Another week done and just two weeks until my first half marathon of the year, the Shamrock Run Half Marathon. This week ended on a great note with my first race … Continue reading Shamrock Run Portland Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap & Weekly Wrap (2/22-2/28)
The Shamrock Run Portland Half Marathon is three weeks away, but my first race is next Saturday. I’ll be running the Mommathon 10k. Should be fun! I’m getting excited to … Continue reading Shamrock Run Portland Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap and Weekly Wrap (2/15-2/21)
It was the final training week leading up to the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon on Saturday. I continued with the Runner’s World Run Streak and it’s been 21 days now! … Continue reading Last Week’s Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap and Weekend Update (6/8-6/14)
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!
It was race week and I still somewhat followed the Nike Coach from the Nike Running App. The pic below shows what was scheduled.
Here’s what I did:
Monday – Got an early morning 4 miles in.
Tuesday – Just got my #plankaday in, which I’ve been mostly posting on Twitter.
Wednesday – Another early morning run, 5 miles. 
Thursday – Got 4 miles done while the kiddo was in Preschool. 
Friday – Running rest day. #Plankaday done.
Saturday – 2 miles on the treadmill.Now for the weekend update. Nothing too exciting except for going to the Portland Rock’n’Roll Expo on Saturday and then the race on Sunday.
On Saturday, the kiddos and I took the Max train to the Oregon Convention Center, where the Portland Rock’n’Roll Expo was held. It’s nice to take the Max train since the Convention Center is right on the Max train line. It’s nice and easy for me since we live close to the Max and I don’t have to worry about finding parking and whatnot. The kiddos enjoy taking the train too.
The Portland Rock’n’Roll Expo was decent sized, not huge but still had many big vendors. Packet/Bib pickup was easy. Here’s a pic of the shirt and my bib:
Here I am by the countdown sign. 
My 7 year old posing with the runners. 
I thought the mirrors in the Brooks Merchandise area were amusing. They had sayings on them like the one below.
There also was a Brooks photo booth that was fun. You could pick out the signs to hold. 
After the Brooks Merchandise area was the rest of the vendors. Here was the entrance to them.
Here’s a fun pic we did at the Toyota booth.
The only thing I bought was nuun. I love the fruit punch and watermelon flavors. 
On Sunday was the race. Here’s my finisher’s medal. Race recap coming soon. 
How did your weekend go? Hope you have a great week ahead!
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
It was a busy week for me and I did not get in the planned mileage. I started a new job and went to work for the first time in about eight years. So it was interesting going back to work. Things worked out well actually for me workwise because I thought I was going to work the night shift but there was a mixup and I ended up picking my shift and will be working day shift. Woohoo! 🙂 Last week was an 8-5 schedule but I will be working 12 hr shifts three or four days a week. But anyway my workouts have definitely suffered. I’m hoping when I get the hang of things I’ll get my workouts in better. Here’s what the Nike Coach had scheduled for me:
Here’s what I did:
Monday – Ran 5 miles.
Tuesday -I only ran 5 miles instead of the scheduled 9 miles.
Wednesday – No workout, just did my #plankaday.
Thursday – No workout, just did my #plankaday.
Friday – My parents came to visit and helped take care of the kiddos. We went for an evening walk. I ended up jogging some since my little guy started running for the last mile. 
Saturday – Ran 14 miles, my longest run ever! It was nice to get a long run in and my longest run to date. I felt pretty good during and great afterwards since I ran at a comfortable pace.
Sunday – No workout, just did my #plankaday. Started my first 12 hour shift. I’ll be working Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and every other Wednesday.
How’d your week go! Hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
I’m on week 2 of the Nike Running App Coach training plan. I ran 37 miles last week, which is the most for me to run in a week so far. This is a lot more miles than I’m used to but I’m managing. We’ll see how it goes this week since I’ll be starting my new job on Monday. But here’s what the Nike app had me doing last week:
Monday – Rest day.
Tuesday- Started with 1 mi warmup. Then did a Fartlek of running 4 miles at a faster pace, then 1 minute slower, repeated for 6 miles. Finished with a 1 mi cool down. 
Wednesday – 7 miles at easy, comfortable pace.
Thursday – 5 miles at easy, comfortable pace.
Friday – Ran through Noble Woods Park and ran four miles at easy comfortable pace, last mile at faster pace.
Saturday – Ran 2 miles easy, then a 9 mi progression run, then finished with a 1 mile cool down.
Sunday – Rest day.
The highlight of the weekend was Easter Sunday. The kiddos found there Easter Baskets and were so happy.
Later we went to the park. 
While at the park since it was a running rest day, I decided to go for a walk. I’m loving my new watch!
I’ve also started doing a #PlankaDay, which I saw on Twitter. Here was Sunday’s plank, which is day 8 of my streak.
How’d your week go? Hope you have a super week!
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
Last week was a pretty good week! I started the Nike Coach half marathon training plan. I found out that the Nike Running app syncs with Garmin now and decided to try it out. This plan has me running a lot more miles than I’m used to but we’ll see how it goes. Here’s what was scheduled for last week:
Here’s what I did:
Monday – Ran five miles.
Tuesday – Eight birthday miles completed. 🙂
Wednesday – Ran my longest run ever on the treadmill, seven miles!
Thursday – Rest Day
Friday – Ran my virtual 5k for the Rock’n’Roll Las Vegas Kickoff! Can’t wait to get my free shirt! You can join in too if you haven’t already. It’s free! You have until April 1st to run your virtual 5k. Check it out HERE.
Saturday – I decided to do Insanity Max:30 – Max Out Strength today to get some strength training in. This one really works arms, shoulders, chest and core. The kiddos joined in for the warmup. 
Sunday – Ran 12 miles.
Now on to the weekend update. On Saturday, the kiddos and I went to Magnolia Park while the hubby worked. The kiddos had a fun time. 
On Sunday, we went to Home Depot for an item we needed and my kiddos saw the signs they sell for businesses, like No Smoking or signs for Restrooms. Haha, my kiddos wanted me to buy them one. There was no way I was buying signs we didn’t need lol, so I was like you can make your own signs. Sure enough when we got home, my four year old made his own. He told me what to write.
We later went to an outside mall, where the kiddos enjoyed smelling the flowers. 🙂
There was an REI there and saw this, the Garmin Vivoactive. Good thing I had my dividend and they gave me the 20% off that members save. I can’t wait to test this on my next run!
How’d your week go? Hope you have a wonderful week!
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
This was recovery week after the NYC Half Marathon. I was a little sore after the race and wanted some time for my legs to recover. The My Asics App also had the whole week as a rest week but I couldn’t rest the whole week. Here’s what my workouts looked like this week as well as my weekend update:
Monday – Rest Day
Tuesday – Rest Day
Wednesday – I tried 21 Day Fix Extreme’s Pilates Fix for the first time. You use a resistance band throughout the workout and the handles were missing on mine so it was much tougher. But I had a great ab workout!
Thursday – First run after the NYC Half. It felt good. Nice and easy.
Friday – Ran a mile with this little cutie. He wanted to go for a run and I think he did awesome running his first mile.
Saturday – I decided to do Focus T25’s Total Body Circuit workout. It’s been a while since I’ve done this one. I’m happy I can do more of it like some oblique push-ups now. I had a great sweat session!
On Saturday, I also decided to check out Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. It’s a 635-acre wildlife preserve with 4 miles of walking trails. This was my first time going there and it was a great place to walk and enjoy nature. My kiddos enjoyed it too. I think I’ll do another post on it since I took a bunch of pics.
That night I also drove to Seattle, about 3 hours away.
Sunday – I got in a 6 mile run before heading to my nephew’s birthday party.
This was waiting for me after my run….good thing I went for a run lol. 
This was a great idea that my sister in law came up with for lunch. It was a sandwich making spread. Everything was there to make a grilled sandwich or panini. We just picked what we wanted and then grilled it on the stove or in a panini maker. It was great!
We celebrated my nephew’s 7th birthday. I can’t believe he’s seven already. Time is flying and it means my eldest son’s birthday is just next month, since they are about a month apart in age.
It was a great day and nice to see my family again. How’d your week go? Hope you have a great week ahead!
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
It was tapering week so there wasn’t much to this week training wise. I wasn’t able to get one of the 3 mi jogs in due to traveling and switching days around. But all my training paid off when I ran the NYC Half Marathon.
Here’s what the My Asics plan had scheduled for last week:
Here’s what I did:
Monday – I tried Yoga Fix Extreme from 21 Day Fix Extreme. I’m still a newbie at yoga. I liked how this one has a modifier as well as other options to follow.
Tuesday – I did the 5 mi Build up run. I knew I wouldn’t be able to get the run done on Wednesday since I was traveling.
Wednesday – Rest Day.
Thursday- Ran 3 miles with my sister.
Friday – Rest Day.
Saturday – Rest Day.
Sunday – NYC Half Marathon. Recap coming later this week.
It was a fun and busy week for me, which I enjoyed! How’d your week go?
Happy Running Mom 
