What is it about Tuesdays....

....that makes me just want to stay in bed? Nobody? Ok. Well I don't know but seems to be a trend. This morning my bed won the fight. I laid there longer than I should, missing my window of time to workout before my mom duties had to take over. So, that meant post drop off workout today. Oh well, I was fed, caffeinated and awake for it that way!

My morning...Breakfast making, lunch packing, coffee drinking!

Workout Stats:

Warm up - 3 rounds 

Air Squat 15

Push up 15

Dip 15

Sit up 25

Superman 25

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3 Rounds

Split Jerk #45 x 15

KB Swing #20 x 15

High Knee x 25

Butt Kicks x 25

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Bent Row #45 x 15

KB Side Raise #20 X 15 each side

Side leg lift x15 each leg

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Core = Planks 5 min

Felt good. Trying to add a few moves in there that I don't do every single time. I might be regretting the butt kicks tomorrow, they are tough on my shins....on a good note, my foot is feeling a lot better today. :-)

Um....Guilty!

I spent most of my working day on the phone, meeting after meeting. So I took advantage of the floor in the living room and worked from there all day. I am trying to move more. Not just stand or sit, but squat, stretch and move around. It was a nice change of pace.

Tonight is the Winter Program at Moose's school. He has a duet with a girl for one of the songs. Looking forward to that. His last one! Sad!

Week 6....half way!

I will start out with saying what a GREAT weekend we had!
It started with a fun family night on Friday. Homemade pizza, tree decorating, Maleficent and lots of love.
Saturday the Beast worked at the high school wrestling tournament, Moose had two basketball games, I decorated and worked on Christmas presents. Nice, relaxing, productive day.
Sunday.....awe how I love lazy Sunday mornings. We all slept in, then I sat in bed and read and drank coffee until hunger took over and I finished my book. We spent the rest of the day working on Christmas crafts and gifts. Fun times.

I was thinking about my training plan and decided that my Monday/Wednesday runs did not seem long enough. They are 3/4 miles each week and looking at what a few other ladies training for the same half are doing, I thought I should up them by 1 mile each. That said, I had a 5 miler this morning.
Work got in the way of my plan of going right after kid drop off, so I went after one work meeting and before the second. I managed to get it done just in the nick of time. I was still panting as I was dialing in to my call. It was rather amusing.

I think I bruised my foot on Thursday or Friday. It was sore all weekend, more so in the mornings when I first get up. I iced it and took it easy on it hoping for a miracle this morning. No such luck, it was still sore. But after about a mile it was ok and I made it. It does not hurt more after my run, so I think I am ok.

Workout stats:
5 miles, 44:10 time, 8.49 min mile.
45*, foggy. Felt really good. I can feel that my pace is picking up and that feels amazing! The only struggle was the sore foot and even that was not bad. My average was pretty good! Specially bing 5 miles. I am still struggling with my fueling. I seriously feel like I am starving when I get done. I am trying to drink a bunch of water and eat well as soon as possible after my run. Working on it.....

Work~Run~Work

The life of the working mom/athlete

Beauty on my way home from drop off this morning

5 weeks in the bag!

I cannot believe its been 5 weeks already. Man time flies when you are running miles!

I planned ahead for my long run and I think it paid off. I ate a good dinner loaded with protein and good carbs, I hydrated, I ate a good breakfast of protein and fat, had my coffee, planned my route (with no hills), dressed appropriately and had proper entertainment.

Today I logged 8 miles. Every week now my long runs will be the longest I have ran. Feels pretty good. What an accomplishment. 5 years ago my longest run was just over 2 miles.

Workout Stats:
8.04 miles, 1:14:42 time, 9.18 min mile.
40*, foggy, no wind. Felt great. The only thing that started getting sore were my feet. Not as bad in the blister department (thank you Feetures Socks) but more in the my feet are tired after so much pounding. I think I need new shoes..... Because of the cooler weather, I am not needing water, yet. I may need to start thinking about that for some of my bigger days.
I do need to eat AS SOON AS I GET DONE though. I am still learning how to properly fuel my body.

I had a pretty low key work day just checking things off the to do list and closing out my week.

Took it easy this afternoon and worked from the couch....not complaining!

Tonight we are decorating the tree, eating pizza and watching Maleficent. A perfect family night.

Harvest Threads - Place your orders for Christmas!

It was Civil War day at Moose's school, he went all out Ducks.

Big adventures today!

Busy day today....
I hit the garage early and got my Crossfit on. Again I need to kick it up a notch....

7 weeks to go!

Workout Stats:
Warm up
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Push Press #45
Curl #45
Bent Row #45
Sumo KB swing #20
4 rounds 15 reps
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Core

It did the job and I wanted to go easy on my legs because tomorrow is the big 8! AWWWWW

The Pea and I headed to Portland today to shop for our We Love to Read Store at school. All the money we make from the book fairs we host go to buying books to give to the kids for their reading minuets. Pretty sweet program if you ask me! So we went to Scholastic and spent several hundred bucks on books. It was fun, fast and pouring down rain! We had a limited time because we had to be back in time to pick up our boys, so speed shopping was it was. I think we did good!

Seriously raining hard!

Mmmmmmm meat sticks!

The boys talked us into some hang out time. They have been playing Minecraft all afternoon. Pretty cute listening to their chatter. :-)

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Loving it so much!

Hump DAY!

I feel like my posts are getting boring. Like, does this girl do anything but work, work out and go to kids activities? No, thats pretty much my life. I like it. It is a good life, but it is not super exciting to hear about I am sure. :-)

I can tell you I was not feeling my run this morning. It was cold and I lack the motivation. I went out right after dropping the kids off at school so at least it was light out. A few blocks out and I was feeling better, glad I went. I am feeling like 3 miles is kinda short when on week 5 of training....but who am I to complain! I just hope my plan does not fail me.....I do have an 8 mile long run so I guess I should keep my mouth shut.
I was added to a challenge on FB for December. #MoveForVetsDecember through the local Team RWB. Basically you just log your miles for the month on Charity Miles (app) and put them towards the cause. Charity Miles donates money based on the miles you log. Win Win!

Workout Stats:
3.03 miles, 26:48 time, 8.51 min mil.
34*. Dry. No wind. Not to bad of a day. Refreshing. I felt good, and held a decent pace. The dang hill on that course always knocks be back on my second mile....might be time for a flat course? I don't know though, hills make you stronger!

My house still looks like Buddy the Elf puked out decorations all over my house....I need to spend some time putting them all where they go!

I am not proud....or to proud to show this mess!

I have been getting some knitting orders in. I love that! Keep them coming! Here are a few of the things I have been working on.....

Sell for $10

Sell for $15

Oregon Ducks headband for $15

Newsboy cap adult for $30

And because my hands/arms get cold I made myself some sleeves. Cozy!

How can it be December 2nd already?

I feel like I blinked and it was December. I think that's what happenes every year. And I know it will go by faster than I would like. I've set up my tree, and unpacked my Xmas bins. I think we will do our tree decorating on Friday. Friday sounds good. I like how the tree makes the house feel. All cheery and brite. I drank wine and watched Elf last night after I set it up. Tis the season.

This morning can very early. My bed was so cozy and warm. My alarm was so annoying. I did respond to it though and ignored my inner voice telling me to hit snooze. I felt good about that. I had not pre planned my workout so I had to just pull it out of a hat. I did ok. Probably should plan a bit better. I think I'm getting lazy and monotonous in my weight routine.

Workout stats:
Warm up
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5 rounds of 10
Power cleans #65
Incline push ups
Dips
KB high pulls
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Core

It was bloody cold in the garage. It's really hard to get my lather on. I miss my hot box.

The rest of the day was pretty normal. Work, kids, dinner, blogging, knitting. :-)

Back at it

After a very long and fantastic weekend it is time to get back to the grind.

I hit the pavement right as it got light out and apparently the ground was still a bit icy....As I took my first few steps I was slipping and sliding all around....I debated on turning around and waiting, but I was ready and going and didn't want to have to start over. My first mile was a bit slow and careful. Fortunately I did not bite it and stayed on my two feet the entire run.
Pretty good run otherwise. Cold, but that is to be expected as it was 28*. Four miles steady is what the training plan called for.

Work out stats:
4.24 miles, 39:19 time, 9.16 min mile.
28*. Light rain. Ice patches.
Felt good, had negative splits. Very cold.

The rest of my day consisted of work, cleaning the house, laundry, putting away my fall decorations and pulling out my xmas bins (have not opened them yet). The Beast had a wrestling meet today, she had a great win and one loss. Looking good after 5 days off.