Weekly Rundown- Back in the Groove
Hello Everyone! I hope you guys had a great week. I had a week where things seemed to click into place- my knees felt better, my foot felt a little better, and I was more comfortable with the heat. I lost my heat acclimation while I did all those weeks of pool running. When I started running again the heat felt like it was trying to kill me- this week I finally got more comfortable with it. I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah for this weekly rundown. Let’s get started! Monday I did a 45 minute yoga flow class with Denis Morton on the Peloton app. I loved this! One of my goals this week was to do five yoga classes (two flow, one power yoga and two restorative classes) and this was a great way to start the week. Tuesday As a warmup for my run, I did a 20 minute strength for runners class with Matt Wilpers. I picked one with no weights, but it turned out this was heavy on plyometrics. I don’t do plyos because of my plantar fasciitis (sigh) so I modified that part of the workout and did front, back and side lunges instead. Then a three mile run, which felt great. My glutes were definitely ready for it! Wednesday Again I did a Peloton strength for runners class as a warmup. I picked another Matt Wilpers class with no weights, this time a ten minute class. This one was mostly… lunges. Between yesterday and today, I did a lot of lunges. I guess a runner’s strength class with no weights is most likely going to include lunges, because they’re effective. Another three mile run which felt great! At night I did a 20 minute restorative yoga class with my Peloton yoga BFF, Denis Morton. I’ve been having some sleeping issues lately (well, for quite a while now actually.). Even on nights where I get into bed at a reasonable time, I often can’t fall asleep. I slept really well this night, though! I think I might have to start doing a restorative class every night. Thursday Today was dedicated to strength training. After two days of lunges and more lunges, I went in a different direction and did Becs Gentry’s 20 minute Core for Runners class. QUICK SIDE NOTE- did anyone else watch the series on YouTube about Becs running the Olympic marathon trials in Great Britain? She ran 2:32:01 and came in 4th, WHAT!!!??? She is an official badass! I want what she has! Give me all the Becs classes. I loved this class- lots of single leg work, which I need. I was going to do another class after this (since this one was only 20 minutes) but I ended up going back and doing parts of this one again. Sometimes it’s hard to do a class for the first time- I felt like I missed some parts while I was trying to figure out the moves and keep my balance. I’ll definitely come back to this one. Friday I didn’t do an official class as a warmup before my run, but I did some moves from Matt’s classes. One thing I love is hip circles- you’re on your hands and knees as if you’re doing fire hydrants, but you circle your leg forward and then backward. The thing that’s different from when I’ve done this before is you make the circles REALLY BIG. You’ll really feel the muscles in your glutes working when you make the circles huge. And I also did lunges. Then a three mile run, which felt really good. I had a little extra time before I had to be at work, so I did a 10 minute yoga flow with… Denis Morton. Of course. Saturday 45 minute power yoga class with Denis. Once again, I loved this class. My big triumph was getting into Warrior 3 pose. Up until the last couple weeks I hadn’t done yoga in years, and for some reason I thought I couldn’t do Warrior 3. I think I was just afraid- but today I simply lifted my leg and ta-da! Warrior 3. Of course I could do it. This class left me tired, but in a good way. Also energized and stretched out. My plantar fasciitis foot really likes yoga. Sunday Warmup of hip circles and lunges, then a 7.5 mile run, woohoo! The run was planned for 7 miles, but by going a little further I was able to hit a second water fountain. More is always better, right? What could possibly go wrong? Ha ha. Well, nothing went wrong with this run. It was hot and humid, and I was thrilled to be out there doing it. So that was the week! I have one more restorative yoga class planned for later today, and lot of relaxing. Do you have a three day weekend? – I have to work tomorrow but we all have Tuesday off (our schools are closed for Rosh Shanana.) Anyone running a Labor Day race? Any fall weather yet where you’re at, or is it still summer?