Well, it’s officially 2014. I feel I should end my non-blogging streak and actually get back to it. I ended up being pretty busy during the month of December and by the time my vacation rolled around I didn’t want to do much of anything. But here we are now, with my vacation ending today…
Well folks, Sunday was race day. As of Saturday night I said I was 99.9% certain I was going to toss my race chip and run the 5k instead of the 12k. I was still struggling with a touch of Achilles pain and I hadn’t run in the last week to try and help recovery. …
First off, I was away all weekend, which is not always the best when you’re training for a race. However, it was much needed and I enjoyed spending time with my parents. We went to one of my favorite places in Oregon; I’ll try having a blog about this later in the week. As far…
Yesterday was a fun day of two different runs. I did a 9×400 tempo run in the morning per the 10k training plan (my intervals are below), and then in the evening went to a 5k Halloween scavenger run at Foot Traffic. I’ve been to a few other scavenger runs before (First Thursday in Portland)…
Apparently I lied yesterday when I said I’d reached new levels of soreness. That my friends, would clearly be a title reserved for today. Yesterday afternoon I started feeling my abs becoming sore, shortly followed by my forearms. By the afternoon it hurt to laugh, sneeze, and open a drawer. By the end of the…
Well guys, my bouldering experience yesterday has left my upper body sore in ways that I didn’t know possible. Apparently I rarely use muscles in my back and certain parts of my arms, so today I am feeling the burn. My hands are also feeling the burn… literally. Anytime I touch something warm or hot…
Today’s morning workout went really well as I typically enjoy interval workouts. Since I was on the treadmill the times for the quarters were done @ 7.5, and the recovery between was done @ 5.0. The total time for the workout was almost exactly 30 minutes. Here’s the plan: Mile @5.0 until .25 Round 1…
Do you remember yesterday in my post when I said I wasn’t going to continue letting work get in the way of every day life? Well, yesterday was apparently not the day for that to start. It was a more challenging day with one of my kids and once I left, late, I then had…
This weekend finally felt relaxing and like I had a decent little break from work. Definitely making a note to take a day off soon. I started out on Saturday by going to the farmers market for some more lovely fall veggies. I ended up finding a great butternut squash and can’t wait to make…
I should start out by saying that pretty much every run I do from now through the end of winter will be on the treadmill. I know there are those out there who don’t consider that running, but oh well. I’m not a cold weather runner and same goes for the rain. I physically can’t…
This morning I woke up at a nice and early 4:45 am… thanks to my cat. Pushed her aside and went back to bed. Then I slept in until a whopping 5:30! So I pulled myself out of bed, not really wanting to workout, but knowing I needed to. Gathered my awesome workout gear… wait,…
I may have already posted a similar smoothie mix, but that’s ok, I love smoothies. This morning I started out my day by waking up REALLY early so I could get to the gym. I wanted to get there early because I knew today was our team meeting and we always eat too much for…
When Toasters Go Pyro 