Weekly Rundown- It’s In the Barn

Hey you guys- I had a pretty great week with back-to-back long runs, and I can say THE HAY IS IN THE BARN! My race is two weeks away, so all my long runs are done. Now all I have to do is keep myself in shape and in one piece until March 21st. Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting the Weekly Rundown. Let’s get into it!

Monday

I started the day with Caroline Girvan’s deadbug workout, followed by a 4 mile run. Later in the day- hip stability exercises.

Tuesday

Hmm. I did another Caroline Girvan abs workout. That was good, and I had an upper body strength workout planned, which for various reasons did not happen (I would live to regret this!)

Wednesday

Last long trail run! This will be my last time on the trail for a while. By the time my race is over, it will be almost summer, and this trail is awful in the summer (way overgrown and buggy). There were some highs and lows, but overall I felt good. The heat bothered me at the end (it got up to 83 degrees) but my race will most likely be hot, so I just sucked it up. I finished with 26 miles!

At night I did Adriene’s yoga for lower back pain. i really love the stretch for the hip flexors in this video!

Thursday

In the morning I did Adriene’s morning hip release. Then I went to work, and after work it was straight to the gym for long run #2. I got on the treadmill, and after surviving the first few moments of bitter complaining from my legs and low back (“WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? WE DON’T WANT TO DO THIS! STOP RIGHT NOW!!!”) I actually started to feel pretty good. SO good, in fact, that when I got to my goal of 10 miles I didn’t want to stop. So I added on one more mile to make it 11, and I still felt like I could have kept going, but decided better safe than sorry, and called it a day. Total running for the two days=37 miles.

Friday

I was thinking of doing a much-needed upper body strength workout, but my Garmin kept insisting that my stress levels were higher than normal. Oh, very well- I’ll do yoga instead! I did Adriene’s yoga for tired legs, and really enjoyed it- it was just what I needed.

Saturday

I opted to sleep in, then after work got out for a 4 mile run.

Once again, I had an upper body workout planned, and once again it didn’t happen.

Sunday

I’m super happy with all the running this week! However, I did almost no strength training. Oops. On tap for today- hip stability and upper body workout. Seriously- I have to do it!!!

Are you happy about the time change? – I’ll spend the whole day grumbling about it. I hate the dark mornings!

Are you getting excited for spring? – No. Not ready for the hot weather yet!!!