Last week was another pressure free and worry free workout week. I didn’t expect to run but then the sudden urge for me to run hit so I went with it. I am enjoying going to the gym and actually motivated to do core work and lift weights. I can only hope this keeps me continuing to be injury free.
Last week’s training was a little bit scattered. I didn’t (and still don’t) plan what I’ll do each week. I read somewhere that you shouldn’t weight train the same muscle groups every day so I didn’t… Since I started running again I hope I can keep up with doing strength and core.
| Monday: | OFF |
| Tuesday: | AMT and core/back |
| Wednesday: | AMT and arms |
| Thursday | AMT and core |
| Friday: | AMT |
| 7 mile run | |
| Saturday: | OFF |
| Sunday: | 10 miles easy in the State Park near my house |
AMT Cross trainer:
It’s a new machine to me (as of last week). It reminds me of an upgraded version of the Precor 100i. I really like it a lot and I know I’ll be cross training on it quite frequently. I cannot remember if I posted this but my gym is pretty small and only has two different ellipticals…the AMT and a normal elliptical you see at all gyms. I tried the AMT and really like it. What I’ve been doing is using it for an hour on 20 resistances with an incline of 5. I haven’t been doing intervals or anything and schedule it around a good TV show. I enjoy getting cardio and watching trashy tv.
Running:
I had not planned to run on Friday at all. Then all of a sudden around noon I got the urge to run. I was excited to run and hadn’t felt that way since the marathon and decided to go with it. I’m glad I did and I felt okay. I didn’t feel great obviously because I haven’t run in close to three weeks. It was certainly a little bit out of breath running a 9 minute pace but I know my fitness will come back eventually. I don’t have a running plan yet or goal races to train for but I know in the next few weeks I’ll start planning for those. (I guess that is what I can do this week).
Saturday my calves were really sore and I just tired. I wanted to run but I was entirely too tired and spent half the day wishing it was bed time. So two rest days it was this week.
Next week:
The rest of the week was good and I’m hoping to run a few more miles in the next week. We are going to spend Thanksgiving with my family in VA Beach. There is a Turkey Trot in the area I’m still debating on doing. I want to see all my running friends, I know it will most certainly not be a PR or anywhere close but it would be fun. In fact I don’t even know if I would hit my marathon pace but it would be great to see friends.
Questions for you:
Best workout of the week?
What are you doing for Thanksgiving?