Weekly Rundown- Summer is Here!
Hello and welcome to the weekly rundown! It has gotten very hot and steamy here, but since I chose to live in Florida, I can’t really complain. It was a good week though! Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting. Let’s see how the week went… Sunday 10 mile trail run! Ten! Miles! Hooray!!! I’m sooooo happy to be up to double digits! Remember how I said lighting struck out in this area and caused a fire a couple weeks ago? I found the spot… I wonder how long it will take for it to get lush and green again. Probably not long- this is our rainy season and things grow crazy fast (if the weeds in our yard are any indication.) Monday I started the week with a nice, easy 30 minute yoga flow. All yoga classes were on Peloton with my yoga bff, Denis Morton. Tuesday I did an easy, easy 2 mile run… followed by a 10 minute Peloton core class, and then pull-ups. Wednesday Speed work! I did a one mile warm up, and then 6x 400s. I have a quarter mile measured out on a road near me, and I walked for a minute between each interval. Afterwards I did a short cool down run and then, a 20 minute glutes and legs strength class with Matty Maggiacomo. After struggling to schedule my lower body strength sessions and runs last week, I decided to try doing both on the same day. I used heavy (for me) weights for this workout, and I think it goes without saying that I didn’t do the plyometrics. Thursday Yep, my legs were sore. But that’s okay- I made today an easy day. I did a core class and then a 30 minute yoga flow. Denis’s twist focus flow from 12/6/20 is one of my favorites. Friday An easy 3 mile run… …followed by another 20 minute glutes and legs strength class with Matty. I was happy that I got in two lower body classes this week. They were both 20 minutes, but I’d really like to do two 30 minute classes. Right now I’m still experimenting with the timing of it all. Followed this class with 5 minutes of core. Saturday I started the morning with pull-ups, and, at the advice of my son, added in some chin-ups. Guess what- they’re easier! You’re still using your back muscles but get more assistance from your biceps. If you’re reading closely, you may notice that these pull-ups (and now, chin-ups) are the only upper body strength I do. That’s because- to be perfectly honest- I don’t really care about upper body. My main focus is making my core, legs and glutes strong so I can be a better runner. I don’t even really want to keep doing the pull-ups (continuing with the honesty) but I just make myself do them a couple times a week, because… well I don’t really know why. I guess there’s a benefit somewhere. Anyway! I followed up with a 5 minute core class- Rebecca Kennedy, love her 5 minute classes- and then a quick hamstring focus yoga flow. And then off to work. Sunday On tap for today- another trail run. We’ve had a lot of rain lately. You know how, up north, when it rains it can bring in some cooler air? Well, here in Florida, the rain just seems to make it more humid. So I’m gearing up for a hot one. Overall it was a good week! I got all my planned strength sessions in, and four runs, including one day of speed work. I’d like my runs during the week to be a little longer (obviously) but don’t want to push it too much. I’m loving my Sunday long runs and my Wednesday speed work, so for now I’ll probably keep everything else the same. How was your week? Did you have some hot runs? Do you have any races coming up? – I’m doing a 5K on July 4th and am also contemplating doing one in the beginning of June. I didn’t race for so long because of the pandemic and then my foot situation, and I forgot how much fun it is!