ready for the weekend

I knew it was going to be one of those days. I had a meeting at 7am and a demo I had to give at 9am.  When my schedule is like this the only way I can fit my training schedule in is to plan ahead. I can’t say this enough, if you have trouble getting in your workouts, plan ahead!!!   The schedule called for an easy 3 miles plus strength so I planned to get up extra early, do my run and shower, take my meeting from home (a phone conf with France), jet to work and then get strength in at lunch.

It totally almost worked. It would’ve worked perfectly except that I had a rotten sleep and obviously wasn’t paying attention when I left the house.  I accidentally locked the lock on our doorknob.  This was definitely a “Fuck!” moment.  I had the key to the main lock but not the doorknob, and my boyfriend was inside, but asleep.  So I ran a mile loop and circled back to the house.  I tried to determine if he was awake by looking for signs of light.  Nothing, so I did another mile loop and tried again. I still didn’t see him, but was starting to worry I would miss him so I ran the route he walks to get to the bus and back  just in case I had missed him. By then it was 6:40 so I just decided to wake him up and rang the bell. All my peering in our windows and worrying took time. So a little less mileage then expected, but that’s not so bad.  My pace was really consistent and my body felt good so that’s a good sign. Calf is still a bit twitchy but generally okay.

• Time: 25:49
• Distance: 2.43
• Pace:   10:37
• Avg\Max HR:  136\149
• Cals: 261

I did a bit better at lunch, I did weights, I wasn’t feeling it but it is done. So here is another workout that can be done in under an hour. 10 minutes to change, 5 to warm-up, 30 minutes weights, 5 minutes stretching and 15 minutes to shower and change. I did the upright bike for 5 minutes today as a warmup and then the following circuit twice.

1. Hold Squat for 30 seconds on a balance board
2. 10 squats on a balance board
3. 14 tricep dips using body weight on a bench
4. 20 lunges holding 12 lb weights in each hand. Step forward, lunge and push off forward foot to come back to standing (switch legs each time)
5. 10 calf raises holding 12 lb weights
6. 12 push ups on upside down bosu
7. 10 pull-ups using pull up machine
8. With 12lb weight in right hand step up with right leg, bring knee up while doing a bicep curl then an overhead press. Do 10 then switch legs.
9. 12 back extensions on ball
10. 30 seconds bicycle crunches
11. 30 seconds plank

I am sooo amazingly ready for it to be Friday, a Long weekend and my birthday. Holy moley.

healthy meal idea of the day:

One of my favorite bloggers got inspired by one of my recipes(!) and made this Spaghetti Squash and Swiss Chard Gratin.  Delicious.