Good morning and happy Monday my friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! Our weekend started off slow and then got busier as it went on, but it was a lot of fun. A good mix of activities and relaxing with my boys, just what I needed after a long and busy week at work! So without further adieu…here is the Weekly Wrap Up!
Week: 1/5-1/11
Monday: It was my first day back at work in almost a month, I woke up 30 minutes before my alarm with first day of school work jitters. The good part about waking up early is that I was able to leisurely get out of bed, wash my face, brush my teeth and hair at a normal pace instead of my frantic usual pace so I can get out the door ASAP. I got into work early which was great (still not rushing) and I got in my first run in over a month!! I did 4 miles at an 8:42 pace and I felt good, like really good, which proves to me that Asylum really did make a difference in my strength. If I could sustain that pace without putting in a maximum effort, it clearly helped me! Afterwards I did some planks for about 10 mins and called it a morning. In the evening I did the #30dayyogachallenge after I put the monster to bed.
Tuesday: I knew my legs would feel my run the day before, but overall they weren’t too mad at me. My IT band was a bit tight (nothing bad at all, just a slight twinge) but I still wanted to run, so I did 3 miles. I kept my paces in the higher 8’s and I felt good. Afterwards, I did 3 sets of 8 of weighted burpees and quickly finished with a 3 minute plank hold.
Wednesday: YAY!! I was SO SO SO excited to get back to my regular Wednesday morning spin class! I missed this class so much while I was on vacation. It was good to see all my spin buddies and our instructor Erin! It was a great class and I was a sweaty mess afterwards. We did a class full of hill work, so my legs were a bit sore going into the class from my running and the hills didn’t do them any favors, but I made sure to stretch out a lot after class and was thankful I was wearing my flat riding boots at work all day! Heels would definitely not have been a good idea!
Thursday: I thought about doing my usual vinyasa yoga class in the morning but I really wanted to run so I did 3.33 miles in 30 minutes. I took it pretty slow and I started Season 5 of White Collar on Netflix on my phone while I ran. Since I am not teaching Group Power in the evenings anymore, I wanted to get in a more intense workout than yoga. I don’t know what I am going to do moving forward because I really like taking a yoga class at least once a week, but I want to get my cardio in as well….#firstworldproblems
Friday: I ended up waking up really early (again!!) because I was stressed about my day at work. So, I left my house earlier than usual so I had enough time to get in 5 miles before my first meeting of the morning. I watched White Collar again while I ran and the run seemed to fly by. I kept it at an easy 8:57 pace and then I stretched when I was done and did some planks and called it a day.
Saturday: Ashton had his last sports class last week
After swim we stopped for smoothies at a local cafe and then headed home for a nap. Once Ashton was asleep I did Asylum Strength. I really loved the Asylum program and now that it’s done, I am going to still incorporate some of the videos into my weekend workouts since they are so good. I think the strength workout will be my go to video since I am not teaching Group Power on Thursday’s anymore and I need to get in weight training. We were going to go to the library when Ashton woke up because they have this great toddler play area, but we looked online and they closed at 4 p.m. so we ended up having a game night at the house instead. Ashton is obsessed with board games, which makes Robyn and I so happy because we love them ourselves. We have about 6 toddler board games right now but his favorites are Orchard and Monza. We played games for about 1.5 hours and he insisted on wearing my hat while playing. I may have to get him a newsboy hat because he looked so adorable wearing mine!
Sunday: REST DAY!! We met our friends and their boys at Sky Zone for their 2 hour toddler jump and the boys had a blast.
Seriously, if you ever want to laugh really hard, go to Sky Zone. Watching kids run, jump and fall over is hysterical, I got in a good ab workout that way! After the toddler jump was over, we finished off the morning/early afternoon with a trip to Wegman’s. It is seriously like a candy store for adults, I LOVE grocery shopping there (so does Ashton!!) I thought briefly about doing some yoga during nap time, but honestly, my body needed the total rest so I decided to start organizing my pictures of Ashton for 2014 so I can get started soon on his yearly picture book.
So that is the Weekly Wrap Up! Overall, I was pleased with the week, I started back to running in 2015 and looking forward to continuing this. I also need to create a more diverse plan of action, but for the next couple of weeks, I want to continue to run 3-4 days a week to get my body used to that again. I also did some ab specific work with plans and am calling that a win! I totally fell off the #30dayyogachallenge. The thing is, I really enjoy it, the videos are short and sweet, but the first 9 days, I didn’t really feel challenged and as much as I like the relaxation aspect of it, I can use those 15-20 minutes now that I am back to work for prepping my meals and bag for the next day of work, so I just let it go. I don’t feel too terrible about it, it was just easier to keep up with when I was home and on vacation. Maybe I will pick it up again sometime, but not right now.
Have a great Monday friends!
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Question of the day
How was your week? What did you do for workouts? What are you looking forward to this week?
