Day 18, 19, 20, 21, & 22

Yikes, I got behind again!

Day 18

Today was my rest day...I thought about making up my three mile run that I was supposed to do the day before when I made up Tuesday's 6 mile run...but I changed my mind. I had my Ultra Sound for my gall bladder and couldn't eat before 9 am...so I didn't want to run before it. Then I found out my grandfather is dying...so by the end of the day I was donezo...I wasn't working out, I wasn't cooking...done. 

Day 19

My friend Liz and her adorable son, Collin, came in town for breakfast at 7:30 am so I woke up at about 5:15 am (ouch!) and did my 6 mile run - a mile with my dog and 5 on my own. I was happy I got myself out of bed! And the run went really well, which was also great.

Day 20

This run went pretty well! 12 miles, wowsers. At the end of it honestly my feet hurt, but they were fine after an hour or so, which is a good sign. Here is how it went:

1st mile - with my dog. I started out at about 5:50 am because I wanted to do this run early before it got too hot. 

9 miles - This I did with my husband and it was super slow, but honestly super easy for me. After my first mile with the dog I got a little bit of a sick stomach like last week but once that was over with and we started the 9, I was totally fine. Didn't even need all of my gatorade and gave some of my portion to my husband...who was not doing so hot...that was why we were slowww. He started feeling bad, so we slowed down, but he made it through the 9 miles!

Last 2 miles - When we finished the 9, my husband headed towards our building doors and I kept running. I took no break between the 9 and 2, just a quick water/ stretch break after mile 1 and then I finished the last mile sore but strong. I only felt like taking a break because I ran my last mile with my husband without a break and we ran it harder than the rest....plus it was getting realllly hot (we didn't start the beginning of the 9 until about 7...ugh...which was frustrating since I had gotten up so early, but oh well...) 

Anyway, I did all 12 and felt good about it! 

Day 21

Today was cross training day! I did a decent job cross training by doing a weight circuit at home and honestly today my legs and butt are SORE!

I did 200 jumpies, 125 lunges, 125 pushups, 100 kettle bell swings with 45 pounds, and 4 sets of abwork. It took me about an hour, so not a bad cross training day. 

Day 22

Well, this morning did not go as planned...I set my alarm for 15 minutes before I needed to get up then I reset it for the correct time...or so I thought..Turns out I hadn't, and I woke up too late to run, grrr. So technically I have not done today's 3 mile run yet...but my plan is to do it after work today. :) Tomorrow I will be back to running in the morning...