Skip to main content

Workouts and More Reflections Dec. 27-Jan. 2

I can’t believe the last week of the year is over.  I had so much fun with the kids and relaxing with family.  It was a great little vacation.  I’m not quite ready for it to be over yet.  
Here’s what my week of workouts looked like:  
Sun--run 10 miles outside
Mon--back and biceps plus some legs
Tues--treadmill run 8 miles
Wed--legs with extra legs and some bicep curls
Thurs--treadmill run 7 miles
Fri--REST
Sat--run 8 miles outside
My workouts this week were pretty good.  I enjoyed sleeping in a little bit and getting in some extra moves.  I still had to get up early to get hubby off to work, but it was nice knowing that I could send him off and then head back downstairs for more.  It was also nice that the kids slept in and I could take a nap after breakfast if I felt tired.  I could also spend some time for myself in the mornings before they woke up.  I got to watch what I wanted on TV and enjoy my coffee in peace and quiet. It was very nice.  I did end up taking Friday off since we stayed up really late for New Year's Eve and ended up sleeping in really late.  We played games in our jammies all day and just hung out. It was really fun and relaxing.  I finally got my butt outside on Saturday to run.  The roads were still pretty icy, so I’m going to have to switch up my normal routes, but that’s what I get for living in Wisconsin.


IMG_0474.JPG
I know I posted my goals for 2016 earlier this week.  I purposely didn’t post a yearly mileage goal because I tend to get overwhelmed when I post a lengthy goal like that and I’m not sure how many miles I am going to be able to run this year.  Last year I totally overdid my miles early in the year and that is what brought on my plantar fasciitis.  So I’m worried about overdoing it again.  I would love to be able to run 2016 miles in 2016 since I did actually get really close by running 1985 miles this year.  I haven’t signed up for the runtheyear2016.com challenge yet and I don’t know if I will, but I did set a goal on Runkeeper to run 2016 miles this year.  I want to see how close I can get to this number.  I kinda want to register for the challenge though, since I can get a t-shirt and a finisher medal.  I can partner up with someone, but I am so competitive that I would love to do this all on my own.   I don’t know.  I really like bling!!  I’ll decide soon, but until then, I am just going to enjoy running however many miles I want.  I love running and I love challenging myself, but I don’t want to out run my love of the sport. I feel like I have been a little burnt out after my marathon training and I am finally getting back to loving running.  Even on the treadmill at times!  I am excited for my races this year and to achieve my fitness goals.  Whether or not I make this goal of running 2016 miles this year, I am going to be happy with however many miles I run and the fitness goals that I achieve this year.  
What are your fitness and / or running goals this year??


IMG_0445.JPG
And as always, my friends,
IMG_0425.JPG
RUN ON,

Laura

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

When Life Throws You Lemons--My Comeback

I know I haven't’ been the best blogger as of late.  Honestly, I haven’t felt like sharing much of what I’ve been going through the past year.  Maybe I felt ashamed for struggling so much and wanted to continue to give off the persona that everything was perfect.  I’m not perfect. Far from it. But that’s what makes me real and human. I think that’s what people want to see and read about.  Not everyone is a fitness model or perfect wife and mother. So here it is! My comeback to blogging. It’s going to be real and raw and everything I’ve kept inside.   Last year when we returned from our Disney vacation (June 2017), I started back into training for my 3rd Madison Marathon.  I wanted a PR so badly for this race. I wanted so badly to be under 5 hours. My training sucked! With EJ starting peewee football and my class load at work (I’ll get into that later), every time I thought about this race, I dreaded it.  Honestly, I was falling more and mo...
Post a Comment
Read more

Spring Break Fun!!!

Spring Break was sure fun and interesting!!  Carpet cleaning, a trip to Ikea, egg coloring, Easter Egg Scramble, and all the fun of Easter morning have made this a memorable spring break for sure. I have truly loved being home with my kiddos but there were times, especially Sunday afternoon after too much Easter candy, that I was definitely ready to head back to work and for them to head back to school. Monday was the only day my hubby had to work as he took vacation the rest of the week.  So the kids and I did some random stuff around the house and ran some errands.  Maddie went to Menards to pick out paint for her desk so she could paint it with Poppa.  While they were doing that, I took EJ to get his haircut and then to Shopko to get some totes for under the bed storage, the kids’ projects and their photo albums.  I have recently switched from using photo albums to using photo boxes.  You can fit in so many more photos and still have the ability to wr...
Post a Comment
Read more

2 Weeks of March Reflections

Well it’s been an interesting start to March.  I apologize for no blog last week.  It was a stressful week for me and didn’t have anything positive to say so I knew that would be reflected in my blog.  And that’s not how I want my blog to come across.   So let me recap what happened that first week of March.  The week started out just fine until I decided to check on the status of my license renewal through DPI.  Because I have 2 licenses; one as a teacher and one as a reading specialist, I had to renew both of them.  Well my teaching license is fine and will most likely be approved and renewed based on my teaching experience and my PDP (professional development plan).  My reading specialist license is another story.  It is not being approved right now as I didn’t complete the correct PDP as DPI classifies reading specialist as an administrative license.  I knew this, I just didn’t realize that my PDP would be any different.  I ...
Post a Comment
Read more