Skip to main content

Longest Run Yet on Football Day

Running
So, I suppose you gathered from yesterday's post that my week ended on a good note. Despite the long hours and mild complaining (sorry about that), the week really went by quickly and the conference was a success. So hard work paid off.

I also got in an awesome run yesterday. I kept saying I ran close to 5.5 miles. Well, I am a weirdo who underestimates things. I don't have any handy dandy gadgets that tell me my mileage or pace. Well, Jason does and during our run today, he showed me how many miles I had gone in 50 minutes (which is what I ran yesterday). Needless to say, I easily ran just over 5.5 miles yesterday and felt awesome - so that makes me rather proud of myself actually. It also means I have been underestimating how many miles I run all the time. I don't know why, I just round things out. So if I run 40 minutes, I say 4 miles. But I run a lot faster than a 10-minute mile. But I just can't stop thinking that way. Silly I know. Do you under- or over-estimate?

Now, speaking of running and being proud. today Jason and I pounded out 8 miles at an 8.38 pace! No runner's high, but I am really proud of myself. This is my longest run to date. I also think that's a pretty decent pace for that distance - or for me anyway. I felt fantastic cardio-wise, but about 6 miles in my hip flexors and hamstrings started to get really really tight. The last half mile I had to just push through by mentally willing myself forward. But I did it, we did it I should say.

We both stretched a lot right after the run and when we got back to the house. I do see an Epsom salt bath in my future.

Game Watching
After the run, we ate and got cleaned up. We hit up one of the local running stores because they were having a sale. I got some new socks and a water bottle to carry with me. Jason picked up some more shoes. Then we headed to a friend's house to watch the Razorbacks play Texas A&M. I made some hummus and brought over some cheese dip and salsa that I had taken home with me from the conference's welcome reception we had Wednesday evening. My friend made some bruschetta as well. While I'm not really big into football, it was still a good afternoon spent with friends.

I'm not really sure what we'll do for dinner. It'll likely be something really easy like veggie burgers with baked sweet potato fries. It's a little warm for soup or chili - we actually got into the 90's today. Guess fall really isn't here just yet, not for us anyway.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Love in Photos

In honor of Valentine's Day - Love in Photos Husband Family and Furbabies Friends Even if you're not a fan of Valentine's Day - I hope you have a wonderful day and remember the loves in your life.

Hump Day and More Pineapples

Full-Body Workout  I'll readily admit that getting up this morning was quite painful and almost didn't happen. I forced myself out of bed though not exactly excited about tackling a full-body Pyramid workout. Sort of daunting at 5 am really. I did the warm up from Shock Cardio Cardio Core Circuit (cardio only premix) then hit the weights. It was a pyramid up only so I increased my starting weight. I topped it all off with the first 2 1/2 drills from the cardio workout. I ran short on time and was basically spent. Squats into Plie Squats Step Ups (seriously hate these especially at 5:30 am) Incline Chest Flyes into Chest Press Pullovers into DB Underhand Rows Step Ups (freaking again) Static Lunges Overhead DB Press into Lateral Raises Deadlifts Kickbacks into Overhead Extensions Hammer Curls into Alternating Curls Calf Raises I am so excited to report that my new cross-trainers and running shoes arrived today. Can't wait to test both of them out. I waited way way way too

Hitting the Gym and Lazy Means Creative Tex-Mex Creation

Sunday, Gym Day Why do vacations and min-vacations go by so quickly? Just doesn't seem quite right. Anyway, we left Branson around 9:30 am to head back home. It was a pretty uneventful drive back, which is usually a good thing. We got home and unpacked, then I headed up to the gym. I started with a 10-minute treadmill run to warm up before hitting the weights for back and light legs then abs. I went with a giant set for back then supersets for legs. GS - 4x8 Underhand barbell rows Pullovers Double-arm rows SS#1 Rear-leg elevated lunges (Bulgarian Split Squats) - 3x8 Calf raises - 3x20 SS#2 - 2x8 Walking lunges Plie squats with low-end pulse Single-leg deadlifts - 2x8 I did some ab exercises, stretched, and called it quits. Lazy = Crazy Dinner I may have made it to the gym and washed a few loads of laundry, but I never made it to the grocery store - lounging in the pool trumped grocery shopping. This meant getting creative with dinner. We had another package