Last Week

Last week I got a couple runs in, but didn't quite stick to schedule:

Saturday-Rest day

Sunday-No formal exercise. Walked a ton though-we did mapmyrun.com and tracked our path through NYC and we'd walked over 5 miles!

Monday-Went skiing. So exhausting!! My quads and shoulders were sore for 2 days, not to mention the soreness from bruises on my thighs and hands. I got them by ungracefully getting on the chair lift and squeezing the poles too hard with my hands:p I was so proud of myself though-it was my second time ever skiing and I didn't fall once! I even conquered the black diamond:)

Tuesday-Went for a run. Ended up walking about 1.5 miles and running 1.5. I was having all kinds of issues getting my ipod to stay in, then I realized it was upside down on the thing that attaches to your arm (yes, I'm so brilliant aren't I?). Poor Tia had to keep stopping and starting again. Then, I realized I'd dropped my car key and had to retrace my steps to find it. After almost losing it last Friday too (luckily a nice lady had picked it up and returned it to me), on my run yesterday I just put the key kind of hidden on top of my car. It worked much better and I didn't have to worry about it.

Wednesday-Was still super sore from Monday, so I decided to do some cross-training with the eliptical instead of going for a run. Poor Tia had scratched on my door and whined to wake me up, obviously hoping we would be going running. I did 3 miles on the eliptical in just over an hour.

Thursday-Rest day.

Friday-Decided to do my long run instead of doing it Saturday, because I had to work a double waitressing shift yesterday and knew I'd be exhausted if I ran before it. I misread the schedule though and thought it was supposed to be a 5k this week, but really it was 6 miles. I'll just do 6 miles the next 2 weeks instead. The 5k went well though (I just did it on my own, not in a race) and I ran it in 33:00. That was a 10:40 pace and a big improvement from the 11:00/mile pace I've been running so I was happy with that. It also included a couple minor pauses-once when my headphones fell out and once when Tia decided she had to say hi to a lady walking by.

Saturday-Wow, what an exhausting day at work!! I would be willing to bet I walked at least 5 miles during my 10 hour shift. 3 people called in sick, so the rest of us were running around like crazy and waiting on 6 or 7 tables at a time all day! I didn't even get a chance to pee or eat the entire time haha.

Today-Did a good strength training workout. It was the same one I did with my trainer the last time I met with her and definitely made me tired.



This week I should actually be able to stick to the training schedule for the most part, except I'm working another double on Saturday so I'll probably do my long run on Friday again.

Also, my right hip has been slightly bothering me. Nothing major, but after I run it hurts and kind of pops when I walk. I looked it up and the website said it's called Snapping Hip Syndrome and is quite common for runners. They also said it could lead to bursitis, so I'm going to try and ice, massage, strengthen, and stretch the area like they said so hopefully it doesn't get any worse.


Miles This Week: 5
Total Miles: 63