Three Day Weekends.

And now only three more days of work until it’s the weekend again!  Why are three day weekends so bittersweet?  It is so, so nice to have that extra day off but then getting back to the office on Tuesday is always so, so painful!!!  Ahhh!  But at least I had body pump after work to look forward too!  I feel like I have had such a long break from running since I took Sunday, Monday AND today off of running!  I am almost excited to be back at it tomorrow after such a long break!  But hopefully a few days off has helped me get into gear for the final last training runs before my upcoming half marathon!  I am counting down the days (11 FYI) .  I also decided to take the Monday after the half off to relax.  I thought it might be a nice little treat and will give me another three day weekend to look forward to!  Ah but until then…

Here is another nice little Kinley Boot Camp workout the Sister and I did on Sunday.  (Still sore from this one as well…plus probably that rock climbing business!!)  I googled some P90X moves and incorporated those into this little routine…

Warm up – 5 minutes of walk/jog combo.  (FYI – the little dog had to join in this fitness also plus then did that 5K yesterday! – no wonder he’s a zombie today )

Cardio – 1 minute running in place, 1 minute Heisman‘s (picture what just one of these would be like)

Weights – 30 seconds jumping 1/2 circle rotating squats, 30 seconds walking lunges, repeat

Cardio – 1 minute jumping knee tucks, 1 minute Jumping Jacks (touch those hands together!)

Weights – 30 seconds burpees, 30 seconds pushups, repeat

Cardio – 30 seconds per leg – large circle kicks, 1 minute double airborn Heisman‘s

Weights – 3 sets of 12 reps – biceps, tricep extensions and lateral pull downs on the bo-flex but you can use weights instead

Abs: 15 of each of the following:

• V-Sits
• Rotating V-Sits (hold in V-sit pose and oblique twist from side to side)
• Plank (1 minute)
• Oblique push-ups
• Butterfly Feet Reverse Crunches
• Jack Knifes with oblique twist
• Leg-up Sit ups
• Seated knee cycles (15 each leg, in each direction)

Walking or Jogging cool down and stretching for at least five minutes.

To see videos of these moves, I consulted these videos…one and two or if you are familiar with P90X, they might seem familiar as well.  After doing this workout, it really made me wish I could fit P90x in my workout rotation but I know there is no way I could manage that AND training for my upcoming half marathons AND getting my $30/month out of my gym membership… oh well, maybe someday!  For now I will settle with mixing some plyo into the sister’s boot camps and dreaming about being a personal trainer – lol!!

(Disclaimer, I am not a trained professional and am only sharing my personal experience.  Consult with a trained professional and/or doctor before beginning any of these activities if you are unsure of your abilities).

Time for bed for me!  I have an Interval B workout on tap for tomorrow morning!  My favorite (and I just realized there is a much easier way to link to my old posts than what I had been doing…wow, today I have made myself feel incredibly stupid no less than 10 times….yeepers!)  Maybe tomorrow night I will type up something a little deeper but for tonight, this is all I have in me!  Night!

Endless.

Sorry for the few day break there.  Of course I ended up eating something contaminated with gluten on Monday and was pretty much miserable and crabby for the last two days but I am feeling better finally (luckily it was only trace amounts!!!)  Seems to be an endless cycle with me… feel good for about a week, eat something bad, feel bad a week… Hopefully I can get this figured out sooner rather than later!  I also am in desperate need of gf snack items… Anyone have any suggestions?  And bread?  I REALLY miss bread…

So anyways, I am back to post an update on this week.  My training plan had me doing 3 miles easy on Monday – check!  Interval B Wednesday – check!  And a 3 mile tempo run this morning…ummm… not so much.  I just was not feeling it today.  I think when I end up eating something that makes me feel sick, I end up not eating enough for the next few days and then exercise abilities really go down the crapper…  So I didn’t push it at all and realized maybe I needed to take it easy.  I still ended up making 3 miles total but not so much with the “tempo” bit!  I also had big plans to run another mile this afternoon after work before Body Pump (hello now having an HOUR between work and class… ick!) but that did not happen either.  Lazy  Or rather, listening to what my legs and body were telling me.  Luckily I am maybe starting to get a bit better at this and not feeling such a compulsion almost to just push through pain and tiredness and just do “XYZ”.  At least that is one endless cycle I was stuck in for years that I am finally breaking out of!  I now know there is always tomorrow and if I miss one run or even a few runs and end up not pushing through to overtraining, I will be much better off in the end.  So hopefully my body appreciates this semi restful few days I have coming up as I have no long run scheduled this weekend.  Still planning to do the 5 miles on my training plan but probably not pushing it and maybe trying to keep it easy and around a 10 min/mile pace.  Then only one more 11 miler and my half marathon weekend will be here!!  I have to admit, I am terribly excited for this race and really hoping I can throw down some good miles and paces!  (If all the planets align in my favor that is )  Either way, I know it will be a great race and I absolutely loved it last year and is what got me hooked on halfs so it should be fun!  My mom and sister are coming to cheer me on again, wonder if the sister will make me a special shirt again???  LOL!!

Isn't she the best sister ever?

Tomorrow is a rest day but even a rest day involves a block walk with a certain little guy so at least I’ll get a little fresh air tomorrow  And then it’s time for the big three day weekend!  I always find Labor Day bittersweet because it signals the end of the summer but yet beginning of my favorite season of the year, Fall!  I am really hoping this turns into the best Fall of my life because so far January-August have been some of the worst months of my life with feeling sick ALL THE TIME!  I think tomorrow or Saturday I will plan to finally type up what I remember about my race above!  I think it’s about darn time seeming as how it was almost two months ago already!!!  Where is time going???  Happy Friday tomorrow!