Before I get to the rest of this week’s goodness, here’s how my “off-season” workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 5ish miles Wednesday: Strength/core Thursday: Run 3 miles + Yoga Friday: Run 6 miles (wanted 8 but caught in downpour) Saturday: Rest Sunday: 20 min stepmill + Crossfit On 11/14 the Caveman and I celebrated our [Read More]
You Say Winter Crosstraining, I Say Runbattical
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is Winter Crosstraining. There I said it: Winter. Yeah winter’s coming. Soon. We wanna know if you run/train right through winter? Give yourself a little break? Change up your workouts? Tell us! Personally I’m all about shifting the gears. Keeping the ole bod guessing. Face it marathon training [Read More]
Things to Do in the Running “Off Season”
Although I still have a few races left on the calendar this year, my running “off-season” started the minute I crossed the finish line in Twin Cities. Since then I’ve been running less, enjoying more. Not that running isn’t enjoyable or anything, it’s the marathon training that tends to wear on me after awhile. Studies [Read More]
Feeling Judged in the Gym
If you follow my Instagram or Facebook page, you already know I had an unwelcome peanut gallery at the gym the other day. Just starting week 4 of my focus on strength in the running off-season, I went about my business with the squat rack and had just finished up a failed attempt at unassisted [Read More]
NYC Marathon Training: What’s Staying/Going/Adding
Here’s how last week ended up: Running Miles: 21 Bike Miles: 20 Monday: Rest Tuesday: 5 miles speedwork, Strength for legs Wednesday: 20 on bike Thursday: 6 miles Friday: Yoga, Strength Saturday: Rest, well golf Sunday: 10 miles So. New York City Marathon training officially OFFICIALLY starts today. Although I’ve been hedging for weeks. Who [Read More]
Oh the Insanity
If you read the MHS Facebook page, you know that I’m venturing out of my comfort zone during my racebattical and trying out some new (to me) types of workouts. Last week I hit up a Barre class. This week I went for the gusto and went to Insanity. 50 minutes of, well insanity. A brief [Read More]
A Runner Walks Up To a Barre…
If you read the MHS Facebook page, you know I went to my first ever Barre class the other day. It was at my usual gym, Lifetime Fitness, which kind of surprised me since I thought I’d have to go to a barre studio for this kind of class. As we waited for class to [Read More]
5 Ways To Be A Better Yogi
I made it to a yoga class for the first time this year. I intentionally stayed away until now, letting the resolution crowds thin a bit. Alas the class was full. Busting at the seams, actually. Several straggled in late and we all sardined in even more. I was accommodating, until the last straw, that [Read More]
The Groan Heard Round the World
In an unending quest to shake things up around here, well specifically around my midriff, I went to a new (to me) Barbell Strength class the other day. You already know I am no stranger to weights, so this was no biggie. Or so I thought. I got to class on the late-ish side and [Read More]