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Week Four

Mission Get Moving

Week Three Wrap Up

This week was a very active one but I did not meet all of my goals.  I am learning what is realistic for me these days and some tricks to make sure I get done what I want to.

Four runs just did not happen.  I was really tired yesterday and Tate and I were at his mom’s house where the only run is a very hilly one.  I subbed in a 45 minute hilly fast walk and still got a good cardio session in.  One thing I learned from this is that I need to get my runs in early in the week.

Abs/arms was on the plan for 6 days but only 5 happened.  I am usually happy to hit the mat just before bed to squeeze out 50 push ups or a few sets of crunches but on Wednesday last week I was exhausted and had drank two glasses of wine.  Once again, it works best for me to start early.

I did three yoga routines last week, not the four scheduled, and they were excellent.  Same story, yoga works best for me if I do it first thing or close to it.

My interval workout

Mission Get Moving

Week Four (August 30-September 5)

I am already prepared for this week to be a doozy in many ways.  IF we buy this house in Charlottesville (we are still in negotiations!), we will close on Friday and start moving over the weekend.  My grandmother was admitted into the ICU yesterday and my mom is going to Pennsylvania Wednesday to see her.  My brother-in-law and his wife are having a baby any day now.  What a week it will be.  My plan of attack for Mission Get Moving is to get my workouts in early in the day and early in the week.  I can imagine that by this weekend I may exhausted and very busy.

  • 4 yoga sessions
  • 4 runs (long run at least 50 minutes)
  • 6 days arms/abs
  • Zumba/interval/cardio dvd

What’s on your workout schedule for the week?

When I am starting to drag this week I will look at this picture from the beach a few weeks ago.  How energized do I look?!

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Oh, the Humidity!

2 out of 4 runs and 2 out of 5 yoga sessions down!

I started the day feeling a bit underslept and a wee sore.  By the time I finished a bowl of yogurt with banana and half a cup of coffee I knew I had to run before it got to hot or give up on the idea all together.  As I headed out of the house I told my niece, “see you in 40 minutes”.  Her response?  “Only 40 minutes?”  Sheeessh!  Nothing like an 8-year-old to keep your ego in check.  Here I was feeling pretty proud of the idea of a 40 minute run!  The opposite happened yesterday though,  I was telling my 13-year-old sister the ground I had covered in a 35 minute run and she said “wow, that’s far!”  She is a soccer player and just starting to go running on her own.  She is where I was at when I was about 16 and just starting to run, when a mile was the run, not a warm-up for the run!

Todays run was 40 sweaty minutes of country road.  I definitely felt a lot lighter, faster, and stronger than yesterday.  So good, in fact, that at about 25 minutes I decided to throw in some sprints.  For the following 10 minutes I alternated 30 seconds of sprinting with 1 minute of recovery jog then finished off with a 5 minute cool-down jog.  Although I was feeling pretty good it was still a challenging run and I looked like I had got caught in the rain by the end.  Never underestimate the power of humidity on a workout!  I don’t mind the sweat (except when it drips into my eyes!) but I always feel just a bit slower and I tire more quickly with a lot of humidity.

Back at the homestead I grabbed my 5 pound weights for a quick arm workout.  I am just getting back into lifting weights and 5 pounders equal heavy lifting for me at this point.  From January 2009-July2010 I only did body weight and band exercises (’cause that’s all I had available).

The workout

15 incline push-ups to warm up (hands on a stair takes a lot of weight out of your arms, making it easier 🙂 )

3 sets each of

  • bicep curls (different variation each set)
  • overhead triceps extensions
  • bent over rows
  • lateral raises

My cool-down was my yoga routine followed by a cold shower.

This afternoon I hope to freeze some tomatoes from my dad and stepmom’s garden.  We don’t even have a house but once we have one, the freezer will be stocked with garden goodies!

Tate and I are making a day trip to Charlottesville tomorrow to househunt.  Again.  There are 13 places we want to check out!  Unfortunately, or maybe not, most of them will probably be ruled out just from a drive by.  In any case, wish us luck!

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