Back to the Routine!

We are now in the second week of school and my main goal over the weekend was to come up with both a meal plan for the week and also a workout plan. Gotta make the most of the hours the kids are in school!

So my morning started early- I wanted to get up early and get in my T25 workout (Total Body Circuit) before the kids needed to get up and have breakfast. I finished up just as my oldest was coming downstairs, so perfect timing!  He actually found me "recovering" on the floor.....that was a tough workout. 

After dragging my second grader out of bed and getting breakfast served, I started my speed work treadmill run. Complete with my Magic Mile Monday:

10:47 today...not too bad, but slower than my last one. I did give myself a break because I am recovering from a very disappointing Rock n Roll half marathon last Sunday (more on that later on....)

So, the plan is to continue with the early morning T25 workouts....1 down for the week!

Magic Mile Monday 8/19 and T25

This morning was another MMM, the time has been the same the past two weeks, so nothing new to report there at the moment.  I have the rock and roll half in a little less than two weeks, and I'm not expecting a new PR, but I am hoping for a great race and a good springboard for the fall/winter racing season!

Today I will also be starting the Focus T25 workout program.  This is a 10 week program with two parts- Alpha and Beta.  5 weeks of each part.  The workouts are 25 minutes long and should fit nicely in my busy schedule.  Tonight will be the first workout- and it is a cardio one.  Quick review later tonight or tomorrow!

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Magic Mile Monday 8/5

Today's MMM was a good one- 24 seconds faster than two weeks ago!  The rock and roll half in Virginia beach is sneaking up quickly- less than 4 weeks to go!  I also got to run outside yesterday (a rare treat for me!) and that run went pretty well also. The foot that was giving me a little trouble a couple weeks ago is feeling better so I am getting very excited for the fall/winter racing season!  

Magic Mile Monday 7/22

8 seconds faster than last week, so I'm happy that the time is improving. I'm having pain that runs from the joint in my right big toe into my foot, so I just did the warm up, the mile and a little more speed work. I will most likely do another non-running workout later on. I'm torn between wanting to run more to meet my time goals and wanting to rest my foot so I don't end up with some kind of injury. 

Have you had this kind of pain before?  What did you do?

Magic Mile Monday 7/15

Confession time!  I have not done a MMM in 3 weeks. Complete fail on my part!  Honestly, things have been crazy around here. Not so crazy that I couldn't  have gotten it done, just crazy enough that I didn't  get it done. That's not good and I know it. But, I can't change the past- only the future and I refuse to dwell on what could have been, and choose to focus on now!  

So, after 3 weeks off (with the exception of a few runs over those weeks), my goal was to get my MMM in under 11:00. As you can see, I squeaked by!  So here's to looking forward and improving!

Have a great Monday!

Magic Mile Monday 6/17

It's the first MMM of summer vacation! I had a little bit of a hard time getting out of bed this morning- we don't have anywhere to be until around lunchtime and I didn't have to get anyone up for school!  Plus, it's a little cloudy/rainy outside, making it a little harder even. But, once all the monkeys were up and eating breakfast, I got started. Shaved just a few seconds off this week, but it's an improvement and that's what counts!

Magic Mile Monday 6/10

Today's MMM was successful because I was able to beat last week's time by 12 seconds :) 

I am pleased with this improvement this week- now I just have to work on the other 12.1 miles ;)

Magic Mile Monday 6/3

Today I did my first magic mile Monday (MMM). My goal is to improve my mile time a little bit at a time and I wanted to start keeping a record of Monday mile times. Today's time was 10:49, so I feel like I'm off to a good start!