I am so proud of these 8 miles today because I was able to interval them ALL!!! The weather was a bit windy and chilly so it was a great challenge to run and since Boston's weather can be a bit on the cool side I thought let's see how this goes.
My left Achilles is still an issue so I decided I needed to do some stretching for it after my run....Another way I am being smart! Tomorrow is the start to a new week and I plan to incorporate stretching in the morning after my tea. To help my Achilles feel better, I will be doing a towel stretch, calf raises and a Soleus stretch. I will also begin core exercises for my booty! I know that doing hip bridges will help so those will be part of my routine.
Ragnar Relay sent me a workout kit and some fun prizes for my Mom's Run This Town chapter! Above is a picture of them on a yoga mat. I plan to utilize the dice for cross training purposes. One dice has numbers to represent the number of repetitions and the other dice has exercises. So in the middle of the week, I plan to take my yoga mat outside to a local high school track and do some cross training. I do plan to run a lap and then do an exercise. I will challenge myself to see how many rounds I can do so stay tuned to see what my results are.
These are the bands I wear from time to time so that when I get tired, all I need to do is look down to my wrist and do what it says!! There was no beast mode today since it was a long run and I took it easy on my pace. I really did have to power through the miles because I allow myself one 2 minute walk break at the top of every mile. I need the reminder to be kind to myself on all of these runs. It is so easy to negative self talk and I have been working hard to break that habit.
I treated myself to a yummy veggie quinoa chickpea soup tonight! I made a big batch and it was super yummy!
Thanks soooo much for reading!! Don't forget to send in a donation to my charity! I need to raise $10k and I am 10% there as of today!!! Here is the link - https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/brain-aneurysm-foundation1/lisasammons1
No comments:
Post a Comment