Weekly Workout Recap!

My week started with a bang! Despite wracking up some miles, my legs felt pretty fresh. But what suffered was my lifting, which means I didn't get two running rest days. I will strive to do better next week and not get caught up in having to run more and run faster with each workout.

Saturday- 10 glorious miles around my hood! I didn't look at my Garmin at all. I just counted the beeps signaling each mile. I was quite pleased with how I felt during the run- especially since I didn't eat very well the night before. (Wendy's. Lots of Wendy's.)

Avg Pace: 8:02

Splits: 8:31, 8:14, 8:07, 8:17, 7:59, 7:56, 7:57, 8:00, 7:52, 7:29

Sunday- A neighborhood run. The weather was gorgeous and my legs felt fresh despite running 10 miles the day before. I was only going to do 5, but my brother called at mile 4.3. I stopped my Garmin and walked about a mile while I talked to him. When I hung up, I banged out another 1.7 to make it an even 6 miles.

Avg Pace: 7:55
Splits: 8:14, 8:13, 8:06, 7:54, 7:40, 7:27

Monday- This was supposed to be a running rest day, but I moved it to Tuesday due to the impending snow storm. I purposefully pushed the pace on this one and it felt challenging but good.

Avg Pace: 7:52

Splits: 7:59, 7:57, 7:55 7:55, 7:36

Tuesday: I woke up on the wrong side of the bed and really wanted to run to clear my brain. However, I was supposed to lift. I let my heart, rather than my head win out and hit the streets for 5 snowy miles. I didn't realize it was snowing until I went outside. Oops. It was a winter wonderland by the time I was done!

Avg Pace: 8:14

Splits: 8:07, 8:25, 8:14, 8:13, 8:14

I ended up getting my lifting in anyway because we got dismissed from school early due to the snow. I lifted chest and vowed to do back the next day.

Chest Press- 5x10x25lb

Bicycles- 4x40

Push Ups- 5x10

Donkey Kicks- 4x20

Chest Press (neutral grip)- 5x15x15lb

Fire Hydrants- 4x20

Shoulder Press- 5x10x20lb

Stability Ball Pull Ins- 4x15

Glute Kick Backs- 4x20

Tricep Dips- 3x15

Side Plank- 2x30 sec.

Forearm Plank- 2x60 sec.

Wednesday- I stuck to my guns and lifted back in the morning before work. I was sore from the day before, so I did lighter weights and more reps. Boy was my timing off with these lifting workouts...

Chair asst. Pull Ups- 5x20

Donkey Kicks- 4x20

Row- 5x15x20lb

Bicycles- 4x40

Fire Hydrants- 4x20

Band asst. Pull Ups (neutral grip)- 4x8

Glute Kick Backs- 4x20

Bicep Curl- 4x10x15lb

Stability Ball Pull Ins- 4x15

Plank w/ Row- 4x10x10lb

I really like using a band for asst. pull ups. The band gives me a little assistance on the way up- but not the whole way up! I am required to pull my own weight for the last part. I hope by doing these it increases my strength and I am able to do more unassisted pull ups!

Chrissy hijacked my towel. Obviously, I got another towel. 

I drink iced coffee while I lift. That is a fitness sin!

Thursday- The "real feel" was 2 degrees. I made the executive decision to move my workout to Planet Fitness and run on the treadmill. I set the pace at 8:27 and didn't touch it for the entire 6 miles. When I had a quarter mile to go, I accidentally pumped the stop button. UGH! Don't you hate that? I finished up with a walk and of course, stretching. Stretching at the gym is just not as fun as stretching at home where Jelly comes to visit me. One thing I would like to note about my treadmill running is that I tend to carry a lot of tension in my shoulders when I'm on the treadmill and I just can't relax them. Does anyone else have this problem?

Friday- Again, it was a cold morning. However, I braved the real feel temperature of 7 degrees and ran 5 miles around my hood. The first mile was rough but after that I was toasty. I need to remember that IT GETS BETTER!

Splits were scarily even.

Do you have the same shoulder tension problem I have on the treadmill?

What's your "real feel" temperature cut off for running outside?