Monday - Total Body Workout. The same workout from Coach Jeff but a very good and thorough workout. I borrowed some 10 lb dumbbells which made a big difference. I need some lighter ones for lateral & front arm raises but I think ChocolateWife has some.
Tuesday - 3.6 in 45 (12:30) plus walking warm-up/down. This was an easy zone 2 run (for me 160-170). I'm learning and adjusting to this type of running. I wish I could learn to control my HR while running rather than feeling like I need to run/walk/run/walk to maintain the zone. Also, it was 98 when I left the house and 96 when I got home so another brutally hot run.
Wednesday - Core work 30 minutes. On the schedule this was the Coach Diane core routine but I didn't feel like working at the computer (to watch the video) would work with the kids and dogs and etc. so I did did mostly the Pre-dawn runner's routine.
Thursday - Skipped my workout and donated a double unit of blood platelets. The donation went very well and only took 75 minutes to do the double. I thought I would make up the run on Friday evening and then double the Friday/Saturday workouts on Saturday but alas. Friday evening was ... strained in the house and I never got out the door to run.
Saturday - Total Body Workout (see Monday) and then Yoga. Both were good workouts and I feel like I'm gaining some strength and balance but still have long to go in both.
Sunday - 5.8 in 1:20 (13:47) plus walking warm up/down. All zone 2 and this was much slower than I thought. I felt like I was moving well but the mileage shows only this much. Still, the purpose is to build endurance which I think I'm doing.
Other notes:
My coach looked at the food logs I'm keeping and commented that I should try to eat more calories for breakfast and fewer for dinner. I think I'll find that challenging on both ends but am willing to give it a go. ChocolateWife wants to make a similar change so perhaps our dinners will begin to have more salads and greens in them.
I had the comment of the week on Salty Running again. It was about blood/platelet donation and they sent me a nice e-mail. I truly love the site.
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