Spring Into Action Week 5

Happy first week of April!
Sunday, April 1: rest day

Monday: Ran 6k in the park :) I tried out my exciting newfound knowledge from the Chi Running book, and I must say, I'm a believer!  Though I still didn't run as far as I'd hoped, I was thrilled that it was a heck of a lot farther than I got last week.  Plus, it didn't feel like death - I breezed through the park and my legs didn't feel like lead.  What killed me was the random gusts of wind and the enormous steep hill that I chose to run at the very end for some reason.  Next time - better route mapping :)

Tuesday: Accidental rest day (accidental because it wasn't planned, just that life kind of ended up getting in the way!)

Wednesday: Snuck in a 75min hot Flow yoga class at the end of the day.  Flow is a vinyasa-style yoga class where all of the postures flow together (get it? Flow!) without rest between postures.  It's a bit more cardiovascularly challenging than a regular hatha class, and involves a lot of downward dog flows (down dog --> plank --> chaturanga --> upward dog --> downward dog).

Thursday: Unfortunately I didn't have enough time today between class and work to fit in a workout, but I walked to my WW meeting (about a half hour walk) and back home, for a 1hr walk in total :)

Friday: We were going to boyfriend's mom's place for Easter dinner tonight, so the only time I had available to fit in a workout was this morning.  I had planned for a run, but it was still only 1 degree outside, so I went to the condo gym's treadmill.  Sadly, the gym was already full by the time I got there :(  So instead, I hopped on the eliptical for a 15 minute warmup/light cardio, followed by 20 minutes of upper body workout (bicep/tricep, lats, chest, etc), 10 minutes of lower body workout (lunges, glute lifts, squats), and 5 minutes of abs (crunches, bicycles, planks), and 5 minutes of stretching.  By the time I was about 3/4 of the way through, the treadmill became available again, but I decided to just finish up what I was doing and get in a run on Saturday instead.

Saturday: My dad and boyfriend were doing a fundraising event at a fancy shop near us to raise money for the Ride to Conquer Cancer.  I decided to go visit - and run there and back.  In total, it was just over 7k that I ran, with a little 15 minute visit break in between.