For the
next 5+ months we will be blogging about our daily/weekly ½ marathon training/progress.
Our
‘training’ consists of:
Monday – REST
(Whoot)
Tuesday – Run
Wednesday –
Workout video/cross-training
Thursday –
Run
Friday – REST
(Whoot)
Saturday –
Short run/Cross-training
Sunday – Run
(long run)
Goal for ½: To cross the finish line before it is dismantled
MONTH 1 /
WEEK 1
As you can
see we are under way. For the month of
April we have added an Arm Challenge and Ab Challenge. So far so good and right on track.
Twin 1: (see blog #1
for my first run). Thursday run Twin 2 was
not feeling well so she was not allowed outside so I had to run outside by
myself for 5K. It was “warmish” weather
and I had no idea how to dress so I put on what I thought was the right clothes
but was sadly mistaken. 100ft down the
road do I go home and change and start over or push through this and continue
sweating like a pig? Continue I
did. As this was the first run outside
in a long time by myself I had no idea of my pace. Turned the first corner and BAM! Wind in the
face! After the first KM I had to walk. I took my music with me and as soon as
I hit the Bay road it was drowned out by the music of cars whizzing by. After my short walk I started running again
and then had another short rest at the stop light. Does anyone ever pray like
me that the walk sign will not come on so you can rest even longer? I’m not one
of those that run in place at the stop light…that’s what it is..a STOP light so
you stop what you’re doing. I obey. I made it to the turn around point and I
walked/ran the rest of the way. I was
quite disappointed in myself on the way home because I had to walk so much even
though they were just short enough to catch my breath I felt like I was out
forever but I got home and looked at my Ipod and it was 35 Min! Fastest run
ever! Then I started thinking maybe my timer stopped for a bit…I will never
know but I choose to believe I was fast.
My Saturday
consisted of my rowing machine I purchased from my brother in law a while back
and I finally pulled it out to use it.
I set my
timer to 22 min and got on. My first few
minutes were hard so I was trying to figure out how to make it “easier” and
once I did I was rolling…or rowing I should say. I was pretending that I was in the boat in
New Harbour river rowing to Grammie Elieen’s house. Then when I was getting tired (yes I kept
looking at my clock) I was pretending I was Silken Laumann in the summer
Olympics. I AM AN OLYMPIAN! I was in the zone. What? Is that my timer
going off already? Music to my ears! I put the rower away and found these on
the floor….
And also
these grew on my hands and bothered me ALL
day
Woke up the
next morning and could not move my arms.
Twin 2: Tuesday and
Thursday my runs were conducted on the dreadful treadmill due to weather/not
feeling well. Horrific! I ran 5k on Thursday night (although not feeling well I thought I could sweat out whatever I was catching). Usually I take
my tablet with me to watch Netflix but last time I did the swinging of my arms
got caught in the cord to my headphones and knocked it off the treadmill and I
had to run in silence. I took my music
with me this time and hooked it up to the speakers on the shelf. Perfect! This run will be so much better. About 10 min into the run my music stopped….as
far as I could tell for no reason…S.I.L.E.N.C.E
This week our
Wednesday workout video consisted of JM Ripped in 30 Level 1. This wasn’t too bad as we had both just
completed the JM 90 day Body Revolution (well Twin 1 did…I quit with 3 videos
left. That’s how I roll).
Saturday instead of a short run that was scheduled due to the weather my
original plan was to go to my sista’s house and get on her recumbent bike. After being out all afternoon shopping for
Mexico (did not succeed) I did not want to go back out in the torrential
downpour so decided to do a Turbo Fire 20 min HIIT. Best speediest workouts ever!
Until next time...
