Day 29: Can't touch this....

Had a little Vanilla Ice in my head this morning for some reason, so I decided to honor him in my title today! Lame i know but who cares. So whats up with this weather being all hot again. I don't particularly like it. I love the sunshine, but I wish it was a few degrees cooler! Anyways, at least its not snowing...ugh I hate winter.

I'm starting to feel a little more like myself! Over the weekend I did well. I ran 3 miles on Saturday, and 3 on Sunday! It felt great! Yesterday was a strength and stretch day so I did awesome abs at the gym I workout at and ran a mile after that. I know I wasn't suppose to run, but I did it anyways! I also did some arm workouts as well. Today is going to be another 3 mile day. I'm a little worried its going to be a challenge just because I'm not going to be running until late in the day. I have a night class tonight that doesn't get out until 8:15 so that is going to put me running at around 9. But its fine, I guess you gotta do what you gotta do! I would really like to run the actual 10K course one day this weekend! Sunday would probably be the best day. I'm not going to kill myself and I may have to walk once I get to 4 miles but I would love to run it just to see what its like! I'll let you know how it goes.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. And apparently today is National Think Positive Day, so everyone kick Negative Nancy out of the office and bring in Positive Patty for the day! Have a good one.

Until Tomorrow...Just Keep Running

Day 16: Death Bed

Hi All. Sorry I have been totally MIA I have literally been on my death bed. I have been very sick and haven't gotten to train AT ALL. I have been out for 6 days and its literally driving me crazy. On Monday I got some fresh air and walked 2 miles with my sister, but other than that I haven't done a thing. I still don't feel well, but contemplating on getting back in the gym today. All the drainage is starting to go to my chest so I am kind of scared to run and give myself bronchitis, so I may just focus on some lifting today. We will see. Anyways, I do apologize for not blogging and not having anything exciting to say today but I promise that in a couple of days I will be right back at it! Just gotta get well first! I hope everyone has a great day! Pray that I will get better and keep my endurance up! Thanks guys!

Until Tomorrow....Just Keep Running

Day 8: Pumping that Iron

Hello All! Sorry this post is a little late. I have had the CRAZIEST morning at work. I'm a little mad about it! HAHA lets just say I have earned my keep this morning! I hope ya'll have had a better morning than me!

First off I am loving this weather!! Today the forecast says its suppose to be a high of 96, but it you look at the hourly forecast its only going to get 90. This would be amazing because that means at around 7 when I'm getting ready to run it will be in the low 80's! PERFECT.

Yesterday was my strength and stretch day. Well I finally renewed my gym membership and got back in. Lifting is one of my favorite things to do. I love the feeling I get because I know I am getting something out of it. I usually lift with the max weight that I can do but I did some reading and saw that its better for runners to do max reps and lower weight to increase muscle endurance verses focusing just on muscle strength. So this is what I did...and let me tell you...I was almost one of those people in the gym who scream while they lift! Just almost...but not quite. Below is my workout that I completed:

Squats: 3 sets of 12
Leg Curls: 3 sets of 15
Leg Extensions: 3 sets of 15
Leg press: 3 sets of 12
Calve Raises: 2 sets of 15
Hip Adduction: 3 sets of 20
Hip Abduction: 3 sets of 20

Stretch

This killed me! By the time I got to the leg press I was practically having to pick my legs up and put them on the machine. I'm feeling it this morning as well but not as bad as I thought. Usually my second day is my most sore day so I can't wait until tomorrow. Today I will be running 2.5 miles. I have not decided yet where I want to run this but it will more than likely be campus! I also want to do an intense ab workout. Not real sure what I am going to do yet, but I know your core is essential for running. So I guess I will see how it goes. I hope everyone has a great day!

Until Tomorrow....Just Keep Running!