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Week 7 Recap and Getting My Life Back Together!
Wow, it’s been a whirlwind of a few days. Mostly fun, but very tiring. This will be a getting my life back together post and a week 7 recap. Things have been crazy for a week or two but ended up getting extra crazy. It started Tuesday morning at 4:15am, I ran 4.5 miles on the treadmill. Felt great, but can tell my treadmill is still tilting to the right. The whole right side of my body was screaming for most of the day. We then got into the car around 10ish and drove to Disney. We stayed at a Disney resort for two night. Result was a lot of fun,…
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Week 6 Recap and Last Few Days
Week 6 Recap and a recap over the last few days. Things have been all over the place. I have not done a good job managing my time or stress level! This week consisted of restarting our housing search, putting in an offer on a house and going through all the negotiations. We have an accepted offer and are now going through the process. We have done this twice before, but it’s always a lot. I also haven’t been sleeping great. We have been a little off our normal schedule with visitors in town, and I have chosen sleep in the morning over running. Sleep is definitely important, and helping…
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Fun Filled Day
Today was long but a fun filled day! We started with a preschool class and then headed right to the zoo. Things are crazy busy this week because of Spring Break for our local school district and a ton of travelers and tourist in the area. Even though it was crowded we had a blast! It’s always so nice to get out of the house and do some activities and let the kids run! We will all sleep good tonight. The weather was also perfect. Mid-70s and sunny. It was one of those days that you just had to be outside! After dinner I snuck out for a three mile…
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Rainy Day and Daylight Savings
We are struggling over here! Between daylight savings time and a rainy day, we are all bored and cranky! It’s been the first bad weather day we have had in a long time. Didn’t realize just how much being outside in the sun really helps us throughout the day. We watched a lot of movies and played a lot cars. After the kids went to bed I was able to sneak out and run four miles on the treadmill. No one is more surprised than me that I got this run in. I was running all the scenarios in my head for how I could take today off and still…
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Week 5 Recap
We had visitors and things got busy, but I miss the consistent journal entry posts! I like going back and looking at them! Daily blogging will start again next week! Life Training Recap First: Training has been going pretty good. Life stressors and increasing mileage I can tell my body is tires. I need to step up my nutrition game, which is constant battle for me. I also need to do way better on water in take. Things are starting to heat up here in Florida. We went through a mini winter heat wave, both the heat and humidity were high Abs my body is still dehydrated! Overall though this…
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Week 4 Recap!
Week 4 Recap! This week was a very solid week of training. It took some patience not to run too fast and keep things easy. My body is adapting to the slow increase of mileage and I love it. I just keep feeling better and better. Monday: 3 Miles & Lift Tuesday: 3 Miles Wednesday: off Thursday: 3 Miles & Lift Friday: 2.5 Miles Saturday: 4.5 Miles Sunday: 2 miles and Pelvic Floor Abs TOTAL: 18 Miles This training plan really is perfect for me. It is a slow build and has room for flexibility, which is ideal because life with two toddlers is crazy! Overall I’m excited with where…
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Slow Morning and Three Mile Run
Started today out with a slow morning, and ended with a three mile run. I decided that I wanted to run outside for my three miles today. Get some extra sunshine! If I want to run outside I have to wait until the afternoon. Oh toddler life. We started the morning with coffee and some Thomas. It’s a a nice relaxing morning. Then we headed to pre-school class! Perk of visitors my youngest got to stay home and play, and I got to enjoy a second cup of coffee kid free! After class we headed to spend a few hours at the zoo! Spend a few hours relaxing and hydrating…
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Better Monday
Way Better Monday! Finally back to some morning runs! It’s been a really rough two weeks with this sickness in our house. I can’t believe my cough and runny nose is still lingering. I was about to get up and do a run, strength, shower and a coffee before anyone woke up! Win! I did a three mile treadmill run. Keeping things super slow and focusing on mileage and consistency until the cough is gone. My hip flexors are tight and I can tell my body has been working to fight off the virus because it is a little weak. After my run, I did a quick 10min Peloton Strength…
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Sickness and Long Run
Today consisted of sickness and a long run. The dreaded head cold is going through our house. I have been lucky enough to have bypassed the last few sicknesses that went through the house. This time it got me first. I was knocked down for a good 48 hours. It was probably the worst head cold I have had in forever. I contemplated a run yesterday, because you always hear that if it’s in your head exercise can help. Well I finally decided I felt so awful that I went to bed at 6:30 instead. Today I’m just a little stuffy, but the foggy mind and sore throat are gone!…
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Morning Workout and Disney
Started the day with a morning workout, ended the day Disney. Solid day. 4:15am wake up call. I definitely had the internal struggle this morning of if I wanted to get up or take the day as my rest day and run tomorrow instead. I decided that after a day at Disney I’m going to want the morning off tomorrow. Three treadmill miles with some at tempo pace. I’m adding in some speed throughout my base training, to avoid getting bored and keep my body ready for some turn over. In the past that has worked well for me. Anything small I can add that will keep me moving along…
