monday - pure barre
i really love starting my week off with a good lift, tone, burn session after work. and this particular one? well i'll let this text to my boyfriend speak for itself:
anybody want to guess how this run went? hot/humid? sweaty? slow? if you guessed all three, then you're right! i've just come to accept that these are my runs now. and though i toyed with the gym idea, the cheap gym is only open mon-fri, meaning i would only have four more runs there. not the most cost effective. i'm just learning to embrace the heat and hope it's making me stronger.
wednesday - pure barre
i swear i got a little further with my split stretch! that was probably the highlight of this class, as i had trouble really focusing throughout the first three sections of class. not every class is going to be the best!
thursday - 3 miles
jenny and i were hoping to do this run together, but she had to stay late at work :( instead, i set out with my headphones and told myself to try to hit my goal half marathon pace for this run. and i succeeded! of course, less than ten weeks from now i have to keep it up for 13.1 miles, but i'm trying not to focus on that.
friday - pure barre
another low-attendance pure barre session, which meant i received extra attention from the instructor to make sure i was doing everything with the right form or pushing myself to get the most out of the class. so helpful!
saturday - 5 miles
i made the mistake of deciding to go to the national cathedral and zoo before my run, meaning my legs already had almost eight miles on them before i set off on my long run. because of this, my pace was slow and i was tired, but it was totally worth it to spend a day with the animals!
i think this may be the first time ever that i stuck to the days a training plan called for certain workouts. only took a year and a half to do so hahah. it was really nice to have a sunday off so i could do all my errands without having to worry about fitting in a workout.
training total: 26.5 miles
do you prefer to rest on mondays or start the week with a workout? what's your favorite animal to see at the zoo?
-b
Awesome job on the workouts! I used to take barre classes and it was always awesome when there were so few people in the class because the one on one attention gave me such a good workout!
ReplyDeletei always enjoy the classes way more when it's a smaller teacher to student ratio; i get so much more out of it!
DeleteYay for sticking to your training plan! I usually do my long runs on Sunday so that Monday is a rest day. It works out well for me!
ReplyDeletei like having monday as a rest day during the school year! but with the summer my whole schedule has changed.
DeleteI think you're doing awesome! I always feel especially good when I've managed to stick to ALL of the workouts in a given week. :) I've TOTALLY made the mistake of doing some sort of outdoor activity (on my feet, of course) either the day before or the day before a run, and I definitely pay the price. I love that you're balancing pure barre with your training, too! Keep it up, you're killing it! :)
ReplyDeletethanks, jennifer! and sometimes things are just way too fun to pass up during training, even if it means our legs hate us for it haha
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