I Can Do Hard Things

Weights:

3 x

Side lunge with a weight lift

Hamstring lifts

Front/back lunges

Skull crushers

10 pushups

 Run:

3 easy miles.  Calf still very achy

I found some awesome weight workouts on Pinterest.  I'm fairly new to that awesome website....why did I wait so long to check it out!

3x

squats with weights

pushups

jump lunges (I'm not very good at these)

tricep dips

mountain climbers

v-ups

I was totally sweating by the end and I am starting to feel the soreness come on.  But it only took me 10-15 minutes to do.  Nice!

3 mile run on the TM.  Calf still had weird spasms on the onset of running.  Lots of stretching and foam rolling.

My baby lost her first tooth last night.   

I'm definitely sore from Monday and Tuesday's weight workouts.  So it was just running for me today. I'm liking the less running/more weights thingy going on!

5 easy miles on the TM.  

46:30:00

Stretching and lots of foam rolling.  

When I got home, my 5 year old was in my bed.  So much for my  morning nap.

I need to decide TODAY if I'm running Ogden.  Sigh.... 

I was very slow dragging this morning getting out of bed.  But I did make it to the gym but was only motivated enough to run 4 miles.  No lifting today.

My run felt good today.  I really need to work on my form, but I have no idea how.  I think that is part of the reason for this last stress fracture and for the current aches and pains.  

I was really sad when I saw that Hostess was closing down.  Really...no more cupcakes and twinkies????   

I received a sweet invitation to run with Smooth and her gang this morning!  I was so EXCITED, but realized that I needed to be home before they were going to be done.  DARN IT!!!

SO I decided to text my SIL and see if she wanted to run up the canyon.  She just did IVF on Thursday and none of the embryos survived.  Having done IVF, I can understand her devastation.  I told her we would just run...no talking so she doesn't have to put on a happy face (only if she wanted too).

Then Smoothie's gang moved up their start time.  Ahhhh....I really wanted to go with them, but knew I couldn't bail on my SIL.  BUT then I received a text from my SIL at 5:55am that her hubby had just gotten home from work and she couldn't leave the kids with him (he needed to sleep).

So I went from 2 running dates to nothing.  I guess that is how the cookie crumbles!

It was much warmer than I had anticipated this morning and ended up taking off my jacket.  

My first 2.5 miles were HARD.  I was going slow and breathing like a monster.  But as soon as I turned around, I was able to kick it into the next gear.  I was able to maintain an 8:15-8:30 pace for 1.5 miles and then continued to pick up the pace.  My last .4 home I was able to hit a 6:30 mile (talk about breathing hard!!!).

Quickly showered and headed up to SL to drive my mom around.  I hope she can get a job and car soon.

No stretching or foam rolling.