Adding Accountability

May's 30 Days Stronger Challenge hosted by Amanda at Run to the Finish comes at a great time for me. I'm really trying to add in strength training (like I've been trying to do for at least a year). The idea is to do 2-3 circuits of 4-8 reps of 3-5 exercises each day to prevent injury and build strength.

My sister has worked up a few mini cirucits for me, and now is the perfect time for them. Plus, she's challenged me to a plank and pushup challenge for May. I'm excited!

SBBC Week 8

Monday
Water: check
Freggies: 7.5
Exercise: none. I had totally planned on doing a WOW once the kids went to bed, but after what happened in Boston, my husband and I were glued to the TV news.

Tuesday
Water: check
Freggies: 9
Exercise: 4.09 miles for Boston in 37:06, plus .25 miles cooldown in 4:15=4.1 points

Wednesday
Water: check
Freggies: 7.5
Exercise: 30 minute Sworkit circuit=3 points

Thursday
Water: check
Freggies: 7
Exercise: 2.62 miles in 30 minutes=3 points
-10 minutes of ab Sworkit=1 point
-10 minutes of stretching/foam rolling=1 point

Friday
Water: check
Freggies: 7
Exercise: none

Saturday
Water: check
Freggies: 8
Exercise: YMCA 10K in 58:25=5.8 points

Sunday
Water: check
Freggies: 2 (isn't that just awful?!)
Exercise: 30 minutes of circuit training using Sworkit and WOW 10=3 points

This Week's Totals
Water: 7
Freggies: 6
Exercise:  20 points (didn't quite meet my goal of 25 for the week)

And now we have one more week to go with the extension! I'm going to aim for 7 water, 7 freggies, and my 20 miles to round out my 26.2 for Boston. Add in 3 days of stretching/foam rolling (I'll need it with the increased mileage!) and I should have my 25 points this time around :)

SBBC Week 7

Monday
Water: check
Freggies: 9
Exercise: none

Tuesday
Water: check
Freggies: 10.5
Exercise: 4.5 miles in 47:01=4.7 points

Wednesday
Water: didn't quite make it
Freggies: 5 (sad)
Exercise: none (sad, again)

Thursday
Water: yes
Freggies: 6.5
Exercise: warmup/cooldown of .75 miles in 13:06=1.3 points
-HIIT (ran .5 miles @6.0, 5x:60 @9.0 w/:90 recovery @6.0, 2x:90 @8.0 w/:60 recovery, then .5 miles @6.0) for a total of 26:31 (that's 2 miles of speedwork in 16:31!!!)=2.6 points

Friday
Water: yes
Freggies: 4
Exercise: none

Saturday
Water: no
Freggies: 4.5
Exercise: none

Sunday
Water: yes
Freggies: 6.5
Exercise: 61 minutes (ran 3 miles, got dizzy, walked another 1.6 miles)=6 points

This week's totals
Water: 5
Freggies: 2 (darn it!)
Exercise: 14.6 points

SBBC Week 6

I thought maybe this would go better if I wrote down what I did each day so I could see my tally at the end of the week.

Monday
Water: check
Freggies: 7
Exercise: 15 minutes of core/stretching=1.5 points

Tuesday
Water: check
Freggies: 10!
Exercise: 5 by the 5th 5 miles in 46:59 plus .25 miles walking=5 points

Wednesday
Water: check
Freggies: 8
Exercise: WOW 11 (15 minutes) 1.5 points + the WOW point

Thursday
Water: check
Freggies: 8
Exercise: 3.5 miles in 36:49 doing hills and negative splits on the treadmill=3.6 points
(.25 walk, .5 at 6.0, then 1%, 2%, 3%, 2%, 1% inclines with 0% in between...all quarter miles...on the flats I increased the speed by .2 and maintained the increased through the next hill...cooldown)

Friday
Water: check
Freggies: nope
Exercise: none :( Home with sick kids...thought I could squeeze something in, but it didn't happen.

Saturday
Water: check
Freggies: nope
Exercise: none. Busy, busy day.

Sunday
Water: check
Freggies: 5
Exercise: 5 miles in 48:40 plus walking a quarter mile in 5 minutes=5.3 points
-walk/ran with the kids .65 miles in 10 minutes; stopped at park and did body weight exercises for 5 minutes=1.5 points

This week's totals:
Water: 7
Freggies: 4
Exercise: 18.4
WOW: 1

SBBC Week 5

I feel like such a slacker. I only got 6 activity points for last week. I only ran twice and short both times after last weekend's half. I did manage all my water and 4 freggie points. I wish I had done some stretching or core work since the running was so light.

I am already off to a bad start for this week since I skipped this morning's run. I figure that means I need a better plan. So here it is...

Today: WOW circuit tonight after the kids go to bed
Tuesday: Run 5 miles for my 5 by the 5th virtual run series
Wednesday: 15 minutes of stretching/strength before school; 15 minutes of WOW after the kids go to bed
Thursday: Speed work (HIIT)
Friday: Rest
Weekend: "long" run of 6 miles (or so); stretching
-I'll have to figure out when I can run this weekend because of softball/tball games. Whatever day I don't run, I'll try to fit in another WOW workout.

And of course, my goal is to have my water and freggies every day. I get 2.5 servings with my morning smoothie, so that helps a lot. Since I'm not eating added sugar this week, I'll work on reaching for fruits and veggies for snacks instead of sweets and treats.

So now this week is planned out. :)

SBBC Week 4

Just a quick recap of this past week...

Monday: Run 38 minutes (3.5 miles)
Wednesday: Run 38 minutes (3.5 miles)
Friday: Shake out run of 20 minutes (1.5 miles)
Saturday: Aquarium, walking 45 minutes (at least!)
Sunday: RnR Dallas 13.1 miles in 2:07:52 (a new PR!)

I did really good on water this week (all 7 days) knowing I had my half coming. I also did pretty good on my freggies...4 days for sure. The green smoothies really help!

I've really got to work on cutting out the sugar. The afternoons are killing me!

SBBC Week 1

Week 1 of the Spring Bootie Buster Challenge is done! I signed up for this to help me stay on track, and it does help. However, I've been overwhelmed with work at school and haven't done a great job of staying on top of things (although planning my meals and snacks helps).

I have to admit, I didn't do a great job of logging my exercise or food this week, so I'm playing catchup today.

Here's what I know I did:
Monday--4 miles is 43:00
--water
--freggies (green smoothie, grapes, carrots, avocado, clementines, squash, broccoli)
Tuesday--
Wednesday--4 miles in 40:00
--freggies (fruit at a long meeting helped)
--water
Thursday--
Friday--
Saturday--11.13 miles in 2:00:01 and 1 mile walked in 19:30
--water
Sunday--freggies (veggie plate for dinner got most of them in at once)
--water
Monday--WOW plus abs (10 minutes)

I may have gotten more of my fruits and veggies, but I'm not sure. I'll err on the side of caution here and keep better track next week. It looks like I've got 4 days of water, 3 days of freggies, and
23.3 points in exercise (plus the WOW point).