Race Countdown: 91 days
Sneaking in a quick update at work...
No, my subject line is not referring to food (rare), but rather sandwiching my week with some hardcore runs. For some reason, I always love doing hard runs on Mondays and Fridays. Maybe it's because Monday is the start of the work week and Friday is the start of the weekend--and what better way to kick off both than with a nice long, sweaty, effective workout?
My usual workout schedule looks like this:
Mon - hills or intervals
Tue - cross and strength training
Wed - EZ run
Thur - cross and strength training
Fri - tempo run
Sat/Sun - long run and rest day w/lots of yoga & stretching
I usually try to fit in more yoga throughout the week, depending on my schedule. This morning, I did a 6-miler: 2 mi warmup, 2 mi of intervals, and 2 mi cooldown. My pace these days are less than ideal, but I guess that's the price I pay for slacking off for two months. I'll get it back! I'm also trying out a new Pilates class tomorrow. If it goes well, could add that to my Saturday workout routine too. I've never done Pilates before and given how out of shape I am right now, I hope the class doesn't kick my ass (or abs) too badly!
There's another reason I love Mondays and Fridays. They are when I pamper myself with this:
It's made out of rice starch and leaves my skin feeling soooo fresh and smooth. I've always been more of the get-down-and-dirty type so am not a product-enthusiast by any means, but this makes me look forward to washing my face after my morning runs.
Bring on the weekend!
1 comment:
I'm impressed that you can fit in a tough workout on a Friday! If I planned a tempo run for Friday, it would never happen. At 4:30 on Fridays, I automatically want pizza, my pj's, and the couch.
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