Hola and Happy Father’s Day! I hope you are having a beautiful weekend like I am. It started out great on Friday with a surprise lunch date with my hubby for some hibachi. We were so full we ended up not even eating dinner. I have never had so much fried rice in my life! We hung out and watched a movie and then Saturday we got up for an eight mile long run. We didn’t get out the door till 8:00, and the sun was already high in the sky and it was hot. Luckily, there was a slight breeze to keep me from death.
My moving comfort Jubralee sports bra was drenched, but I had no chafing or issues with support. Barely even noticed it, I really love this bra, especially the adjustable straps on the front, no more trying to reach to the back to adjust! If you are in the market for a new one, be sure to check it out!
It was actually a really good run. Since I now have a half marathon training plan, I wanted to stick with my pace called for, which was fine by me since it was so hot, I don’t know if I could have gone much faster anyway! We kept just about an 11:30 pace, and ran home to rehydrate and relax.
Best thing about this bra, I felt totally comfortable wearing it by itself for my run. Some sports bras just don’t lend themselves to being worn alone, if you know what I mean girls, but I felt great in this one. It’s just wwaayyy to hot to wear a sticky shirt on long runs down here.
Hubby headed to the pool to cool off and swim a few laps. I figured it would be jam packed full of people (I hate getting to the pool to discover there are no chairs!) So I sat on the front porch with the pups to cool off. Soon enough, Bobby texted me saying he was the only one at the pool. I jumped up, changed into my suit and met him down there.
It was so nice being the only ones down there for awhile. The breeze made it feel great, and I had one of those times (very rare for me!) Where I felt truly relaxed. I love that feeling after you have a good long run, and you feel really productive so early in the morning. Know what I mean?
After awhile we both got really hungry, so we headed to my favorite Mexican restaurant for lunch, hit up Target for groceries, then took a nice long nap. It was glorious! Unfortunately, I woke up with a bad headache, so it was staying in and vegging out the rest of the night in hopes it would go away.
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Here is my week summarized. This is the first week in long time I felt like I accomplished all I wanted to do workout-wise for the week. Check it out!
Sunday: rest
Monday: 3 mile Treadmill easy(ish) run, upper body weights
Tuesday: 3 miles stationary bike, upper body weights
Wednesday: ran 2 miles outside, upper body weights, stationary bike 20 minutes
Thursday: ran 4 miles (tempo run), upper body weights, stationary bike 20 minutes
Friday: upper body weights, 15 minutes stretching/yoga on my own
Saturday: 8 mile long run
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running: X’s 4, total of 17 miles.
cross training: X’s 3 (stationary bike)
weights: X’s 5 days
yoga: I missed class due to a killer headache, but stretched on my own 15 minutes
My goal for the week was to run all 4 days and to make sure I was still cross training and lifting. I would say I accomplished my goal, yay!
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I hope you all have a fab Father’s Day. I won’t get to see my dad, but I did see hi last weekend. I love you dad, thanks for all you have done for me and sacrificed over the years so we could be taken care of. You rock!
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Nice job getting back into half training. Long runs in the heat are tough! I’ve been checking out some of the online pace heat calculators, you’re working much harder than your actual pace shows, it’s interesting to see the comparison. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
that sounds cool! Do you have a link? I would love to check it out (and make myself feel better!)
Sure- here’s one of them: http://runnersconnect.net/training/tools/temperature-calculator/ I think there are others, I’ll pass others on too if I can find them.
It sounds like you had a great run despite the heat- whew. I’m not a huge fan of running when it’s so hot! Just a random question- what program do you use to get the writing on your pictures?
I use windows live writer to write my posts, and there is a watermark option for photos. 🙂
Running in the heat is a challenge for sure. Looks like you did what you needed to do and looked great doing it too! Great review on the bra as well.
great week! My week was pretty good too, running and yoga was a big.part of it!
you look happy, healthy , and ready to train. I love it! well done friend.
Ugh – I hate running in the heat. And I don’t even come close to dealing with the heat that you do. Glad you had a breeze! I love going to the pool after a long run.