Earlier this summer I caved and got a gym membership. I had hoped to be able to just use my home gym, but when I realized I wouldn't be running for awhile I thought it would be a a good idea to have some other ways to work out other than just my spin bike. Before moving into our house in the suburbs 2.5 years ago, I had a gym membership in the city in that I used at least 3 times a week. I belonged to that gym for ... Read the Post...
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Race Envy and the Return to Running
This was an exciting week as I began my return to running. I also went to watch Rob run a 10k and experienced some race envy. Let's discuss how the week played out. Monday: Strength training I completed the first workout of week 4 in phase 2 of my strength training plan. This means I have been following a strength plan for 10 weeks (plus "week 0" and the transition week in between phases when I was still ... Read the Post...
Charleston Trip Recap: Food, Drinks, and Relaxation
As promised, I'm back to share a recap of our long weekend in Charleston, South Carolina. To sum it up, there was lots of food, drinks and relaxation. Oh, and it was HOT. But it seems like it was hot everywhere. Luckily I spent most of the daytime hours in the pool, otherwise I just started sweating after 5 minutes of laying out in the sun. Heading to Charleston on Wednesday We left on Wednesday afternoon on a 4pm ... Read the Post...
Vacation Week Workouts
This week wasn't much different from most others, even though I spent the end of the week in Charleston, South Carolina. It was a great trip and I'm planning to post a recap tomorrow! For today, I wanted to document my workouts. I'm still not running but hoping to start back up (without the orthotics) really soon. I think it will be helpful to see where I am now and document my progress. Monday I started out the ... Read the Post...