WOW and WIAW
Who doesn’t love a good acronym?
The half marathon I have picked is Nov. 6th, which will be here before I know it! I have scored some major PR’s in the last couples weeks of my training…
- Week 7 (20 miles total) PR 5.1 mile - 35 minutes
- Week 8 (16.5 miles total) a 12.5 miler and a 4 miler
- Week 9 (22 miles total) a 14 miler and an 8 miler
- Week 10 ( 24 miles total) PR 13.1 miles – 1 hr 26 minutes
- Week 11 ( 14 miles total) a 10 miler and a 4 miler
- Week 12 ( 16.1 miles total) a 5 miler, a 3 miler, and a 8.1 miler
This week was not so much a PR week but much more of maintenance for me. I know I need to keep pushing myself at this point. The more I can keep maintaining the speed with strength with endurance, the better chance I have at reaching my goal for the race! Here is what I have done this past week and the plan for next…
Wednesday Oct. 5th- Rest
Thursday Oct. 6th- Strength- Back, Biceps, Quads, 3 mile run
Friday Oct. 7th- Rest
Saturday Oct. 8th – Rest
Sunday Oct. 9th- 30 min Elliptical, Strength- Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, Hams, abs
Monday Oct. 10th- 8.1 mile run – 60 minute lunch break.
Tuesday Oct. 11th- Hot Yoga ( Did not happen because of preparing coursework!)
Wednesday Oct. 12th- Gym- Strength (Back, Biceps, Quads)
Plan for Next Week:
Thursday Oct. 13th- Rest (Hot Yoga if I have to miss Tuesday)
Friday Oct. 14th- Hot Yoga
Saturday Oct. 15th – 16 miles, early morning
Sunday Oct. 16th- Hot Yoga
Monday Oct. 17th- Strength, Elliptical
Tuesday Oct. 18th- Run with the club
Unfortunately, my knees started hurting Tuesday. I will need to add an extra stretch session with hot yoga, add in an ice bath to reduce swelling, and most likely I need new shoes!
So there is this little thing that turned into a big thing and has now become….
Honest, hands-down opinion- both are GROSS! I drank the entire bottle of Mamma Chia because I like the health benefits and I adjusted to the slimy seeds sliding down my throat. I’d eat chia seeds again but I don’t know so much about this drink. I’d rather eat salmon for omega-3′s. The flavor of the drink wasn’t bad at all, the nutrition is superior, but the texture… :-/
Those sweet potato chips were $3.19 at Whole Foods and I decided, what the heck, I will try them. Not making the mistake again with their bitter after taste. Anyone else try these? Not satiating at all. They were better than their sister variety below. Fortunately or unfortunately I’m not sure….
BLAH! When I bake Kale Chips myself, a big bag of Kale is ~ $1 -2 makes enough Kale Chips to fill at least 4 of these bags. This bag of 2 servings was $5.99 at Whole Foods, but they gave it to me for $3.19 because the price was not in the isle by the product. You couldn’t pay me to eat them again. I gave them to my coworker.
I revolted with my next choice. Nutritionist gone bad…
Bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit from Bojangles. Fries too. Tasted amazing and I have no guilt because this is the second time in the past 365 that I have eaten fast food. I don’t agree with fast food as a clutch for people who lack time or cooking skills, so I rarely ever eat it. I’ve ignored the saturated fat and sodium content on this occasion.
Maybe I should have used the acronym WOW for Worst of the Worst this week.
What’s the worst thing you have eaten this week ?!!?!
