Week 1 of Lorna Jane’s Move Nourish Believe Challenge is complete! Our focus this week was Move. Here’s my week in pictures:
Day 1: Favorite way to sweat. You know I have to say running. Even if it’s super snowy, icy and cold. As long as I avoid frostbite and don’t break a hip, I’m a happy girl.
Day 2: Try a new workout. It’s my goal to learn how to swim this year. I wish I could tell you I’m loving it so far, but that would be a lie. I’m sure it will grow on me one of these days, until then, if you don’t have anything nice to say…sigh.
Day 3: Show us your plank. As much as I’m struggling with swimming, I love me some plank. I’m a card carrying member to the double-digit plank-hold club.
Day 4: Buddy up! Since Girls On The Run training started this week, I’ve had lots of run buddies. Most of them 8 or 9 years old. This is my third year being a GOTR coach. Love it!
Day 5: Friday Fave. Ok you know hills are not my favorite. In my mind I pretend to love them to help get my head around the workouts. My coach has been sneaking in a hill workout every other week. Given that both my upcoming halves are hilly, it’s a necessary evil. By the time Friday rolled around, we had 8 more inches of snow beyond what you see here on my ‘favorite’ hill. Suffice it to say my hills were done on the mill.
Looking ahead to week 2: Our focus is Nourish!
Maybe one day you will love to swim – I do not like to put my face in the water – maybe because I wore contacts for years or something.
I love planking, too!
Looks like you got the challenge off to a solid start! I think swimming is challenging, too. I also find it’s much harder to get started swimming than on other workouts because there is so much preparation/post workout cleanup involved with swimming, you know? I am looking forward to hearing how the Nourish part goes!
I always thought it would be fun to swim for a workout… but I’m cheap and don’t pay for a gym membership… so it’ll have to wait til summer 😉 LOVE your week 1 challenge recap! 🙂
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Great Recap! Not sure when you’ll be able to do your hill workouts outside! It’s insane. Although, the snow from yesterday was so darn pretty, it looks like glitter.
I’m helping with my school’s GOTR program this year. I’m looking forward to it. I *can* swim, but it’ll never be my first choice of a workout. A couple years ago I did some half ironman challenges that forced me into the pool, and I found that the more/longer I swam the more comfortable I was in the water (duh)…but it still isn’t what I’d consider fun.
I don’t think I’ll ever use swimming as an exercise because I just don’t love doing it. You’re doing great to make yourself work through something you don’t love!
Running is one of the purest form of exercise that effectively promotes fitter, stronger and healthier body and mind.
I did put all of the challenges in the calendar this week so I’m hoping that I get to them.
Double digits as in 10 minutes? Wow! I start shaking right around the 1 minute mark.
OH I NEEDED ME THE PLANKING REMINDER.
Whoa double digit plank! I’m almost at 5 minutes, should get it today! I’d love to hold a double digit plank!
I hope you do eventually like swimming, it’s a great workout!
I been working on incorporating planks on a more regular basis and it’s really helping. Sounds like a fun challenge.
I am so loving following everyone on this challenge – very cool!!!!!
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