at 5pm after she had been trying to get me start since 9:30 a.m.
“Wake up, Mummy. Its time to exercise.” Yelled my 5 yo in my ear at 7:30am.“But Darling. Mummy had a late night and is sleepy”.“Mummy, lets finish it up and you can go back to sleep. Come ON!” And so, muttering under my breath with a plastic smile on my face, we did Day 2.
“This is so much fun. Can we do it everyday?” asks my 5 year old who did the whole thing (minus push ups) with me.“Yes, Honey. But sometimes Mummy has other things going on.”“How about we do it in the morning after breakfast before you start work? I’ll remind you everyday Mummy.”“Geez thanks, my little trainer.”
Remember my goal as I approach my mid-30?A – for efforts to stick to the plan of strength training.F – for actual execution of the plan. Here’s what I tried, my experience and the one routine I’m going to stick with to move forward.p90x Why should I do it? – Everyone raves about it, it has a wide variety of exercises, it really shows the results in 90 days, etc. What’s stopping me from doing it? – Way too tough for my fitness…
Summary Total Miles = 19 Long Run = 9 miles solo Cross Training = p90x Stretch, Swimming 20 min Strength Training = FAIL Daily Splits M – 9 miles on Memorial Day at the River. Perfect negative splits at 1/3 distances. T – p90x Stretch and 20min of Swimming W – 4.6 miles in the humidity with a late 8am start. Traveling to Chicago that night. Th – Traveling F – Too tired and woozy. Off. S…
Thanks to the discount that RnR offered for their races on National Running Day, I now have a plan B. I am now registered for the full marathon at Savannah on Nov 5th. My ‘A’ race of the year is still Chicago on Oct 9th and I’m being cheerfully optimistic that everything will be perfect on race day; but lets face it. Chicago is notorious for its weather. 2 out of the past 5 years have been unbearable heat causing…