Takin It To The Streets

This past weekend, I finally took the leap to running outside.  Thankfully, Sean (husband extraordinaire) decided to start working along side me and made it easier to make that transition.  I can't get over how much nicer it is to be outside versus being in my  basement on the mangy old beast :/  Hard to believe, I know. HAHA   It's more tolerable running outside, and having a partner, and it's something we can work on together - not to mention the fact at how much crap he will get when I CHICK him!!!! HA!

It's been a few mornings now, and 5am is less awful because of  a) the time change, b) having a running partner, and c) a sweet and pleasant alarm on my new phone!  Seriously - 'c' makes ALL the difference (shhh, don't tell Sean, otherwise he will opt for the relentlessness of the 6:30am alarm which is quite brutal).  But in all seriousness, we've been doing quite well - averaging a 13min mile, which is WAY good for me :)  We are working up our distance, right now covering just under 1.5miles, and would love to see that doubled in the next few weeks.  It's great having someone with me to encourage my runs, and also offer that sense of security - not to mention the awesomeness of me CHICKING him!!!!  Um, did I mention that already????  Sorry...

Today's run was great!  The weather is so mild right now ( I mean, c'mon, it's November in CLEVELAND!!!!  We never see temperatures like this!!!) and it's the perfect opportunity to train to run outside.  So today, we didn't get out until almost 6am, which is fine but it just makes my workout run later, and we did our best yet - 12:26 mile!!!!  WOOOO!  I am so stoked :)  And what's even better is while we were doing our warm up walk, I thought for sure I wasn't going to make it and would be walking the entire way.  Not bad...not bad.   Then while the hubs got ready for work, I did my push ups, some squats, chest flies, tricep kickbacks, various ab exercises, and finished it off with 45 minute of YOGA!  Boy, do I love yoga <3  Really - I haven't done it in a few days for reasons I don't know (seriously, it's something I do almost everyday, yet I went almost a week without it.  HMMM) and it was quite noticeable.  I felt so stiff, and the poses felt so strange to me - like it was the first time doing them.  But anyway, I did it and I feel great.  The perfect end to a darn good workout!

Until tomorrow.....

A case of the BLAHS

There's an illness of some sort making its way through our house - a chest congestion, queasy stomach combo.  It hasn't completely taken me out yet, but it's lingering in my body long enough to make me feel unwell, and I hate it.  I'd rather it knock me out for a day or two instead of making me feel weak and BLAH.  I let it win yesterday, and didn't even do my push up challenge, but today it's going DOWN!

I completed my push ups, which were tough - I'm blaming it on the weakness due to not feeling well ;)  My max was 20 for a total of 92 and I did not attempt the beast, but some yoga felt good.  Hopefully Wednesday will be more productive in the training department.  I'm praying for a good night's sleep and a healthy mid-week!

Happy Trails :)

Today has got to be better...

Yesterday was one of those days.  You know the ones, the dog pees in the house, mud* is found on my bed sheets after the dog was on it, a kid drops an egg on the floor which the dog then grabs and runs through the house leaving a trail of egg slime.....  ::sigh::  I managed to get in a small jaunt on the beast, and 30 minutes of yoga between the chaos of my day, so I guess it wasn't ALL bad, haha.  But then my sweet babies gave me "mail", although according to the "mail" it was NOT from my kids, but from a 25 year old friend of my kids, lol.  Anyway, the note apologized for the crazy day, and promised breakfast in bed and a clean house today!  YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!

They told me I HAD to stay in bed this morning (eventhough I resisted, haha), they took my order,  and said they would serve me breakfast.  Well, at 7am, I was served hot coffee, orange juice, 1 egg with cheese, and an apple with some peanut butter!  I must say, it was pretty great :)  And just the fuel I need for a good workout!

I modified today's WOD (as usual) and this is how it went:  20 minutes of yoga (I needed some good stretching since I was sore from Wednesday's w/o), a total of 2miles on the beast, broken up with walks, 100 lunges, 94 push ups (today's p/u challenge), 2 sets of 50 squats and 10 burpees, and finished it off with abs.  Not bad.  And to top it off, a dog did NOT pee in the house, I did NOT find mud* on my bed, and NO eggs were dropped.  It's a pretty good start to the weekend!

Today's WOD quote made an impression on me, so I thought I'd share.... "There is no secret to success.What exists is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."  ~Colin Powell  How true is that???

Oh, and if you're wondering why I put  '*'  after 'mud', well, it's because one cannot be 100% sure it is mud since one did not smell it.  I'm guessing it was not actually mud, but I told myself it was.

Happy Trails :)