V Flies = Ow.

Good morning Peeps!

After another crazy morning of getting two girls off to school- one, a morning person, the other, not so much- I devoured a quick bowl of scrambled veggie and cheese eggs and a cup of coffee.  Oh, and a piece of bacon.  Can’t forget the bacon!  I forgot to snap a picture, so enjoy this repeat:

Breakfast:

Once Dennis left for work, I threw in my Jillian Michaels Shred dvd, grabbed my hand weights, and got to work.

Workout:

I completed the Level 2, 20 minute boot camp style workout.  It’s a great, full body workout, that incorporates abs, arms, legs, and cardio.  While I’ve definitely improved since last year’s completion of the 30 Day Shred, I was definitely sweating, and those V Flies… Ugh.  Worst part of the whole workout.  V Flies in a squat are HARD, especially after all of the plank work Jillian has ya doing.  

I couldn’t find a proper graphic of a V Fly, but it basically goes like this:  Start, standing in shoulder width position holding a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing up, out at your sides.  Lower in a squat, raising arms up and together creating a ‘V’ shape, with palms still facing up and coming together.  Move back to standing position and repeat.

I hope that makes sense.

I really do love crosstraining though, especially boot camp, interval style training.  I can definitely tell a difference in my core and arms after all of those darn pushups and planks, and I know the leg work can only aid in my 5k quest.

I can’t believe I just said ‘I love crosstraining’…  I’ve also recently caught myself saying things like- ‘I love sprints’ and ‘I can’t wait to get out to the park for my long run’… Give me a minute, while I grab a thermometer- I may be coming down with something… 😉

After my workout, I grabbed a FruitChia bar to satisfy my sweet tooth while I fired up the laptop.

I actually thought it was cherry flavored, until I looked closer at the package this morning.  Oh well, the cranberry flavor is just as tasty as the strawberry.  I heart FruitChia bars!

Alrighty ya’ll, I’m off to do some running around.  I have a Target trip to make.  Meredith has requested that we dress Henry up for Halloween this year, and I think I need to make that happen, since we’ve NEVER dressed that sweet boy up.  I may also hunt for some new winter workout clothes for myself.  Aren’t new workout clothes the best?!

Question:

• Done any crazy hard crosstraining moves lately?  
• If you have a pet, do you dress them up for Halloween?  Any suggestions?

Mer and I are leaning towards a hot dog costume for Henry(he already has the shape for it-haha), but I’m open to anything that strikes my fancy.  I’ll keep you posted.

Enjoy your Tuesday!

Amy

Run App Fail

Good Morning Peeps!

I took yesterday off from blogging to attend/host a morning coffee at my youngest kiddo, Meredith’s, school.  I signed up to be Mer’s room mom this year, which unbeknownst to me, is quite the task.  Aside from hosting a coffee to draw in volunteers and collect classroom dues, I will be in charge of consistent emailing throughout the year between myself, the teacher, and the class parents.  I also have to put together gifts for the teacher and coordinate parties.  Luckily, I have a partner in crime to share the responsibilities- thanks Wendy!  

Phew, it’s going to be a busy year!

Moving onto this morning’s run- let’s talk about day 2 of Week 7…

Workout:  This morning was supposed to be a repeat of day 1/week 7k- warm up walk for 5 minutes, then run your tail off for 25 minutes.  Well, it’s no secret that I’m not at the 25 minutes-straight-run yet.  But, after such a successfully timed run on Tuesday, and a wonderful nights’ sleep, I figured today would be a piece of cake.  

Sooo, I paced myself pretty well in the beginning, running for the first 12 minutes without stopping, and then taking a brief walk break, and picking it back up again.  I took one more short walk break before heading up the hill and sprinting back to my house.  I felt pretty good- tired, but good.  I hit the stop button on my Runkeeper app and nearly fell over.  It claimed I only ran 1.76 miles for 22.32 minutes…. say what?!    Yesterday, I ran the exact same route, but the app claimed I ran 2.44 miles in 20.23 minutes.  I was baffled.  Talk about a major slap in the face.  Check it out:

 

After examining the lines on both routes, I noticed Tuesday’s route was very jagged and strange looking.  I can only assume it was some malfunction with the connection that caused it to record the run so wonky.  Jeez, thanks Runkeeper.  Way to hit somebody’s ego- haha.  Alright, guess I just need to work a little a lot harder to improve those times.  I don’t think 2 miles in 20 minutes should be a problem- Just gotta kick it into gear!    

Breakfast:  When I got back in from my run, Dennis was already heading out for work.  I was excited to see the dish of scrambled eggs and bacon waiting for me under a plate- still warm.  🙂  Thanks dah-ling.  I also had a fresh cup of coffee and immediately dug into a ripe banana.  Want to hear something gross?  I was so hungry I bit into the banana, and before I could swallow the bite, I dug into the eggs…  Eggs + bananas= disgusting.  Don’t try it.  I still can’t believe I did that- ew.  

After such a busy day yesterday:  with the morning coffee, lunch with Dennis(we had an early lunch at 59 Diner), picking Colette’s contacts up at JCPenney Optical, and taking the girls to rhythmic gymnastics in the evening; it’s going to be a nice and easy day today.  I have some library books due, that need to be returned, and some laundry to finish… that’s it.  Ahhh.  And best of all, tomorrow is Friday!  Yay!  

Questions:

• Ever have a tech fail while running?  One that made you think you did better than you actually did?(Grrrr)
• Banana Eggs, are you a fan?- haha!

Have a fan-flippin-tastic Thursday!

Amy