Long run Saturday has been temporarily replaced. Today I went out to run the trails at Blanchard Woods. It's this big outdoor sports complex, it has like 4 soccer fields and a football field or two. It also has a cross country trail. Last year I did a 5k here and remember it being super super hilly. But you know how sometimes your memory fades a little, and you don't remember it being "that bad" ?Well my memory came back to me today. It's pretty damn hilly.
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| A big long hill I ran UP |
burpees during the run. I ended up going 4 miles because the trail splits a bunch of different ways and I realized I would probably end up getting lost before I found the end. And I did 50 burpees total, broken up into 5 sets of 10. I really liked this run because it was something different. It's been a long time since I've been out on the trails and it was my first time incorporating burpees into a run. It was a hard workout but at the same time it felt great! I took a little extra time to stop and take these pictures. I don't usually allow myself to stop and take breaks during my runs. I guess since I was already stopping to do the burpees I felt like I might as well stop and take in the scenery
It was such a pretty day! A little chilly but I warmed up quick!
The hills wore me out. Today showed me how much my hill training is lacking. It's to be expected though, cause for the last 2 months I've been training for the half marathon at the Canal - probably the flattest place you could ever run
It was muddy out there too. A little taste of next weekend's Spartan Race perhaps?
I had fun and got a kick ass workout which has rendered me pretty sore. My watch said 500 calories, plus whatever the burpees cost me. I am feeling great this evening, think I'm finally getting through the last of this nasty cough. The run helped me get alot of it up, but it also kind of made me cough uncontrollably for awhile.
Side note - I have also come to realize that my tight hip is alleviated by running regularly. My life is basically this - sit in a chair, run. The whole sitting in a chair part is what causes my hip to be tight. The more I sit, the tighter it gets over time. I have to stretch every 1-2 days to keep it in check. Lately I've been coughing so hard my lower back hurts, and my hip has been so freaking tight it feels like it's about to pop off! Today's run REALLY helped loosen it up. It feels so much better now!
Time to chill out for awhile..
2 comments:
I stand most of the time for work and I think it makes my hips tight, I guess there is no winning is there. I do try to stretch at work a couple times throughout the day.
Nice job on the hilly run, looks like a pretty place to burn some calories!
I think that simply moving the hips regularly is what needs to happen. Humans aren't really meant to sit or stand still for long periods of time. We're supposed to be in motion. For me, running/moving plus stretching once a day is the only thing that stops the tightness and pain in my right hip. It sucks but I guess it could be worse, right?
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