Monthly Archives: April 2014

Rainy day grump lifting

Posted on April 30, 2014 by G

The weather sucks, I’m in a bad mood, and my endo is making me wish I could leave my uterus and all its associated parts at home because carrying them around hurts. However, I still went to the gym because … Continue reading →

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Fronts of legs, a technical term

Posted on April 29, 2014 by G

This week is so busy, so I’ve planned ahead. I decided that I would do: fronts of legs! upper body! backs of legs! Those are my three days to work out. If I have time (and if my legs aren’t … Continue reading →

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Internal motivation

Posted on April 28, 2014 by G

Today I headed out for a simple 3 miles. I haven’t run hardly at all since the race, and today I realized that I wasn’t training anymore, I was just running. Because I wanted to. I didn’t have a pace … Continue reading →

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Upper body fun times

Posted on April 25, 2014 by G

Sigh. I think I overdid it on Wednesday (both squats and deadlifts on the first day back to lifting in 3 months? what was I thinking?) and I am super duper lower body sore, even 2 days later. Walking hurts; … Continue reading →

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Mixing it up again

Posted on April 23, 2014 by G

Back to lifting! You have no idea how excited I am to be in the weight room again. I was practically jumping for joy loading up the bars. Bouncing around counts as a warmup, right? I didn’t know what to … Continue reading →

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Something different

Posted on April 22, 2014 by G

All right, I know I’ve taken a long break after my race last Friday. It left me surprisingly sore (although I admit that’s not real the reason I took a break). It was mostly my feet– all weekend my feet … Continue reading →

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Race Day

Posted on April 18, 2014 by G

So I’m going to write half of this before the race– it isn’t until noon (what a weird time, eh?) and so I get to wait all morning. Right now I am seeking the happy medium between ‘well-hydrated’ and ‘have … Continue reading →

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T-minus 1 day

Posted on April 17, 2014 by G

Today was another non-strenuous day. I started with 15 minutes on the hamster wheel, then grabbed the foam roller (because it hurts so good) and then finished up with some yoga and stretching. It’s nothing fancy, but I definitely want … Continue reading →

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Just keep going, you can do this

Posted on April 16, 2014 by G

Still tapering over here. I used the off day to go to the gym, elliptical for 15 minutes to get the ol’ blood flowing, and then do some nice stretchy yogas. I have lots of sore places and most of … Continue reading →

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One last tempo run

Posted on April 15, 2014 by G

Today’s my last run before race day and I’m feeling kind of anxious and antsy about it. It was a strong but short 30 minute tempo run that I pushed hard on; I divided it up 8-14-8 and pushed all … Continue reading →

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