Day 9: Monday- Had hip hop on the calendar for tonight and I went. I haven't been in 3 weeks since the kids and I have been sick so it felt really good to go. I burned 780 calories (including about 15 minutes on the elliptical before class)!!!
Day 10: Tuesday - Sophia has strep, started running a fever last night... I was just bragging about how all the kids are healthy now. So no Barre for me today. I did about 30 minutes of yoga on Hulu instead.
Day 11: Wednesday - I did my 8 mile long run this morning and it was SO COLD, 20 degrees! My water bottle was frozen! It felt good to get it done but I felt very tired and my average pace was 11 minute mile. My goal is to finish at 10:40 so I really need to work on my speed. I think I may try eating something small in the morning before my long run. I usually go on an empty stomach, but I was starving and tired. The route I took is very hilly though so that was good for training. My husband and I had date night tonight and I had pasta, a chocolate martini, and a couple bites of carrot cake. Glad I burned that 900 calories this morning!
Day 12: Thursday - Supposed to be a rest day but I did about an hour of yoga/pilates on Hulu this afternoon. I felt like to needed to stretch so that was good. I had a green smoothie for breakfast, a salad for lunch, some roasted veggies for dinner and some of the leftover carrot cake after.... glad that's gone because I can't help myself!!
Day 13: Friday - I had a 4-mile interval run on the calendar for today. I took the kiddos to the gym after lunch so I could do it (uninterrupted) on the gym treadmill. I warmed up for the first 2 minutes, stretched, then started the intervals at minute 5, here is what it looked like:
min 0-2: warm up 4.0
min 2-4: jog 5.0
min 4: run 6.0
min 5: run 8.5 (7ish min/mile)
min 6: walk 4.0
min 7: 5.0
min 8: 5.5
min 9: 6.0
min 10: run 8.5
Repeat until I hit 4.5 miles!
I am still red-faced and that was like 3 hours ago. I read that high intensity interval training (HIIT) will burn extra calories even hours after the workout is over!!
Day 14: Saturday - Rest Day!
Day 15: Sunday - I am 2 weeks in and feeling great so far! But I only got a 3 mile run in on the treadmill today, instead of my 6 miler. I woke up to it snowing and below freezing this morning. SO ready for Spring!
Here is my February Schedule. The only change is I moved my long run from the 12th to the 15th for a race here in town.
