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Weekly RUNdown

Overall I felt like this was a good week for me.  I had minor aches and pains, but I think I am healing and should be able to resume training this week.  (Albeit with less miles and NO speed work- I'll wait a few weeks or a month until I add that in).  Here's what my week looked like...

Monday:  IT Band/Shin Rehab, 30 min. 100 workout, 15 min.  The 100 workout was a fun change!  I didn't do the running on this and instead did 10 full sit ups.  I wanted to make sure my legs were fully recovered from the race the previous Saturday, so I took an extra rest day.  Here is what I did for the 100 workout:

100 Jumping Jacks

90 crunches

80 squats

70 leg lifts

60 jumping jacks

50 crunches

40 squats

30 leg lifts

20 jumping jacks

10 minutes of running

Tuesday:  3.08 miles at 8:45 pace/mile.  Ran with Jami and felt great.  Minimal tenderness in my shin.  I was also annoyed that the Biggest Loser wasn't on.  Booooooo to the State of the Union addresss!  (I'm joking here.  Kind of).

Wednesday AM:  IT Band/Shin Rehab, 30 minutes.
Wednesday PM:  Elliptical, 30 min, Resistance program 3.  1 mile walk at 4.2 on TM.

Thursday:  3.08 miles at 8:40 pace/mile.  Ran by myself- NO PAIN!!!!!!!  YAY!!!!

Friday:  Elliptical, 30 min.  Walked .79 miles at a 4 on the TM.  Kids.  It's practically impossible to workout while they are around.  This workout was so interrupted and finally I just quit on the treadmill.  Ridiculous.  Note to self:  6 kids and a workout doesn't mix.

Saturday:  4.2 miles at 8:43 pace/mile.  Ran with Jami and Breona.  It was entirely too short for a long run!  I can't wait until I can work back up to 10+ on the weekends again.  I miss it so much.  And while I'm talking about it, I really miss running fast.  A LOT.

Last Week's Goal:  Nice and easy on the running.  I said I didn't want to go more than 3 miles, but I was feeling so good that I felt like it was okay to push it up just one more mile on Saturday.  I ran easy pace wise and felt good.  I feel like I'm strong enough that I can start working back into things.  I can for sure keep running 3-4 days per week.

This Week's Goal:  Keep up the cross training and strength training. I am on a roll with cross training and I want to keep it up!

I am reading Run Less, Run Faster, and I have decided to train with their "3 plus 2" program for the Ogden Marathon in May.  (3 days of running and 2 days of approved cross training- swim, cycle, rowing).  I feel like it will help me get through the marathon training without injury (hopefully!) and if it makes me faster, that would just be an added bonus.

I love to run fast, but I love just being able to run more than anything.

Considering that Ogden is at the beginning of my race season, I want to be able to get through the marathon healthy so I can continue on racing this summer.  Wasatch Back is less than a month after the marathon, so it is very important to me that I run SMART.

Favorite part about your workout week?

Pain free run, and cross training on the elliptical with Audra on Wednesday night.  Friends make everything better.

Also!  I returned the Brooks Cadence running shoes (sad face) and bought some New Balance stability trainers.  I ended up with a refund of $10.69.  I also paid my friend Whitney $35 for the Dirty Dash 5K that we will be running together in June.  That brings my RUNNING total to $405.78.  Yikes.

Got Acne?

I've struggled with acne since I hit puberty, which for me, happened to be about my sophomore year of high school.

Acne bites.

I've tried several things off and on over the years and have been using Proactiv for the past 5 years.  While it keeps my face semi clear, I still break out.  Especially on my forehead, along my hairline, and my chin.  I've heard that running is supposed to "help" with acne, but for me it has only made it worse.

Around Christmas I was so fed up!  My skin was terrible and I was about to see a dermatologist when my Aunt Jenn told me to just buy a Clarisonic Mia- after all, that is what her dermatologist recommended and it was working well for her.

So, the day before Christmas I ordered one off of Amazon and have been using twice a day ever since.

MY FACE HAS NEVER BEEN SO CLEAR.  At least not in the last 14 years.

Not only that, but my zits, even the really big deep ones that are under the skin, seem to clear up in half the time.

I highly, HIGHLY recommend.

Does running make you break out?  What do you use to help keep your skin clear?


***This company knows NOTHING about me.  All opinions are my own. 

Confession

Sometimes a well placed swear word can be really, really funny.

I don't know why I'm on Dailymile.  Peer pressure?  Probably.

I worry that I might be a hoarder sometimes.  Why do I need to keep all of these race medals?  And bibs?  What's the purpose?

I'm pretty sure that sleeping in every day for the last nearly 3 weeks has murdered my previous running routine.

I want to eat healthy.  I do!  I just love sweets and fats too much.  Dang that top triangle in the pyramid that you are supposed to "use sparingly".

Speaking of- what is up with how often they have to change the food pyramid?  I can't keep up with it.  In my mind- we're still talking the four food groups and there's none of this pyramid garbage.

Mathew McConaughey.  He is so hot.  And his last name is ridiculous to spell.  Thank goodness for Google.

Sometimes my kids will be talking to me for an entire minute before I realize that they are talking to me.  I remember my Mom doing this and it drove me nuts as a child.  Look at me.  You do become your parents no matter how hard you try.  Just accept it and move on.

I've been tracking my calories using the myfitnesspal.com app on my iPod. I'm obsessed.  Did you know that a tres leches cake from Cafe Rio packs 860 calories?  I know this because I ate one, and then about DIED when I added it to my food journal.

That cake- TOTALLY WORTH 860 CALORIES.

I wish I could go to the movie theater every week.

And get popcorn and Raisinets.

I can't remember the last time I cleaned my bathroom.

The Bachelor- though raunchy at times- makes me laugh so hard that I can hardly stand myself.  Those women.  Where do they get these women??!!

I'm going to go eat some cookie dough now.

Weekly RUNdown

It was a good week.  I'm ready to start running though.  For real.

Monday:  ITBS/shin routine, 30 minutes elliptical, walk 1 mile on TM at 4.2
Tuesday:  ITBS/shin routine
Wednesday:  30 minutes elliptical, walk 1 mile on TM at 4.2
Thursday:  Stretch for 45 minutes, Elliptical 30 minutes, ran/walked 2 miles on the treadmill in 25 minutes.  This was my runnerversary!  2 years of consecutive running.  I can't believe it.  I had minimal shin pain on this run.
Saturday:  Chinese Dragon Run.

Last week's goal:  Go to bed at 11PM.  Whelp.  I was in bed by 11 on most nights, but I wasn't going to sleep until midnight.  I'm such a night owl!  What's wrong with me?!

This week's goal:  Nice and easy on running- no more than 3 miles at a time and no more than 3 runs this week.  If I can stand it- only run twice.  I talked to my PT at the race on Saturday and this was his suggestion.  I will add a half mile to each run each week.  (So next week I will run three, 3.5 mile runs, and the next week can be 4 mile runs and so on and so forth).

Something is still up with my left leg.  It feels kind of like a tight tendon or something?  I don't know.  I'm still icing, cross training, stretching, and foam rolling like it's my job.  If only someone would pay me for it....