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Last Week’s Workout Recap (10/6-10/12)

October 12, 2014November 17, 2014 · 8 Comments ·

Last week went okay. I did all the running workouts on Hal Higdon’s 10K intermediate plan but skipped out on Saturday’s Cross training since I was out of town. There’s only twelve days until my next race, Halloweenathon 10k. It should be a fun one!

On Monday, I ran three miles.

Tuesday was a 5.5 mile run.

I had to do my workout on the treadmill on Wednesday. I ran 10x400s at 5k pace with walking in between.

Thursday was four miles. I didn’t do much strength training like it says on the schedule though. I just did a few push-ups.

Friday was Rest Day.

I decided to do my long run on Saturday since it worked out better since I was out of town. I had a good seven mile run. It was raining a little bit but felt good.How did your week go? Do you have any races coming up?

I’m linking up with this week’s Workout Wednesday (WOW) Link Up!

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Last Week’s Workout Recap (9/29-10/5)

October 6, 2014November 17, 2014 · 6 Comments ·

Another week of workouts done! It was a decent week. I’m still following Hal Higdon’s 10K intermediate training plan with some tweaks here and there. My race is in 3 weeks.

On Monday, I ran three miles. It was a nice, cool day and enjoyed it! I did not do much strength training like the plan says, but did a few pull-ups and push-ups.

On Tuesday, I ran five miles.

On Wednesday, I had a great 45 minute tempo run.

On Thurday, I did not get a run in but did PiYo Sculpt. It’s a great total body workout.

Friday was Rest Day! Here’s 5 tips for your perfect rest day:

Saturday was another PiYo day. I did PiYo Drench. I got a great sweat on! This is still my least favorite PiYo Workout. It’s a tough but good workout. But I don’t like how it’s longer than all the other workouts.

Then Sunday was a beautiful day for a run. Got my six miles done!How did your week go?

Last Week’s Workout Recap (9/22-9/28)

September 28, 2014November 17, 2014 · 2 Comments ·

This week went pretty well. I decided to jump into Hal Higdon’s 10k Intermediate training plan. My 10K is on October 25th, so I’m on week 4 of the training plan. After my virtual Beat the Blerch 10k, I decided to take a rest from running and did PiYo Core on Monday.

On Tuesday, I ran 4.5 miles.

Wednesday’s workout was 9x400s. This was the first time I’ve done intervals on the treadmill. I ran a 400 and then walked about half a lap. After a while, I thought that it was probably too much walking and shortened the walking a little. I guess it wasn’t too bad running on the treadmill.

On Thursday, I ran Running with Ollie’s Blog Virtual 4 Mile Fun Run and Scavenger Hunt. Here were the items on the Scavenger Hunt:

1. Selfie 2. Ran by some beautiful flowers. 3. Something unique was the Max Train crossing. I got stopped at the crossing today. 4. The squirrel made me smile. He’s a little hard to see. 5. Record of my run.

I thought it was a fun thing to do and celebrate a blogger’s big 4 – 0 birthday. Also, she’s giving away some awesome prizes!

On Friday, I ran two miles on the treadmill.

Saturday was a Rest Day.

Sunday was a 5k race on the training plan. Since I did not sign up for a race, I ran the 5k fast around the neighborhood. I got my fastest 5k time ever! 🙂

I love how Smashrun shows me my stats and lists all my similar runs. This was my fastest 3mi ever, fastest 5k ever, fastest run in 3 months, fastest mile split in 3 months, and fastest km split in 3 months. Smashrun syncs the data from my Garmin.

How did your week go?

Last week’s workout recap (9/15-9/21)

September 21, 2014November 17, 2014 · 2 Comments ·

Now that the Oregon Half Marathon is over with, my next actual real race is not until October. I’ll be running the 10k Halloweenathon on October 25th. Time to start another training plan. Here are last week’s workouts.

On Monday, I did an easy mile.

Tuesday’s workout was PiYo Buns. This is a great legs workout. I’m almost done with the program. After PiYo I will have finished four Beachbody programs!

On Wednesday, I ran three miles.

Thursday was another PiYo day. I did PiYo Sweat. Can you see the sweat?Friday and Saturday were rest days. I wanted to rest before my virtual Beat the Blerch 10k.

Sunday was a great day for a virtual race. I Beat the Blerch and had a good run. You can read more about my virtual Beat the Blerch 10k HERE. I think I did pretty good after running the Oregon Half Marathon last week.

How did your week go? Hope your week is off to a great start!

Half Marathon Training Recap (9/1-9/7)

September 7, 2014November 17, 2014 · 10 Comments ·

Half marathon training is going okay, I guess. I’m in the Tapering and Race Day Phase according to the Asics App schedule that I’m following. I’ve been doing all my training runs and adding PiYo into the mix. I’m just a bit nervous because the Oregon Half marathon is only six days away.

On Monday, I did PiYo Sweat. I think this is one of my favorite PiYo workouts because it always makes me sweat. I know it’s a good workout when I sweat.

I even made a video that shows some of the moves:

On Tuesday, I ran three miles and then did PiYo Sculpt.

On Wednesday, I ran five miles fast and then did PiYo Hardcore on the Floor.

PiYo Hardcore on the Floor is a tough one that I need to work on more. It’s an awesome core workout! I made a video of this one too:

On Thursday, I did PiYo Drench. I don’t like how this one’s a long one, but I got through it.

Then on Saturday I ran 3 miles on the dreadmill, I mean treadmill. Lol. Afterwards, I did PiYo Buns. I like this one, it really works your lower body.

Then today, I ran a total of eight miles. The Asics app I’m following had me doing just five miles at race pace, but I decided to do three more easy miles. The bad thing about this run was that I got two side aches. I guess it was because I ate beforehand and didn’t wait long enough for the food to settle, and also was going too fast. I dunno, but it’s got me worried since my half marathon is just six days away. I hate getting side aches during runs. I hope it doesn’t happen next Saturday during the race.

How did your week go?

I’m linking up with Workout Wednesday (WOW) Link Up!

This one is brought to you by Diatta Harris at Femme Fitale Fit Club and Sheila Simmons at The Frugal Exerciser and Co-hostesses Amanda | Eat Hard Work Hard and Jenn | Comeback Momma

Recap of Last Week’s Workouts 6/30-7/7 and Disneyland/Disney California Adventure.

July 9, 2014November 17, 2014 · 2 Comments ·

I only got two runs in this week and did a couple of PiYo workouts. On Monday, my husband and I tried Chalene Johnson’s PiYo Define Lower and Upper Body workouts. They were about twenty minutes each. We started with the Upper Body one and then the Lower Body workout. The end of the Lower Body one was tough! There was a lot of plank work.

Here’s a pic of the fam at the end of the workout:

On Tuesday, I ran four miles. It was already warm out when I ran that morning. It reached the upper nineties that day….so hot!

On Wednesday, I ran six miles. I decided to run a little long because I knew I wouldn’t be able to run the rest of the week since we were going out of town.

Thursday was a rest day and Friday we spent most of the day driving to California. The picture below is of Mt. Shasta.

I wasn’t able to get any more runs or Beachbody workouts in but I got a great workout walking on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday while we were at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure :). We stayed at a hotel so close to Disneyland that we were able to just walk to the parks each day. We did a lot of walking!