The week started off fantastic with a intense yoga session to stretch me out for the week ahead. Tuesday morning I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to run 3 miles. At this time of the morning or I call it night (because it's pitch black outside) I am still half asleep even though I had just woken up at 2 a.m. to feed Olive. Running half asleep is never a good idea because you aren't paying attention to your feet moving and might end up like I did kissing the concrete where my feet should have been running! I stood up with a growl of "that hurt" and finished in 28 minutes. I woke up every morning before 6 a.m. to run before the sun came up and every day presented either a hill challenge or head games I had to play with myself just to finish running, like my 4 mile run on Sunday.
I had to take two days off because the torn ligament in my left ankle was screaming at me but that ended up being a wise decision so that I could do my long run on Sunday.
These days I am LOVING my Born Fit running skirt.
It has this amazing pocket on the shorts that holds my car key and my phone and I can't even feel it!
13 miles down for this week and not feeling energized at all BUT every week I will get stronger/perform better and look better.
Side Note: I went down a size after running this week! I'd rather be a 14 than a 16 any day and say good bye baby belly!
Good job Robin. Keep at it. I'm doing what I can too.
ReplyDeleteThis is great robin keep it up:) I myself started running again to and you are now my inspiration for doing it so early with a baby to feed every few hours:)
ReplyDeleteShannon, have you read run like a mother? It's a hilarious book that you have to read.
ReplyDeleteGood job and now I know that I have another momma out there at 5 a.m. running with me!
Good Job!
ReplyDeleteThere is a roll on, almost deodorant kind of thing you can get from the running stores that helps prevent chafing, blistering, and weird redness. I highly recommend it!
Oh really? I will definitely look into that. So excited you're doing the race with us!
ReplyDeleteYay Robin! It's been a while since I checked in. I myself am training to run a 10K this October. I've only done 5K's and being a new runner for only a year, running a 10K is "my Marathon". I'll have to check out that book. Keep running! You look great :)
ReplyDeletemaryanne that's great! So nice to have another family member that runs! keep me posted
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