A blog about my life, fitness and fun! (...and maybe a few cat pictures...)

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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Weekly Workouts!

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28 miles this week with over half of them on trail!

Saturday- Lifting @ Planet Fitness and 35 minute Zumba workout in my carport! My favorite Zumba channel playlist so far is these videos by Zumba with Kristine.

Sunday- 10 Miles on the AT with Allison. Allison started at Boiling Springs and ran North. I met up with her at Trindle Road and we continued North for 5 miles and then turned back. She did 18 total and I ended up joining her for 10. We chatted the whole time, which made the run go really fast! She is a strong runner so she pushed me out of my lazy summer running comfort zone!

Muddy!!!

Monday- Lifting @ Planet Fitness and 10 minutes on the stair climber. I pushed it and went up over 50 floors!



Tuesday- 5 neighborhood miles. My back only got a little tight and was fine all day... until crosswalk duty, where I have to just STAND for 20 minutes straight. That made it ache. What a bummer. I can run 5 miles but I can't STAND STILL. 

Wednesday- 7 miles on the AT. It was a beautiful run and you can read more about it here.





Thursday- 6 neighborhood miles. I had the go ahead to run from my PT, as long as I did my "Standing trunk flexions" (bending over) 30 times before, during, and after my run. I tried hard to bring my pelvis back a bit during my run. My PT says I have hyperlordosis, or "anterior pelvis tilt" and that's what's causing my lower back pain. Unfortunately, my back was super sore all night and all day but it was because I got my period. I got zero sleep that night thanks to the pain.

Friday- 6 miles. I felt great during my run but my lower back felt a little tight as the day went on. I kept doing my bend overs though! I'm also making sure I tilt my pelvis forward when standing and walking around my room.

How were your workouts this week?

7 comments:

  1. Looks like you had a great week of workouts... I always call the stair climber the "stairway to hell". I did it yesterday and it really works your glutes and hammies!

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    1. Yeah I want to get back on it! Stairway to hell is perfect. Because I make it go fast. Not as fast as you, but fast enough that it sucks!

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  2. Nice job, Megan! Glad you got to run on the trail twice! Awesome. I hope the PT helps your back!

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    1. It is helping so far. It got tight on our run today but I stretched it and now it feels perfect. Pre PT it would have felt tight all day.

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  3. Thanks for sharing the YouTube channel. I might just try one, it looks fun. I am all about Just Dance, so that is right up my alley!

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  4. Woot! Great week! I need to get back into my routine!

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