Showing posts with label Rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rain. Show all posts

Monday, October 10, 2011

Oh Monday... Wishing the Rain Away

Okay, Okay.. so I know we've really needed rain here in TX





Yep, like I said... Texas was really in need of some rain, BUT Mondays are hard enough to get through without it being all rainy and humid outside.




Only plus was I got to bust out my knee high black BCBG boots for the first time this season. 



I ALSO got to bust out this little black headband bc humidity does crazy things to my hair...



{Thank you RunningOffTheReeses for that one!}


So this weekend was rainy, and that messed with my plans of completing another Long Run outside.  I had 5 miles to log this weekend and they were trapped to a treadmill and Sunday I was just not feeling my workout.  I kept staring out the window thinking how I missed the perfect weather earlier in the week... I was completely ADHD and knew there was no way I was going to get in a good straight 5 miles so instead I knocked out a quick 3 (9:10 avg pace with 1min walk breaks between miles) and finished up my time on the eliptical on 65 resistance (my eliptical goes to 80... so whatever that means). 


Then, I kicked my own butt in a random circuit of whatever strength training I thought of including planks, a row back exercise Mike set up for me, and some of my favorite strength moves  --- finishing strong with 5 min ABS that went like this: