Today's workouts:—6 mile tempo run—1 hour vinyasa yoga class I headed out to the crushed gravel path where I've been doing my outdoor runs today for my tempo run. I generally do speed work on Tuesdays and Thursdays and although Tuesday has traditionally been my interval day, over the past few weeks … [Read more...]
Busy weekend
Saturday:—7 mile marathon pace run—1 hour vinyasa yoga classAfter my morning workouts, Scott and I headed to Bloomington-Normal, IL, where we're getting married to try to get some things straightened out. First, we grabbed a quick lunch at Panera.Lunch: half caesar salad and half turkey … [Read more...]
Really Great Day
Recent workoutsTuesday:—5 mile interval workout—30 minutes of yoga using my Shiva Rea: Daily Energy DVDWednesday:—1.5 mile recovery run to get the blood flowing through my muscles—60 minute hot yoga sculpt classThursday:—10 mile medium-long run—60 minute warm (85°F) yoga classI was going to try to … [Read more...]
February Goals
I wanted to post my goals for February because I thought if I posted them it would make me a little more accountable. So far, I've kept the goals, so I'm feeling good about that.My goals for February are:Keep increasing my running mileage and long run distance to train for the Illinois Marathon in … [Read more...]
Super Bowl Sunday Fitness
It was snowy and pretty cold with the wind chill this morning, so I decided to take my long run to the treadmill. It never got too cold to run outside in South Carolina, so I'm having a little bit of a shock (although I did expect this) after moving to the Chicago area. Days like today are why I … [Read more...]
January Recap
How the heck is it January 31st already? In some ways, I feel like I haven't gotten anything done (like with wedding planning), but I feel like my fitness goals are coming along relatively well. I think I've been really good about keeping up with running and yoga after I got back from a trip to … [Read more...]
Crazy Weather + Ghost GTX Mini-Review
I had a 10 mile long run planned for last Sunday and I had really hoped that I would be able to run it outdoors. A nasty ice storm was headed for Chicago, however, and my area was supposed to start getting freezing rain around 9 AM and I didn't think that I would be finished with my run by then, so … [Read more...]
Busy weekend
It has gotten frigidly cold in the Chicago area, and I'm too much of a sissy to run when it's below zero with windchill, so I've been taking to the treadmill over the past few days. I did get in a lovely tempo run last Thursday on a local gravel trail that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was overcast and … [Read more...]
Back from Hiatus
So I took an unscheduled break from blogging this fall for many reasons. The immediate reason why I stopped blogging starting on September first is that I GOT ENGAGED! to my boyfriend of five years. I was really busy getting in contact with friends and family and getting some initial planning done … [Read more...]
More (7!) Yasso 800s
Today I got in my interval workout that I was supposed to run yesterday--7 Yasso 800s. My total workout went like this:2 miles @ 10:54 pace (warm up)7 Yasso 800s1.7 miles @ 10:12 paceTotal: 9 miles in 1:28:53The run felt pretty good. I was working hard during the speed intervals, but not so hard I … [Read more...]