Chicago Marathon training week 3 is in the books. So far things are going well and I even felt good after my longest run of the year so far! I’m … Continue reading Chicago Marathon Training Week 3 and Weekly Wrap (6/20-6/26)
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Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap (6/6-6/12)
It was another busy week with work, house stuff, and workouts. I got some exciting news about Chicago Marathon training though. I applied for a free coaching opportunity from Dawn … Continue reading Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap (6/6-6/12)
Portland Marathon Training Week 3 – Workouts Recap and Weekend Update
I’d say week 3 of Portland Marathon Training went well. I got my scheduled runs in and on July 4th, I completed the Runner’s World Summer Run Streak. Woohoo! 41 days of running at least a mile of day completed! That is my longest run streak ever! The last one I did ended at 37 days. 
Here’s what I did last week:
Monday – Ran a mile and then did Insanity Max:30 Cardio Challenge. Had a great sweat session and maxed out at 17:32.
Tuesday – Ran 3 miles.
Wednesday – Ran 6 miles. 
Thursday – Ran a mile to continue the run streak and then did P90X3 Dynamix. This is a great recovery workout with dynamic exercises/stretches.
Friday – Ran 6 or so miles. My GPS was wacky that day on my Garmin. Not sure what happened there, but it was a first and of course it happens when I go a different route. Strava had me at 6.8 miles. 
Saturday – Ran 9 early morning miles outside before hubby went to work and then finished with 3 miles on the treadmill for 12 miles total. Saturday marked the end of the Runner’s World Run Streak and I feel somewhat relieved that it’s over lol. I like rest days.
Sunday – Rest day
Now onto the weekend update, here are the highlights.
On Friday, I took the kiddos to the movies and we watched Inside Out. I thought it was a cute one. It had me laughing at parts and the kiddos enjoyed it.
Saturday was July 4th so the kiddos had fun with some fireworks. It would have been fun to go watch a big show, but I had to work on Sunday. My kiddos enjoyed the smoke bombs and sparklers we got them. 
How’d your weekend go? See any good movies lately?
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
Friday Five: Five Things I’m Loving This 4th of July
It’s Friday! I’m linking up once again with Eat Pray Run DC, You Signed Up for What?! and Mar on the Run for their Friday Five Linkup. This week’s theme is the “4th of July” and so here are five things I’m loving this 4th of July:
1. Love seeing fireworks, but we’ll probably just get some sparklers and not watch a big live show. I have to work the next day. Here’s a cute but old pic when we watched fireworks at Rockaway Beach, OR.
2. The Runner’s World run streak ends on the fourth of July. This will be my longest run streak at 41 days. It was a good streak but I’ll be looking forward to my rest days now that I’m marathon training.
3. The 2nd Earthathon Relay has just started and I’m looking forward to contributing my miles. It’s not too late to join. It’s a fun and free virtual relay with ten teams competing the distance of the circumference of the earth. It’s fun, great motivation, and a great way to meet runners all over the world. All you need is a Twitter account. You can learn more at earthathonrelay.com. We could use your miles on team RunderfulRunners. 🙂
4. It’s been sooo hot lately, I’m loving these Yasso mint chocolate chip frozen greek yogurt bars. So good! I got them at Costco.
5. I’m also loving my new hat which is also a heart rate monitor. It’s called the LifeBeam Smart Hat. I splurged and got it with a coupon code since I don’t like wearing the chest strap heart rate monitors. It works great and pairs with my Garmin!
What are you loving right now? Any plans this July 4th weekend?
Hope you have a great weekend and be sure to check out the other blogs!
Portland Marathon Training Week 2 – Last Week’s Workouts (6/22-6/28) and Weekend Update
It was a good week of workouts. I’m still mostly following Hal Higdon’s intermediate 1 marathon training plan with DVD workouts on some days. It was week 4 on that plan. I’m also continuing the Runner’s World Run Streak. There’s one more week left since it ends on July 4th. Woohoo!
Here’s what last week’s of workouts looked like:
Monday – Ran a mile to continue the streak and then did Focus T25 Total Body Circuit.
Tuesday – Ran three miles.
Wednesday – Had a nice early morning 6 miler. 
Thursday – Ran a mile and then did Insanity Max: 30 Pulse and Ab Attack. It was my first time doing both. Pulse is a great recovery day workout and Ab Attack was good too except there was some of the same moves from Pulse.
Friday – Ran a nice 6 miles.
Saturday – Ran 7 miles before hubby went to work and then ran 4 miles on the treadmill to get my 11 mile total.
Sunday – Ran a mile to continue the streak for day 35 of the #RWRunStreak.
Now on to the weekend update. On Friday, my hubby and I celebrated 11 years together. Wow, I can’t believe it’s been that long already. This is not a recent pic but I like it. 🙂
On Saturday, the highlight of the day was my seven year old getting his Warrior Junior’s brown belt. He did a great job!
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Sunday is a work day for me, so nothing exciting on that day. I did get some episodes in this weekend of Orange Is the New Black.
How’d your weekend go? Did you race?
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
Portland Marathon Training Week 1 – Last Week’s Workouts (6/15-6/21)
It’s begun! I’ve started training for the Portland Marathon. I guess I’m a little late to the program since most training plans are 18 weeks long. Last week was 16 weeks away. But I’ve decided to go with a modified Hal Higdon training plan. I liked using his plans while training for my many of my half marathons. I’ve ran eleven halves now. I’ll be adding Beachbody DVDs along with the plan. We’ll see how it goes. I’m also still doing the Runner’s World Run Streak until July 4th.
Here’s what I did last week:
Monday – Ran a mile to continue the #RWRunStreak. I still wanted to take it easy after the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon.
Tuesday – Ran another mile.
Wednesday – I would say I officially started my marathon training. Ran 5 miles. 
Thursday – Ran a mile. 
I then did Insanity Core Cardio and Balance. I thought it was a good one to do since it’s the workout done during the recovery week of the Insanity program. My kiddos jumped in for a little bit.
Friday – Ran five miles. 
Saturday – 8 miler. 
Sunday – 1 mile to continue the #RWRunStreak. 
That was my week of workouts. Even though the Portland Marathon is still a ways away, I’m nervous about it. I still need to figure out how I’m going to be able to do my long runs on Saturday having the kiddos and all while my hubby works. I’ll figure it out.
How’d your week go? Any race plans?
Last Week’s Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap (6/1-6/7)
It’s Wednesday night and I’m just now posting last week’s workouts recap. It’s been a busy week. There’s only three more days until the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon. It should be a fun one. I just checked the weather and the high in Seattle will be 72 deg and low of 51 deg. It should be great running weather. I think my training has gone well even if I didn’t follow a specific plan since my last half marathon last month. I’m still doing the Runner’s World Run Streak too. Here’s what I did last week:
Monday – Ran 3 miles.
Tuesday – Ran a fast 5 miles. 
Wednesday – Two miles on the treadmill for National Running Day. 
Thursday – I got some strength training in and did Focus T25’s Gamma Extreme Circuit. 
Then in the evening went for a run with a friend. 
Friday – I continued the running streak and ran a mile with my lil guy.
Saturday – Ran a nice and early 5 miles.
Sunday – Ran a mile to continue the streak. 
That’s my recap from last week. Once I’ve ran the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half marathon, I’ll start training for my first marathon. Do you know of a good marathon training plan? I’m not sure what plan I’ll follow yet. Well, hope you’re having a great week!
Last Week’s Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap (5/25-5/31)
Last week was the start of the Runner’s World Run Streak. I was able to go a week with running at least a mile a day. 🙂 But I’m getting excited for the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon next week. I’m not really following a set plan but here’s what I did:
Monday – Ran a loop by my neighborhood and it was 2.71 miles.
Tuesday – Ran 5 miles before work. 
Wednesday – Ran a mile. 
Thursday – Got 3 miles on the treadmill. 
Friday – Ran a mile with my lil guy and then did Focus T25 Ab Intervals. 
Saturday – 11 tough miles on the treadmill. I watched Prefontaine on Netflix which helped.
Sunday- Ran a mile. 
Also, last week ended the month of May and I ended up with another 100+ miles. I ran 110 miles. This is my fourth time ever to get 100+ miles in a month. I’m on a streak right now, with three month’s in a row. The only other time was last year in August. Maybe I’ll continue the streak? Below is my May running report from Smashrun.
How’s your training going? Hope you’re having a great week so far!
Last Week’s Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap (5/18-5/24)
I’m behind in posting my workout recap for last week, but better late than never. The Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon is coming up soon, only 17 more days to go. After the Portland Rock’n’Roll Half, I took it easy and didn’t run until Thursday. Here’s what I did:
Monday – Rest. I just did my #plankaday which I post on Twitter.
Tuesday – Rest. #plankaday and did 3 min for the first time in a while.
Wednesday – I did PiYo Sweat. It’s been I while since I did that one and had a great workout.
Thursday – Ran 3 miles. 
Friday – Ran 5 miles on the treadmill.
Saturday – Ran 11 miles on the treadmill. It’s tough running that long on a treadmill, but a treadmill run is better than no run. It’s the only way I can run with the kiddos at home.
Also, the Runner’s World run streak is back and I’ve decided to participate again. It started on Memorial Day, May 25 and ends on the Fourth of July. I’ll be running at least one mile per day, everyday until then. Anyone else doing it with me? 🙂How’s your week going so far?
Wrap Up – A Look Back at 2014
I’m linking up with Tuesdays on the Run – MCM Mama Runs, My No-Guilt Life, and Run the Great Wide Somewhere. This week’s topic is a “Wrap Up – A Look Back at 2014”. 2014 has been a great year for me fitness wise. I feel like I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been. I’m running faster, long distance wise, than ever before. Along with running training plans, I believe Beachbody programs played a big role in getting me to where I am today.
In January, I started P90X3 and finished in April. I couldn’t do pull-ups at all and when I finished I could do six of them. I was in tip top shape. 
My first race in 2014 was in March, the Hot Chocolate 5k in Seattle. I didn’t run much beforehand and I think I did well for not training for it. I haven’t ran many 5k’s but I got my best 5k time so far.
Towards the end of doing P90X3, I was also training for the Portland Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon. This is my yearly half marathon race. I’ve been running it since the inaugural one in 2012. I focused more on running after finishing P90X3 and trained using Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon training plan with Beachbody programs snuck in if I couldn’t go for a run due to the kids. I had a great race and I was so happy to PR.
My next race was the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon. This was a fun one because my sister who lives in New Jersey came and ran it too. It was a good run and I loved the scenic route. There was a nice part where you could really see Mt. Rainier. We ran by Lake Washington and on the Alaskan Viaduct passing the Great Wheel.
In July, I decided to do PiYo and it was a nice change for me. The pilates and yoga inspired moves went well with running.
My next race in August, was my first ever trail race, the XTERRA Trail Run Hagg Lake 5k. It was tough and I remember it being hot out. I was happy that I got 2nd place in my division and fourth overall female. It was a nice small race and my time was 26:29.
In September, I had my final half marathon race of the year, the Oregon Half Marathon. This was a good course. We ran through farmland as well as through the Gallon House Bridge, the oldest covered bridge in Oregon. I was so happy to PR on my half time again!
My last race was in October, the Halloweenathon 10k. This was my first actual 10k race, so it was an automatic PR. The race took place at a golf course and I managed to get third out of all the females for the 10k. It was as fun one, despite the muddy course.
With no races for the rest of the year, I decided to try out Insanity the Asylum in November. This was a tough one month program, but I’m happy to have completed it.
I also started my first ever run streak on Thanksgiving, the #RWRunStreak. It’s been fun and there’s just three days left.
This year has been awesome! I finished three Beachbody programs and ran six actual races, the most races I’ve ever ran in a year. I would say I’m in the best shape ever with my last two races being PR’s, especially my half marathon time. I’m hoping 2015 will be another awesome year. Well, that’s my wrap up of the year.
How did your year go?
Happy Running Mom 
