MGR's Weekly Workouts

From now on, my workouts will be posted on Saturday!

There's no use posting them on Tuesdays anymore.

Monday- Lifting Back @ Planet Fitness. Excited to not run.

Asst. Wide Grip Pull Ups- 5x8x16lb asst.
Asst. Neutral Grip Pull Ups- 5x8x16lb asst.
Lat Pull Down- 5x10x70
Cable Row- 5x10x50
Inverted Row- 5x10
Bicep Curls- 5x10x15lb
Bicycle Crunches- 5x40
Stability Ball Pull Ins- 5x15
Capt. Chair- 5x20
Hip/Glute Exercises and Stretching

Tuesday- Lifting Back @ PF. Excited to not run.

Chest Press- 5x10x25lb
Push Ups- 5x10
Shoulder Press- 5x10x20lb
Tricep Push Downs- 5x12x40lb
Bicycle Crunches- 5x40
Stability Ball Pull Ins- 5x15
Capt. Chair- 4x20
Medicine Ball Smash- 5x20
Plank- 4x30 seconds

Hip/Glute Exercises and Stretching

Wednesday- Lifting Back @ PF. Excited to not run.

Today I went lighter as I had just lifted back two days ago.

Asst. Wide Grip Pull Ups- 5x10x24lb asst.
Asst. Neutral Grip Pull Ups- 5x10x28lb asst.
Lat Pull Down- 5x10x60
Cable Row- 5x10x40
Inverted Row- 5x10
Bicep Curls- 2x10x15lb, 3x8x17.5lb
Bicycle Crunches- 5x40
Stability Ball Pull Ins- 5x15
Stability Ball Sit Ups- 5x15x15lb

Hip/Glute Exercises and Stretching

Thursday- REST!!! Lots of Oreos.

Friday- 6 crappy miles. I was tired after just 1 mile! I was secretly hoping that after 4 days off running, I would feel light and fresh. Not so. Every step was an effort.

Saturday- An awesome 6 miler in Millersburg with my brother! We ran some hills and pushed the pace. I loved spending time with him.

Sunday- Getting swole at Planet Fitness. I did a little bit of everything because I knew we'd be at the beach a couple days next week and wouldn't be able to lift.

Chest Press- 5x10x25lb
Asst. Pull Ups- 5x8x22lb asst.
Push Ups- 5x10
Inverted Row- 5x10
Shoulder Press- 5x10x20lb
Tricep Push Down- 5x10x40lb
Bicep Curls- 5x10x15lb
Bicycle Crunches- 5x40
Stability Ball Pull Ins- 5x15
Captain's Chair- 5x20
Sit Ups on Stability Ball- 5x15x15lb
Hip/Glue Exercises

How were your workouts this week?

8 Years!

Hey hey hey!

Today is our wedding anniversary! We have been married for 8 years!!!!

Last year I wrote a great recap of our wedding day with lots of pictures!

Not sure what else to say as you all know how much I love Paul. Marriage isn't always perfect, but when you have two cats to raise, you make it work.

Here is a photo dump of some of our fun times together!

Holy shit we look like babies in this picture!

Cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge!

Paul is the perfect husband. He went to The View with me!

We celebrated Paul's 30th 'Merrica style!

THIS IS THE DAY WE MET CHRISSY!!!! We had only been dating about a year.

Halloween as NERDS.

Our first Colorado trip!

Knoebels!!!!!

 #Ballerz

 Cape May Ferry!

On the beach in San Diego

Happy Anniversary, Paul! Here's to many more happy years!!!!!

Weekend Wrap Up!

This is sort of a long one! Grab a cup of coffee and hunker down OR scan through the pics. I won't be hatin'!

Or just check out Paul's weekend highlight... dancing to some FUNK with some ladies at the Fuzzy Few carnival in Hummelstown!

I was so tired all day because JELLY was a DICK all night long. Sometimes in the middle of the night, he gets so crazy that he does anything for food. He'll meow, scratch the closet door, knock stuff off Paul's bedside table... He'll sit on Paul while he is sleeping and just stare at him with those little "I'm hungry" daggers coming out of his eyes. He was relentless, so we didn't get a lot of sleep.

I love him, but he can be a dick.

In the morning, we went over to my SIL's house to hang out with her and the kiddos. We had a lot of fun talking, playing with the kids and WEEDING. Do you all know how much I love to weed? Well, Debby let me weed her garden! It was so satisfying. I am being serious. There's nothing like pulling a weed out and getting all the roots and stuff!

Ellie and Clark

 Clementine

That afternoon, I almost convinced Paul to skip the gym and take a nap with me instead (who am I!?) but he wanted to workout. Since I am his ride, I went along and ran in a local park across the street. The run was pretty crap-tastic. The endorphins weren't even worth the 55 minutes of crappiness that it took to run 6 miles.

But that evening we had something super fun to do! We went to our first carnival of the year! Paul and I love carnivals because it's a cheap way to have a lot of fun. This was the Fuzzy Few carnival in Hummelstown, PA (a suburb of Hershey).

First, we did a lap to people watch and check out the food. Then we set up our lawn chairs so we would have good seats to see Soul Solution, a Harrisburg Area funk band. We saw them perform before, so we knew how good they were!

 

At one point there were some older ladies dancing. I dared Paul to go dance with them for an entire song and he did! Here is the proof...

Paul's got the moves!!!!

There were about 150 people watching the band and only 5 dancers. :)

This was my first bra-less outing after declaring I don't wear bras anymore. It felt great! Eat your heart out, Hummelstown!

Unfortunately, I felt ill when I got home that night. I didn't notice a lot of smoke at the carnival but there was some. My throat hurt and my stomach was queasy. It was totally from the secondhand smoke. I am just not used to breathing that in anymore! I am so glad times have changed and there are laws about where you can smoke. I remember in college that all the smokers would stand outside the building where I had English class. So if I wanted to go in the building, I had to walk through a crowd of smokers. It's so different now and I love it! But then there are certain places where you still just have to smell it, which sucks.

That morning, I headed up to my hometown of Millersburg to spend the day with my family. First, I went on an awesome run with my brother. It was hot and sunny but we conquered the hills and I felt good! The run was hard, but it was supposed to be hard, so I felt accomplished.

Then my family and I went over town to see some of the bike races going on at the Tour De Millersburg. There were several different kinds of races over the course of Saturday and Sunday including time trials, crit races, and a road race. We got to see some of the crit races.

Midway through watching the races, I realized I was only about two blocks from my friend Emily's house. Emily and I have been friends since high school. I texted her to see if she wanted to walk down to hang out. She had just put her twins down for a nap so she said she'd come down. I needed to go to the bathroom, so I ran up to her house before she left. Well, by the time I got out of her bathroom, a very unexpected appointment came up that her and her husband had to jet off too, so I offered to watch the babies! I was glad to help my friend out. It was just one of those moments when the universe aligned and I showed up on their doorstep to use the bathroom at the exact moment they needed a baby-sitter.

Since the babies were sleeping, I just chilled in the a/c watching Dr. G Medical Examiner (autopsies!!!!!!) and made friends with their kitty, Bron.

When they got home, I walked back down to the bike race for a little and then headed home. We had  a GAME NIGHT to host!

In attendance: Bob, Rachel, Randy, Michael. We laughed so hard our bellies hurt. BEST GAME NIGHT EVER!!!

Wow, Sunday. Is anyone even reading this still? This wrap up is getting long! Okay, I will make Sunday short and sweet...

1. We lifted at the gym.

2. We cleaned the whole house, did the wash, tidied up the yard, and did an exhaustive cleaning of the "spots" Chrissy likes to pee in. It seems like it doesn't matter what we do, the house smells like pee!!!!

3. We watched a lot of Big Brother.

4. We ate carbs.

5. I chilled on the couch with Jelly.

Do you like weeding?
Does secondhand smoke make you feel sick?
Any good carnivals around here we need to hit up?
HOW DO I GET THE CAT PEE SMELL OUT OF MY HOUSE????

Woot! Running with my brother!

The great thing about having a bad run is that as soon as you have a good run, the bad run is erased. The main reason I ran yesterday was to try to erase Friday's bad run as soon as possible! And holy moly, it worked!

I ran in my hometown (Millersburg) with my brother. We ran down by the river, out Shippy Dam Road, past a couple Amish farms, and then back into town. It was was sunny and SCORCHING. We had barely any shade. We also pushed the pace a bit, even though the whole route was rolling hills.

Running with my brother is so fun. He is really fast, so he pretty much lets me set the pace. He is fun to talk to and I love seeing him healthy and strong doing something he loves.

The run was hard, but it was supposed to be hard. What sucked about Friday's run was that a 9 minute pace on FLAT terrain seemed unbearable. But today, with 6 miles in the heat and the hills, we busted out a couple sub 8s and ended up averaging an 8:14 pace. It was weird to see that pace on my watch. For 12 weeks I was only ever supposed to run a 8:53, 7:49, 7:39 or 6:53 (depending on the workout). It's been a long ass time since I just ran WHATEVER pace I felt like running.

Don't worry, I'm not gonna do anything stupid like go back to running six days per week. Four days per week sounds just perfect right now. And I am like 95% sure I'm not running the marathon. Unless in the next 2-3 weeks, running a marathon starts to sound fun to me, then I will do it. But I really don't see myself getting to that place.

But maybe if I run with my brother more, it will change my mind? I mean seriously, who wouldn't want to run with this guy!?

How often do you just run whatever pace feels good with no agenda?
Do you have any Amish farms near you?