Friday evening I did my calisthenics as soon as I got home from work. I didn't have a ton of time for it because one of my husband's Army friends was coming over and we were gonna go out to dinner. But I managed to squeeze in a good 25 minute workout.
The plan was to do this
10 pushups
20 burpees
30 mountain climbers
40 squat jumps
50 second plank
Repeat x5
This is kind of a beastly workout for someone who's still intermediate-ly fit, so I just resolved to do as much as I can, as fast as I can, before I got tired and had to get ready to go out. I did everything except the squat jumps, those were brutal on my legs. I did about 25 of those per set. Saturday was supposed to be my long run and I didn't want my legs to be too burned out. Total number of sets I did was 3. I was pretty tired, and could have probably attempted another set, but I had to get ready to go out. I had a good time, and it was very much needed! We had fun sharing crazy Army stories and eating some good food. Saturday just ended up being one big "run errands" kind of day. Original plan was to get our taxes done and then run at the track on the base, but taxes ended up taking 3 hours longer than we thought - between waiting, going back home to get documents, and ...questioning... our underwhelmingly sized refund. It was 1:00 before we knew it, and I was hangry. Hungry/angry. I knew running just wasn't gonna happen that day and just decided to get it done on sunday instead. We ended up shopping for a bit - got some cute little exercise shorts on sale for $16! Did alot of other things that needed to be done around our house. It was a good, productive day. And it was also a day spent with my husband which is always good.
So yes, today ended up being run day. The target? 5 miles. Doesn't seem like alot to most people, but I am increasing my mileage for this month's 10k. This run was ok. My body wasn't in running mode and protested the whole time, but I got the miles done. I'm also in the process of sampling various energy supplements during these longer runs. Today's supplement testing was the ever famous GU. I was skeptical, having heard mixed things about it, but I always like to try things out for myself and form my own opinions. And my opinion is - not for me. There's just nothing appealing about slurping down a packet of warm goo. Especially during a run, when my throat is parched and all it wants is some cool/refreshing liquid. This GU tasted like warm, marshmallowy goo. It was really odd. And yeah, I know that they advise drinking water with GU's, but I am not going to start bringing water along until I am running longer distances. Seems silly to bring it for 5 miles. Still, I just don't think I'm a gel person. So far my favorite is the Honey Stingers, but I still have a few more to try out.
The weather was great today. 63 degrees, partly cloudy, breezy. Couldn't ask for a better day for running in the south. My husband was out with the puppy, who got plenty of playtime and social time with other dogs. Here's a picture that my husband snapped
I feel like this should be on the cover of a magazine. It's such a perfect picture! I can't ever get pictures of him like this, he never sits still for me.
I'm so freaking exhausted. In retrospect, I should probably have allowed more time for myself to get up to 6 miles. I know that I am increasing my mileage way too fast. But I just didn't have enough time, and I really wanted to run this race. All I can really do now is try to get enough rest, stretch it out real good, ice, ibuprofen. And I've been doing all of those things. Tomorrow I'll do a nice long yoga session to stretch everything out real good, and that should help tremendously.
Now I'm looking forward to doing absolutely nothing for the rest of the night. Dinner is in my crock pot, I'll have a small drink or two, relax with my husband and watch Spartacus and Walking Dead. Yay, tv shows I actually like are airing new episodes!
Oh, I will also be eating this
It's a snickerdoodle cupcake! I made these from scratch last night. Only 3 of them will be consumed by me, the rest were either eaten by my husband or given to our neighbors. Gotta bake some treats every now and then!
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