Happy November 1 everyone! 🙂
I know I say this all the time, but how is it even possible that we are already so close to 2014? 2013 — slow down! Let us enjoy your last two months please!
November Challenge
I joined in on Monica’s challenge during the month of November, Pile on the Miles. In an attempt to motivate myself and everyone else to keep moving during this holiday season.
I made a LARGE goal of 100 miles, but it includes walking AND running…so Gusman may be a few extra long walks this morning to help keep those miles moving 🙂
Who’s gonna join me?
Workout Round Up
I’m pretty happy with how I stood true to my work out schedule this week. It certainly wasn’t anything crazy, being the week after my race, but I completed each workout and even added a few little things here and there!
Here was my plan for the week:
- Monday: Long walks with the furball and YOGA at home
- Tuesday: 30 minutes bike and YOGA
- Wednesday: 5k shake out run
- Thursday: 5k shake out run
- Friday: YOGA and rest
- Saturday: 10k run
- Sunday: Recovery — whatever’s needed.
And here’s how it shaped out:
- Monday: 6 miles of walking with Gus and 45 minutes home yoga
- Tuesday: 30 minutes bike, 15 minutes strength and stress relief yoga
- Wednesday: 5k shake out run, plank work, and Yoga for runners
- Thursday: 5k Speed work + plank work + new Travel WOD’s
- Friday: YOGA and rest
- Saturday: 10k run
- Sunday: Recovery — whatever my body needs
Italicized because it’s still to be completed
I am actually really sore today, thanks to the speed work and travel WODS (hello muscle aches in SUCH A GOOD WAY). . .so I woke up this morning craving some YOGA.
Workout of the Morning: Seated Hatha YOGA.
My body is still a bit achy, but I have a hot date with my hot tub tonight, and possibly a walk with the Furball if it’s nice out when I get home. Gotta stretch out and repair!
I’ll be back later today with my Friday Favorites 🙂
Question of the Morning: Any fun/funny Halloween stories?
Chocolate Covered Race Medals 
I joined the challenge too! I lowballed myself with my goal, but I’m hoping to crush it. As a fellow runner, I’m impressed how well you incorporate yoga into your workouts. I constantly feel the “I’m not sweating/burning enough calories/working hard enough” craziness in my brain when I try to take a yoga class and it never has the right effect on me. Have a great 10k tomorrow!
I saw Monica’s challenge too and really wanted to do it! However, I decided that because I am training for my half IN November, it was best not to. I don’t want to mess up my training schedule just so I can get x number of miles in…Next time though!
I have a feeling many of my miles will be walked with Gus…but I’m counting it! I’ll wear my garmin! lol
You can totally do it! And that’s awesome even if it’s walking- it’s still exercise and time with your pup!
Okay I lied. I just signed up for the pile on the miles challenge…
This is why I love you twin! lol
Lol we’re both a little crazy 🙂
Oooo! I may just have to join you and Pile on the Miles!
It’s a good one 🙂
I’m in! I’ve also linked your challenge to my FB page to see if others will follow. Good-bye holiday fatties! ❤
Woot!! I love it!
So my initial POTM challenge was 80 miles, but you motivated me to revise and repost a goal of 100 miles, with 20 of them being walking miles with the pup. This should be fun!
TOTALLY going to use walking with the pup to count for miles! I think it counts!
I’m totally up for a challenge! Great motivation 😀 I’ll give 75 miles a go!
I’ve been toying with the idea of trying yoga – but there are so many kinds to choose from! What stuff do you find works best for you?
As a runner, there are GREAT “yoga for runners” videos on youtube. Otherwise it all depends on my mood really! I try and use yoga as my time to calm my mind and stretch out my worn out muscles, nothing to extreme anymore…although I used to LOVE hot yoga!
I notice you do allot of Yoga, have you ever tried pilates? Nothing wrong, just curious.
Only videos, never a class. But I’ve loved it when I tried it!
I have threatened to try yoga, just never got around to it. Pilates is great for the core.
Funny you should be doing that challenge, I’ve been looking at my monthly mileage as my training has been kicking in. November I ran 130! I was planning on blogging about it today.
As for funny halloween stories, I have one about my Colonel Sanders costume, but it’s very long.
Keep up the good work!
I think I’m crazy as hell for picking 100, especially when I’m done with training and planning on winding down the miles and focusing more on strength. But I guess anything that inspires me to keep moving can’t be a bad thing.