Thanks to my job and the fact that the Chicago Marathon is officially 16 weeks away, I’ve been a bit of a work out fiend lately.
This is my workout schedule from this past week:
Sunday: Spin at Soulcycle with Ashley
Monday: rest/stretch/foam roll
Tuesday: Run 4 miles, yoga in Times Square
Wednesday: Spin
Thursday: Run 3 miles (speedwork), class at Barry’s Bootcamp with Well&Good
Friday: Rest/stretch/foam roll
Saturday: Pride 5 mile run (plus an additional 1.5 miles before/after)
Sunday: Rest
Even though I had three rest days (I had only planned on two, but thanks to an intense race yesterday, my body was asking for a rest day today and I listened), I also had two days of double workouts, so a total of 7 workouts = a busy, sweaty week.
Also, Nate and I have started a push up challenge. Upper body strength has never been a priority for me and since I’ve done a lot more strength workouts in the last month I’ve noticed a lot of improvement in my upper body strength and I want to keep it up. We are doing 10 pushups every morning and every night, and each week we are going to add one pushup.
Buddy helps by licking my face every time I get down on the mat. Really, it’s helpful.
(Side brag note: Thursday at Barry’s a girl on the treadmill next to me complimented me on my arms! Never in my life has this happened to me, and I have to say it felt really good. Thanks random girl, you really have no idea how great you made me feel.)
Thursday’s class at Barry’s with Well+Good was amazing. (Sorry I suck remembering my camera – see photos and read a great review of the class here ) We split into two groups, one group started on the treadmills and the other in the center of the room with resistance bands. I started on the treadmills and we basically did intervals for about 15 minutes, where we would jog (I jogged at a 5.5 pace) and then up to a sprint (for me it ranged between 8.5-9.0) for shorter periods of time – 90 seconds, one minute, 45 seconds, 30 seconds.
Then we switched and did different exercises with resistance bands targeting arms, shoulders, back, and then some legs/glutes work. We switched again halfway through the hour-long class, and the second round on the treadmill included powerwalking and jogging on a 15% incline! HOLY cow was that hard. We then lowered the incline to 10% and then 5% and then sprinted to the finish. Second round on the floor included weighted bars – doing lunges, rows, flys and then finishing with some ab work and stretching.
Joey was an amazing instructor – super motivating, funny, and energized. Music was great, class was not impossible, but just tough enough to make me hurt today and still want to come back for more. Just what I need – one more fitness addiction. :)
So while I’m definitely ramping up my workouts, I’m still in the process of building my marathon training plan. I have all of my long runs mapped out, and I’ve decided that I will run 3-4 days a week depending on how my foot is doing – one long, one or two shorter, easy runs including hills and one day focusing totally on speedwork. I am also building in lots of cross-training – spin one day, yoga at least one day per week, and a strength workout at least one day per week. Because my schedule isn’t very consistent week to week, I’m going to try to spend my Sunday nights planning out the week’s workouts and making sure I’m fitting everything in. It’s gonna be a busy summer!
Hey Nate, take a sweaty picture of me after my run. Wait, let me look drunk first.
Okay, better, not drunk anymore…just super awkward.
There we go. Halfway normal. Still sweaty.
My first week of training went really well – my first short run was on 4 miles on Tuesday down to Times Square yoga, and it was fairly speedy but still easy. Thursday’s run was 3 miles of speedwork down to Trader Joe’s (I’m really liking using running as a means of transportation these days) and my long run was the Pride Run Saturday. Even though I ran 3 as opposed to 4 days this week, I’d still call it a successful first week of training!
I’m starting to get really excited for my training. I feel like having gone through this once before , I know what I don’t want (injury, little cross-training, struggling through the last 6 miles) and I feel confident that this time around I have the tools to be really well prepared for Chicago.
What workouts are you loving lately – anything I have to try?
Thanks to my job and the fact that the Chicago Marathon is officially 16 weeks away, I’ve been a bit of a work out fiend lately.
This is my workout schedule from this past week:
Sunday: Spin at Soulcycle with Ashley
Monday: rest/stretch/foam roll
Tuesday: Run 4 miles, yoga in Times Square
Wednesday: Spin
Thursday: Run 3 miles (speedwork), class at Barry’s Bootcamp with Well&Good
Friday: Rest/stretch/foam roll
Saturday: Pride 5 mile run (plus an additional 1.5 miles before/after)
Sunday: Rest
Even though I had three rest days (I had only planned on two, but thanks to an intense race yesterday, my body was asking for a rest day today and I listened), I also had two days of double workouts, so a total of 7 workouts = a busy, sweaty week.
Also, Nate and I have started a push up challenge. Upper body strength has never been a priority for me and since I’ve done a lot more strength workouts in the last month I’ve noticed a lot of improvement in my upper body strength and I want to keep it up. We are doing 10 pushups every morning and every night, and each week we are going to add one pushup.
Buddy helps by licking my face every time I get down on the mat. Really, it’s helpful.
(Side brag note: Thursday at Barry’s a girl on the treadmill next to me complimented me on my arms! Never in my life has this happened to me, and I have to say it felt really good. Thanks random girl, you really have no idea how great you made me feel.)
Thursday’s class at Barry’s with Well+Good was amazing. (Sorry I suck remembering my camera – see photos and read a great review of the class here ) We split into two groups, one group started on the treadmills and the other in the center of the room with resistance bands. I started on the treadmills and we basically did intervals for about 15 minutes, where we would jog (I jogged at a 5.5 pace) and then up to a sprint (for me it ranged between 8.5-9.0) for shorter periods of time – 90 seconds, one minute, 45 seconds, 30 seconds.
Then we switched and did different exercises with resistance bands targeting arms, shoulders, back, and then some legs/glutes work. We switched again halfway through the hour-long class, and the second round on the treadmill included powerwalking and jogging on a 15% incline! HOLY cow was that hard. We then lowered the incline to 10% and then 5% and then sprinted to the finish. Second round on the floor included weighted bars – doing lunges, rows, flys and then finishing with some ab work and stretching.
Joey was an amazing instructor – super motivating, funny, and energized. Music was great, class was not impossible, but just tough enough to make me hurt today and still want to come back for more. Just what I need – one more fitness addiction. :)
So while I’m definitely ramping up my workouts, I’m still in the process of building my marathon training plan. I have all of my long runs mapped out, and I’ve decided that I will run 3-4 days a week depending on how my foot is doing – one long, one or two shorter, easy runs including hills and one day focusing totally on speedwork. I am also building in lots of cross-training – spin one day, yoga at least one day per week, and a strength workout at least one day per week. Because my schedule isn’t very consistent week to week, I’m going to try to spend my Sunday nights planning out the week’s workouts and making sure I’m fitting everything in. It’s gonna be a busy summer!
Hey Nate, take a sweaty picture of me after my run. Wait, let me look drunk first.
Okay, better, not drunk anymore…just super awkward.
There we go. Halfway normal. Still sweaty.
My first week of training went really well – my first short run was on 4 miles on Tuesday down to Times Square yoga, and it was fairly speedy but still easy. Thursday’s run was 3 miles of speedwork down to Trader Joe’s (I’m really liking using running as a means of transportation these days) and my long run was the Pride Run Saturday. Even though I ran 3 as opposed to 4 days this week, I’d still call it a successful first week of training!
I’m starting to get really excited for my training. I feel like having gone through this once before , I know what I don’t want (injury, little cross-training, struggling through the last 6 miles) and I feel confident that this time around I have the tools to be really well prepared for Chicago.
What workouts are you loving lately – anything I have to try?