Hello from Rhode Island! I’m here for a hot minute visiting family and it feels like the quintessential New England summer. I didn’t/won’t have much time to enjoy the beach but at least the scenery is pretty.
Workouts were blah for most of the week. I was exhausted, crampy, bloated, moody (can you catch on?) and all I wanted to do was sleep. My knee felt off yesterday after sitting for 5 hours on the ride up here (#ihatetraffic) so I bagged my run. Hopefully I’ll get one in today before I leave.
I’ll talk about this more next week but I want to get on a better running schedule. It’s really hard when I don’t have a set work schedule but I know I need to be better at spacing out runs and incorporating strength work. I’m on the hunt for a new-to-me marathon training plan with actual workouts (think tempo, intervals, speed, hills, etc.) and not just easy runs. Still only 4 days a week and not really high mileage…suggestions?
Sunday: 5 miles on Father’s Day with my father (and mother!). We were visiting family in Pennsylvania and the hills were INSANE. We ended up walking a few of them.
Monday: 4 treadmill miles. This was the first time I stepped on a treadmill since I’ve been in the city. That’s almost a month of treadmill-free runs! I’m spoiled.
Tuesday: Off.
Wednesday: Off.
Thursday: 4 miles + EVF Performance with my mom. I brought my mom to the ClassPass studio I raved about for some more torture. This was a great workout split into two parts.
Workout 1 (partner workout):
Run 6 x 400 (split between partners)
AMRAP 10 wallballs, 10 situps
My mom started with running a 400 while I did AMRAP of 10 wallballs and 10 sit-ups. When she was done running she took over and finished my round of strength and I ran a 400. We repeated until we each ran 3 400’s. It took a little over 16 minutes and we were sweaty.
Workout 2:
8 minutes AMRAP
-20 alternating KB swings
-10 burpees (I hate burpees)
-15 goblet squats
Friday: 6 miles. My legs were really heavy from the class so it was a slow run, but a good one nonetheless.
Saturday: 20 mintues of upper body weights.
I always start my Monday mornings with 202 Burpees….no joke ;) It’s a good time!
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WOW! What’s the significance of 202? Incredible.
I rarely ever run on the treadmill and if I do (usually in the winter) I do interval workouts or make it quick because I really can’t stand being on there very long. I just love running outdoors! Safe travels back to the city!
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I prefer doing interval workouts because at least it’s a change from the monotonous stationary run. But it just doesn’t compare to running outdoors!
Good luck with finding a new training plan! As someone who just did a half marathon, I can’t even imagine what a full one would be like. Holy ouch hahah! I was lucky in that, when I was training for my half, I almost exclusively ran outside on the Californian coast (yup, I’m spoiled) for 3 months!
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Oh how I would love to train there. I’m due for a CA visit ;) Part of me is oddly excited to start training again, but that’s only because it’s been long enough since my last full that I’ve forgotten the pain.
I despise burpees….HA! Lately I have been using the treadmill a lot. It is really hot in Houston and lately I have been a little lazy, so the push of the treadmill has been helping me. Hoping to do a early run outside tomorrow morning to kick off the week. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! xoxo
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I will do anything other than burpees. My least favorite move! I have a feeling when I get back to Florida I will become best friends with the treadmill. Hope you had a wonderful weekend, friend!
I’m tweaking the marathon plan I used last year but lots of people use the novice one from Hal Higdon. You can tweak it to add your own workouts of crosstraining in. I do one day of speed or hills, 1 long run, 1 tempo, 1 recovery run at least per week.
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Love-hate with burpees …. but that’s probably only because I do them once in a while lol. So cool that you work out with your momma! <3
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I’m in the minority here, but I actually love burpees! I think it is mainly because I love the accomplished feeling I have afterwards. Hope you have a great week girl! :)
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Gosh, I can’t stand burpees. I like to tell myself they’re hard for me because I’m tall/gangly and if I was shorter, they’d be easier..but I’m pretty sure it’s because I don’t do them enough.
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