Good afternoon! I hope you guys are having a wonderful Friday! The weekend is here and I hope you guys have great plans for the weekend! Here is a picture of me at the beach last Sunday. It was a beautiful day here.
Fitness
My Friday started out at 6am with my typical pre-run breakfast of almond butter, toast and black coffee.
I spent the next hour eating breakfast, letting my food settle and stretching/warming up. This routine worked great for me last week and kept me from any major side cramps. I also wanted to warm-up and stretch well to keep from injury and any more knee pain.
It was overcast and rainy out so I was thankful for no sun beating down on me like usual.
My run went smoothly except for the sprint session I had at mile 5. I saw a man run out of his neighborhood and was running about 1/2 mile ahead of me when I saw keys on the ground. I knew they were probably his so I started running a bit faster to catch up with him. Well, homie was a fast runner and I was already exhausted on the run. I started yelling “Sir!” and of course he had head phones in so that didn’t help. Then I started flailing my arms around at the construction workers digging a trench up ahead to flag him down. They just proceeded to whistle and then I decided to sprint up to him. He was very thankful when I finally flagged him down but needless to say I felt like I wasted my energy at this point. <<Long story basically to tell you I felt like a hero for the day.
My 8 mile run ended with not 1 side stitch and I kept my pace at 8:43 average mile/min. Getting closer to that 8:30/mile time!
As of today I’m 1 month away from the 4 Bridges 1/2 Marathon! So excited to be at the race.
I recovered with my first ice bath of the season. So fun.
It really helps my knee and muscles recover. I followed it up with some yoga and a yummy smoothie!
I’m signing off for the weekend but I’ll be back on Monday with a giveaway for you! It will be yummy in your tummy. Before I go, here is a 12 minute full body- cardio workout! You can get this workout in before the weekend gets moving!
What ways do you recover from a long workout?
jessielovestorun said:
well aren’t you just the sweetest thing :)… I do have to admit, just imagining you waving your arms around to get the attention of the construction men had me laughing!!
Have a great weekend girl.
freshlifefindings said:
Haha I wished I had someone running with me at this point so I could laugh too! Instead I felt crazy lol 🙂 Hope you’ve had a great weekend!