Weekly Rundown- Warming Up
It was a good week! We started off with chilly mornings (in the 50s) but by the end of the week we had morning temps in the 60s- perfect running weather for us Floridians. My foot isn’t really any better or worse, and I added a couple miles on this week. I’ll take it, happily! I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah for this weekly rundown. Monday Monday was my day off as usual. Tuesday 3 mile run followed by Gauntlet Plank workout. This workout has 11 plank variations, and I do each one for a minute. Not consecutively, because that would be super-human! I can get through the first four in a row before I have to take a break. My cat is very supportive during these 11 painful minutes. Wednesday Another 3 mile run and the foot felt fine. I couldn’t face another plank workout afterwards, so I did some pushups instead. Thursday Strength training day. For whatever reason I had a very, very strong aversion to my barbell this morning, so I did body weight exercises instead- the Runners Touch and single leg squats. I’ve shared it before but I’m sharing it again because I think the Runner’s Touch is a great exercise. In this video the guy is wearing shoes, but I do it barefoot to work the muscles in my feet. I also did my assisted pullups, followed by “negatives” where you use a stool or bench to boost yourself up into the pullup position, then lower yourself down as slowly as possible. Ouch. Friday Running! After a day of being stuck indoors doing strength, running outside felt like a huge treat. Another 3 mile run, followed by the plank workout. Saturday I sucked it up and got out my barbell for squats and deadlifts. I’m currently squatting 45 pounds, which means if I were in the gym I would be squatting the bar (sigh!) I add another 10 pounds when I do deadlifts, and that’s all my barbell can safely hold. Which means if I want to add any weight I’m going to have to get back to the gym. Not sure how I feel about that! For now I can add more reps to the weight I’m already doing. When I went to do pullups, I found that a muscle on my right side was alarmingly sore. Even doing them assisted with a band, pullups are really hard for me and I know (from experience) that I can’t mess around if something hurts, so I skipped them. Sunday I woke up sore from the weights yesterday. Anyone else have the experience where your legs are really sore, the soreness disappears while you run, and then comes back immediately afterwards? So strange. I ran 4 miles! Not a “long” run, but getting longer! To end I’m sharing a quote from the book I’m reading (which I’ll talk more about later this week.) The author uses quotes to begin each chapter, and this one is attributed to “unknown”: “I hope there are days when you fall in love with being alive.” Have a great week everyone!