Happy Halloween!

Last week's workouts:

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Run 2 miles
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga Rodney Yee Power Yoga DVD
Wednesday: Run 3 miles 2 miles and 20 min on the elliptical
Thursday: Rest (I walked to and from work)
Friday: Yoga Rest
Saturday: Run 8 miles

According to my training plan, this is supposed to be an easy week, but instead I think I am going to skip ahead so that I can repeat the last week of training and end up doing two 10 mile runs. I think this will help me finish stronger than I did last time.

So here is the plan:

Monday: Run 2 miles, strength training
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Yoga
Saturday: Run 9 miles

Gorillaz!

So when I made my plan for last week's workouts, I forgot something very important! We had tickets for the Gorillaz show on Wednesday night and I had taken Thursday and Friday off work to give myself a long weekend!

So here's how things worked themselves out:

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Run 2 miles; strength training
Tuesday: Lululemon pilates OR yoga DVR at home (plus I walked to and from work, 2 miles)
Wednesday: Run 3 miles Danced! Hey, that's a workout!
Thursday: Rest Rodney Yee Power Yoga DVD 45 min
Friday: Yoga Biked 3.1 miles
Saturday: Run 8 miles

The Gorillaz concert was awesome, we had such a good time! I would love to see them again, I'm so glad we had the chance to see them since they don't tour the US very often.

I meant to get my run in on Thursday, but woke up with a terrible migraine. I'm still not sure what caused it, but I didn't feel better until late in the afternoon so I just did yoga to try to relax my muscles. At least I could stay home and rest all day.

My run Saturday was tough! I didn't sleep well at all Friday night and then it was really humid. In fact, during my run it was thundering and I felt a few little drops but no rain. It poured later in the day, so I got to have another relaxing day of reading and watching movies.

This week is shaping up to be a hectic week at work, so I hope I can get all my workouts in. Here is the plan:

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Run 2 miles
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Yoga
Saturday: Run 8 miles

Half Marathon training: Week 10

Last week's workouts:

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Run 2 miles; strength training
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga pilates (this was hard!)
Wednesday: Run 3 miles Rest
Thursday: Rest Ran 3 miles on the treadmills
Friday: Yoga (I ended up doing the Yoga For Runners podcast from yogadownload.com)
Saturday: Run 7 miles

This week's plans:

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Run 2 miles; strength training
Tuesday: Lululemon pilates OR yoga DVR at home
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Yoga
Saturday: Run 8 miles

The weather has been fantastic this week and my allergies seem to have calmed down!

Half marathon training: Week 9

Last week's workouts:

Sunday: Rest (although I'll be lugging multiple loads of laundry up and down stairs, so I think that counts for something!)
Monday: Run 2 miles Total Body Sculpt: Hips, Thighs, Abs, Back and Triceps
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga Worked late, did my favorite Rodney Yee DVD at home
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Yoga Walked to and from work
Saturday: Should be an easy 3 mile run but I will try to do a longer run to make up for the ones I've missed! 6 miles on the Katy Trail

Last week was a tough one, my allergies were terrible and I had sinus headaches off and on. By Saturday, I felt a lot better and went further than I'd originally planned. I thought about the people who can't run but wish they could. I am lucky enough to be healthy and able to do so many things.

This week's plan:

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Run 2 miles; strength training
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Yoga
Saturday: Run 7 miles

Stay safe out there!

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Run 2 miles + strength training
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Cardio + strength Rest
Friday: Rest or easy yoga Shiva Rea Daily Energy yoga
Saturday: Scheduled to do 7 miles, which at this point is laughable. 5 miles

This week actually felt like fall! The weather has been amazing, I did all my runs outside this week. I know I am still behind on my half-marathon training but I had to be happy with 5 miles on the Katy Trail. It's the longest run I've been able to do so far and I felt strong through the whole thing. Yay!

A high school friend of ours was in a serious accident
on the Katy Trail this week.


It has served as a reminder for me to be very aware of my surroundings, especially since the Katy Trail can get very crowded when the weather is nice. I normally don't run with headphones in my neighborhood for fear of not being able to hear a car, but I usually do on the trail because I assume it's safer. However, yesterday I did my run without any music and it was actually nice to just listen to the sounds of nature around me.

Lauren's accident has really touched off a debate between cyclists and runners in Dallas where there was already a significant amount of tension. I hope what happened can serve as a reminder to all of us that without a lot of greenways, we must learn to share what we have.

Everyone should be able to exercise outside and enjoy nature, but please be safe while you do it!

This week's plan:

Sunday: Rest (although I'll be lugging multiple loads of laundry up and down stairs, so I think that counts for something!
Monday: Run 2 miles
Tuesday: Lululemon yoga
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Yoga
Saturday: Should be an easy 3 mile run but I will try to do a longer run to make up for the ones I've missed!