Journaling, Running, and More Yoga

I used to love writing in my journal. I probably have a half-dozen filled journals–most of them from the drama that was high school. It’s always interesting to me to go back and remember the good ol’ days. (“I heart so-and-so!”; “Being a teenager’s hard!”)

Anyway, I’m telling you this because I’ve started writing down my workouts in a lovely little number from Walmart. It’s really awesome to go through it and see everything that I’ve been doing to stay  active, and it makes me just feel good about myself. I’d you don’t keep a journal or a log or anything of your workouts, I totally recommend it.

So, according to my journal last week, here are my stats:

  • Monday: 55-minute yoga class; 10 minutes bedtime yoga stretches
  • Tuesday: 2.2 miles, comfortably; 15 minutes yoga before bed (here’s a great sequence); 2:05 plank for #plankaday
  • Wednesday: 45-minute yoga class (normally 55, but our instructor was late)
  • Thursday: 2 miles, hardish pace with some pickups; short yoga practice after running to stretch; 2:10 plank.
  •  Friday: Some stretching; 2:15 plank
  • Saturday: 5.17-mile long run

And there you go, my week of workouts. Good stuff, eh? Did I tell you how much I’m loving yoga? Try it. And if you don’t know where to start, check out DoYogawithMe.com. This site has hundreds of free HD yoga videos available to stream to your computer or other device. Totally awesome and very well done.

Gettin’ My Om On

From theyogasoul.com

Can I just tell you how much I love yoga? If any of you follow my on Twitter or on Pinterest, I’m sure you sensed a theme. Well, it’s no surprise to me that I’m not terribly flexible and can’t do most of the harder poses, but I’m addicted. Yoga for me–even at 6 in the morning–brings some level of serenity and strength to my life. It’s great. Running brings those things with it too at some level, but there’s something about the noncompetitive nature of yoga that appeals to me. And of course it will help with my running. And my goal to keep from getting injured this year.

In other news, I’m still running and have started my training for my first half marathon of the year, which is in April. It’ll be great, seeing as I just want to run for fun. I’ve also started the #plankaday challenge on Twitter. So good!

I also have a 5K next weekend, which should be fun. I’m running with my Blister Sisters! Go us! We rock!

Also, if you noticed, I’m now a Sweat Pink Ambassador! I’ll fill you in soon on what that entails. And I have a fun giveaway coming up! So much awesome. Phew.

So much news!

So if you’re thinking about trying yoga, do it! It’s awesome.

Namaste!

Back from Californ-i-a

Golden Gate Bridge (source)

Well, we just got back from a glorious week of vacation in California. We went to visit family for Thanksgiving and had a blast! There was fun stuff happening all the time, and it felt so good to just relax. You have no idea how much I needed a break.

How many miles did I run? Well . . . 3. But I’m totally fine with that. I’m not really training for anything. I’ll be running a 10K this Saturday with some coworkers/friends, which should be fun. We’ll see. Then it’s back to ramping up mileage and incorporating cross training so I can be totally healthy for my next half, which I’m planning for March. Woot.

Anyway, an abbreviated vacation recap is coming, but I thought I’d check in and let ya’ll know I’m not dead.

Did you get any good Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals? I certainly did, but I can’t reveal them since the Engineer reads the bloggity.

Anyone run a turkey trot? Almost, but I got lazy. Oh well.

FFR

p.s. Join Active GearUp and get great deals on workout gear. Right now, they’re having a sale on ProCompression socks for $24.95. Killer deal. I’m really liking the purple.