My longest run yet!

So I have to admit that I have slacked off a little this week. With my stupid migraine on Tuesday and with it being the lovely "time of the month" for me, I just have not been feeling myself at all! Wednesday and Thursday were my so called relax and feel better days this week, but today I felt good and commited myself to run.

Douglas had the day off, so I told him to drop me off by Bachus Hwy and 5400 South so I could run home. It was a decent run for me, mostly down hill, a big incline by the Usana Amphitheatre and then a nice decline all the way back to my house, but the one road had lots of big trucks and construction, so having them drive pass me wasn't too fun inhaling the exhaust and dust from it! Once I turned past Usana though, it was nice, with not much traffic. The thing that sucked though was in the middle of my run, my satelite radio stopped working on my phone and I had no music!! For me, I HAVE to have music to keep me pumped, and it sucked BIG TIME! I kept at it though until out of nowhere towards the end it started working again! I just need to have my ipod from now on! I think it really messed with my pace!

My knees were ok, but towards the end, I could feel the weakness in them and they were getting TIRED! My legs felt wobbly by the time I finshed, but a good wobbly I guess! I am just so proud to say that I got to 5.7 miles!! Running for me is not my strength in life, but to go that long when I NEVER had a desire before and actually somewhat enjoyed it, made my day!! This whole training for Ragnar has really pushed me above and beyond what I thought I could do! Such an amazing feeling!! :)

Oh, and 2 weeks from tomorrow is Tough Mudder!! WAY PUMPED!!!

Migraines Suck!!

Today was horrible! I woke up with a massive migraine where I couldn't even function! My head was pounding, I had blurry vision, my hands and arms were numb, and I couldn't even sit up without getting sick! Poor Haiden missed school with how bad I was! I was in bed up until I had to work at 2:00 which the migraine went away, but I still had a bad headache. I managed work ok and then went to dance. Dance went well other then the fact of turns made me dizzy, but I did end up having a good workout with dance and our circuit training. I was not going to go tonight, but glad I did! It helped me loosen up my muscles and stretch a bit.

Yesterday, I didn't go to cycling, but ended up running 3.5 miles. The kids had their dance class, so I had some time to get my run in my Murray park, which I got lost! I turned the wrong way, but eventually made my way back to the car thank goodness! Made up decent time too!

As for tomorrow, I am hoping to run 5 miles. We'll see how I feel!

A change of scenery

Yesterday I worked in the morning, helped my Grandma out with a few things, and then went to my Mom's house to spend some time with them. I planned to do my run there since I was needing a change of scenery and a new route. I ended up running 4.5 miles, on the slow side, but I did it! During the run, I felt good, but my knees started bothering me :( Dang things!!! I felt like I could have gone longer too, but my knees were telling me different! I hope I can get through this next week with not much pain! I have to get to 5 miles this week, maybe 5.5 miles!! As for today, I am relaxing, recovering, and enjoying time with my kiddos until Douglas gets home from his trip tonight! Here's my schedule for this coming week!

Monday: Cycle Class, 3 mile run

Tuesday: Dance Class/Workout

Wednesday: 5 mile run

Thursday: Muscle Class and Abs

Friday: 3 Mile Run

Saturday: Recovery (Will be doing a group run next day)

Rest and Run

Yesterday I was going to get to the gym and do my muscle class, but ended up helping my aunt Shirleyann clean her house. I was kind of bummed to miss it, but hey, you can't pass the opportunity to earn a little extra cash! I worked the rest of the day, but did my ab workout later and then spent some time with my hubby before he left for his trip to Denver. It was nice to have a little bit of a break!

Today, I ran 3.03 miles. I was a little slow, but felt pretty good. My knees were hurting today though which sucked, but again I pushed through and finished. I am hoping to do some weight stuff today to get my strength training in.

As for tomorrow, I am planning on doing 5 lovely miles!! Wish me luck cause I will need it!! :)

BRUTAL I tell ya!!

Today I was very tempted of not running with how dang sore I was, but I knew if I didn't, I'd be mad at myself! So after dropping the kids off at school, I ended up running a nice 4.53 miles and man it was BRUTAL!! Luckily my achilles wasn't hurting at all during my run, but starting off I had a nice incline, a really nice decline in the middle, and then another lovely incline at the end. During that point is where I was hating life! My knees started hurting as well as my butt funny enough! I know it was from all that I've done in the last few days, but I just kept trucking along until I got back home! Even through the pain and gritting my teeth to finish, I am SO proud of myself. 4.53 miles might not be long to some, but knowing me and my LOVE (sarcasm there) for running, I actually did it and will continue to do it until longer distances will be a breeze for me! That's my goal anyways!

As for tonight, there will be A LOT of stretching and A LOT of icing!!!

Tuesdays are fun :)

Love me my Tuesdays!! It's a day where I don't have to worry about working out until later at night, plus I'm dancing with people I love!! Today, we started out with the workout. We partnered up and did a tag team thing where I would be doing a weight thing, while my partner would do cardio, and then we would switch. We did about 10 different switch ups focusing on arms, legs, butt, you name it! Then at the end we did a lovely killer ab workout! I liked doing the workout first, but felt more out of it then when we workout after our dancing. It was a good change though! Then we did our hour technique class which is fabulous as always! My legs were so sore though!! Cycling Mondays really make me feel it on Tuesdays! After, we worked on our show for next year. We started learning one of the songs Respect by Pink. It's one of her older songs, but I absolutely LOVE it!! Such a fun number!!

Can't wait for next week :)

Feelin' my Achilles!

Today I woke up not feeling very motivated on getting to the gym, but pushed that out of my system fast and did the cycling class. It was so good and I can definitely feel my knees working and getting stronger! We did intervals of 15 seconds sprint, 15 recover, 30 sprint, 30 recover, and so on adding 15 seconds to each interval until we got to 2 minutes. It was intense!! Then we climbed hills which aren't my favorite, but I know it is so good for me!! At the end, I was a sweaty mess!!

When I got home, I ran 3 miles. It was tough today!! My right achilles tendon was hurting as I was running, but I pushed myself the whole way. Not sure what to do to help it. It was kind of bothering me on Saturday too. It is no fun to run when you are hurting that's for sure! Hopefully I will feel better by Wednesday for my 4 mile.

Any pointers?

Let another week begin!

Today has been quite nice I must say of not doing anything workout wise, but I am pumped and ready for this new week to start with my training. I will be doing pretty much what I did last week, but maybe up it on my miles a little. Here is my schedule:

Monday: Cyle Class/ 3 Mile Run/ Abs

Tuesday: Dance and Weight Classes

Wednesday: 4 mile Run/ Abs

Thursday: Muscle Works Class

Friday: Swim 1600/ Stretch

Saturday: Run 5 Miles/ Abs
Oh, and Tough Mudder is 4 weeks away! So freakin' excited!!!

More Running!

Today I worked in the morning, went to my Grandma's, and then ran later when it wasn't so hot. I was hoping to do longer than what I actually did, but hey, I ran, so that's something! I ended up running 3.06 miles in 27:11, not too bad. I do have to say that I am quite proud of my running this week! Most I have EVER run in a week. Ready for my rest day though!!! Hoping it'll get me rejuvinated for my week ahead!!

Headaches are no fun :(

Yesterday was horrible for me!! I woke up with a MASSIVE headache that kept me in bed for majority of the day until I had to work. Luckily it wasn't migraine like where I cant see anything, but just a throbbing pulse in my head the whole day. I was so sad to miss my muscle works class at the gym, but knew there wouldn't have been any way for me to participate! During work, it subsided towards the end where I could focus on some weight stuff at home while watching tv. Nothing too spectacular, but at least I was able to do something!

Today I went running while Haiden rode his bike after I picked him up from school. I did about 2.5 miles. It wasn't my fastest since I had to make sure Haiden was with me or catching up to me, but I'm glad I fit it in, plus Haiden was so excited to go with me!

Tonight I will be helping out at a 5k for my friend's daughter's school. Not sure if I'll be running since they might need me during the race, but it'll be fun to participate and help out where needed!

Shocked!!!

Holy Crap!! I just ran 4.08 minutes in just over 31 minutes!!! Completely shocked! It felt really good though! To be honest, I was way nervous running 4 miles, since I never go over the 3 mile mark, but once I started going, I felt great and kept going! The first bit was down hill, and then in the middle to the end, it went uphill. That was not very fun, but I just kept pushing myself and really focused on the music I was listening to. Music saves me I tell you!! I don't know how some people run without listening to anything!

So, my training schedule for running is based on time, but I figure if I do the miles I set out to do, then time shouldn't matter, since today I was supposed to do 45 minutes, which I thought i'd do, but shockingly wasn't! Not to be overly proud or anything, but if you know me, I am NOT a big runner, so to do it in that time is awesome for me and makes me way confident for my races, especially Ragnar!! BRING IT!!!

Oh, and I did throw in my abs as well!! :)

Feelin' it!!

Man!! Cycling and running did me in yesterday!! I really stretched and iced my knees last night, plus took some advil, so luckily waking up wasn't too bad, but still, I could feel it!! My legs and knees were quite weak and wobbly, but once I got to dance, even though they were more sore than normal, I felt good with our technique class and kicked butt on our leap stuff!! After, we did 20 minutes of workout doing circuit training alternating cardio and weights. By the end, I was WAY sweating and shaky, but a good shaky! I worked my ass off!!! I just LOVE that feeling after an amazing workout!! Working on our new show though, you could tell that all of us were just exhausted! We learned more of one of the numbers which is going to be a blast to perform!! Can't wait :)

Cycling and Running

Today I went to the gym and hit up the cycling class. I hadn't been in forever, but feel like it's a good addition to my training! The lady who teaches is awesome! We warmed up, started with a hill, some sprints, repeat, and then did interval training. My knees were feeling it, but weren't hurting thank goodness!! I think it'll be way good for them with all the running and dancing I do! So excited for this Monday class! It definitely kicks my booty!

When I got home, I was going to wait till later to put my running in, but the weather was all cloudy and a little rainy, so I couldn't pass it up!  I started running feeling good and then at about mile 1, it hit me and I had to pee REALLY bad!! I made my way back home, went to the bathroom, and went right back out. I ended up doing 2.53 miles which isn't bad, but I was hoping to do at least 3 miles and run 35 minutes total. I would have kept going too, but had to pick up Haiden from school. Maybe I can fit in another 10 minutes later to make up for it!

I can tell my ankles and knees are a little sore, but I feel good! Now, onto my ab pyramid!

Runner #9

On Friday I got my distances for Ragnar, and I will be runner #9! My first leg is 2.9 Miles/ Easy, 2nd leg is 3.6 Miles/ Easy, and 3rd leg 6.6 Miles/ Hard. I feel really good about my distances being my first Ragnar race and am way excited!! Now, I really have to up my training these next 8 weeks!!

Here is my schedule this week:

Mon- Cycle Class/35 Min Run/Abs

Tues- Dance Class/Weights

Wed- 45 Min Run/Abs

Thurs- Muscle Works Class

Fri- Yoga/Stretch/30 Min Run

Sat- 20/20 Min Run/Abs

Lots of running, which scares me, but I know I can do it!! SO Ready to get my booty going!! :)

Muscle Works!

Today I woke up pretty sore from running yesterday and was not in the mood to do anything. I took Haiden to school, got home, and checked my gym's website to see what classes they had today. There was a muscle works class that I never heard of before, but I know the instructor so I thought I'd give it a try. I had a little bit of time before the class started, so I ran a mile on the treadmill, just to warm up a bit and hopefully loosen my muscles. The class consisted of a weight bar and free weights. We did a pyramid workout, focusing on one part of the body doing 40x light weight, 24x medium weight, and 12x heavy weight. We did squats, alternating squats, upper back, shoulders, biceps, triceps, abs, and inner thighs. It was an awesome class!! I can feel it though and know I will definitely be sore tomorrow! So happy that I went to the gym! Even when I felt crappy before, I feel SO much better all around knowing I had a great workout! Now, I think it's time for a nap before work!! :)

More Dancing and Running!

Monday, Douglas was able to get off of work for Labor Day, so I took the time with him and went shopping with the kids. Didn't get home till late, so I skipped out on my run :( Hopefully I'll make up for it in the week though! Dang Holidays!!

Yesterday, I had dance. It was the first night of the new dance season! We did our dance/technique class for an 1 1/2, spaced our show that is on Friday, and learned some new choreography for the new show we'll be doing next year! I am way excited for those that joined our cast and look forward for an awesome year! Oh, and I got my sweat on as usual :)

Today, I got Haiden to school and was really not up for running, but made myself since I didn't run Monday. I am so glad I did!! I ran about 27 minutes and ran 2.78 miles. (Tracked it on map my run) I was trying to shoot for 3 miles, but got back to my house and after mapping realized it wasn't. At least I now know where to run to get me in my 3 miles! It was a good run though and I just hope I can get my butt to do longer runs soon! Just not my cup of tea, but gotta push myself for Ragnar!!

Also, I did my Ab Pyramid workout again! Definitely felt the burn!!!

Days 5 and 6

Man, I've been busy! Must be the Holiday weekend or something!! :)

Friday, I did 30 minutes Yoga at home from memory. I was way sore waking up, so I thought I'd get some stretching in! I hadn't done yoga in a while and could feel it! I am hoping with my training to fit it in once a week, even go to a class for it. Then I just went on a 20 minute jog/walk with my kids while they were on their bikes. It was more leisurely for me, but I did break a sweat! Even being sore, it was nice to move my legs some!

Yesterday, I unfortunately slacked off, but for good reason! I had to work 4 hours in the morning and then help my Grandma Holt with some stuff at her house and didn't get home till 7pm. I was so exhausted at that point that I just relaxed the rest of the night. I'm kicking myslef now, for not running, but am hoping to make up for it this coming week!

Here is what I will be doing this week:

Monday: 30 Minutes Run/Abs

Tuesday: Dance/Workout/Weights

Wednesday: 30 Minutes Run/Abs

Thursday: Swim/Weights

Friday: Yoga/Rest

Saturday: 30 Mintues Run/ Abs

Sunday: Rest

This week, the kids start school, so it'll help me to get up early, get the kids to school, and workout!!