Where's the Beach?

I'm sure most of you have heard the news by now...today is National Running Day . I don't normally run on Wednesdays for a few reasons: Jason gets up for swim, it's so dark at 5 am that I don't feel comfortable to run on my own, then it's too hot by lunch to run at that time. But, today was a special day. In the back of my head, I had semi-planned to run 2 miles. But only if everything fell into place a certain way: IF when Jason got up for swim and I woke up and my legs felt ok after yesterday's leg workout. AND IF when Jason got up for swim and I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep OR I happened to wake back up as the sun started coming up around 5:45. So that's not exactly what happened. What ended up happening was that I heard Jason get up at what I assumed was 5 am. Then Jason got back into bed. I got up to potty and took note of how my legs felt. They felt ok, but I got back into bed to see just how sleepy I really was. Then Jason...

Gym Day Today I went back and forth about my workout. In the end, I went with the gym after work rather than a run. I had really wanted to run because I got in a new pair of shoes yesterday. But, I had meetings and a going away lunch that meant an after-work run - and it was mid-80's today. So, it ended up being a leg and shoulder workout for me. I started with 15 minutes on the elliptical as a warm up and essential did the same legs as last week. Though, I did go with one less set of the 3-point lunges at least. I do want to walk tomorrow. Squats - warmup set of 10 reps SS#1 3x8 Squats Plie squats SS#2 Single-leg deadlifts 3x8 Calf raises - 3x20 3-point lunge (front, side, rear lunge) - 2x4 (last week 3x4 about killed me) Weighted plie hops - 2x12 Single leg square hops - 2x4 (on one leg hop front, then right, then back, then left making a box) GS for shoulders 3x8 Upright row Lateral raise Front raise overhead, open to T It ended up being a pretty good w...