Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

Ran the Atlanta Girls on the Run 5k with Leandrea this morning - although we weren't really feeling it as we dragged ourselves out of bed early and drove 40 minutes to downtown Atlanta (on some sketchy streets no less!) I was so glad we went, I just love Girls on the Run and am dying to be a leader, if I can swing it spring quarter I'm definitely going to apply.  Seeing all those girls out cheering, out running their first 5ks, reaching their goals, so happy to be running, was so inspiring.  Leandrea WON these race entries, so a completely FREE race (even though no tshirts, just huge gloves that I probably won't ever wear) is always a fun time. 

Did a 1 mile warm-up, got a whole bunch of freebies (which I ate most of, my banana only breakfast was leaving me hungry! cherry pie larabars are the best), then lined up in the first wave, and took off.  First mile mostly downhill, 3rd mile mostly uphill.  With about .4 miles Leandrea told me to go and at first I protested but then I thought about how lovely it would be to go hard, so I took off, but she finished just 20 seconds behind me so she was hauling at the end as well.  Great morning for a run!  My shin is kind of bothering me after Friday's weights class, I guess from all of the jumping around, and that is a little worrisome.

TT: 26:23   AP: 8:23

Splits: 8:01, 8:55, 8:31, 6:28 (.15)

Love being on East Coast time still.  Woke up at 5:30am on my own, worked out, and still got to work by 7:30am, which is great since I'm so behind!

AM - 40 minutes on the bike trainer

PM - I meant to do something but I just worked, I'm so behind.

AM - Woke up at 5:30am on my own again!  50 minutes on the bike trainer.

PM - Traffic was horrible and didn't think I would make it but got to the gym for Centergy with 2 minutes to spare.   1 hour Centergy class, my abs hurt so bad.  Was so incredibly tired and hungry at the end. 

AM - 30 minutes on the bike trainer, was not feeling the bike this morning

PM - After a lovely babysitting session with Denali, finally dragged myself to the treadmill at 9pm.  I HATE THE TREADMILL!  1.25 miles running, 1.75 miles walking.  

What did I do on Thursday?  It's hard to remember, but I'm pretty sure it was a PM 60 minute elliptical jaunt.  

4:00 PM - Met Jordanne, Anya, and Lisa (& Denali!) for an absolutely lovely BPA run.  I got to push Denali for the first half but after the first treacherous hill on the way back I pawned her off on Anya because pushing it is EXHAUSTING!  I seriously felt GREAT today, I kind of wanted to run more except it was dark and literally probably 35 degrees out.  My shin didn't hurt! (knock on wood)  Garmin fail, I have no idea how far we ran, but it was probably around 5. 

(I did 15 minutes on the elliptical before the run because I got there a little early AND I did 15 real push-ups in a row!  It's amazing how fast my push-up skills have improved!) 

A productive Saturday of work, raking leaves, and approximately 10 loads of laundry.  I attempted to go through the large quantity of boxes my parents dropped off that have just been sitting in the entry way but after about 15 minutes I just moved them to the office to die a slow lonely death with the rest of our stuff we never use but can't seem to part with.  We'll call my workout the 30+ minutes of raking leaves (my arms were sooo tired, you've never seen so many leaves, we will never be rid of them since there's enough to fill about 5 of our yard waste bins) and a 2.2 mile walk around the neighborhood (1 big loop 1 little loop with Cooper).