Despite less than stellar temperatures to train in this week, both Ryan and I had some solid runs this week.
Monday-6.25 miles + HIIT Workout (Sarah)
Post-run in my new favorite winter running jacket. More on the jacket later!
Cherry tomatoes, carrots, starfruit, mangos, apples, oranges, lemons, raspberries, blueberries, and, blackberries.
Getting a healthy dose of vitamins! We threw in some starfruit this week-yum!
I didn’t have school on Monday, so I had a chance to get in a solid run outside before the temperatures started dropping followed by a HIIT workout that left me sore for days. One of my new years resolutions was to add in a few HIIT workouts this year.
Tuesday-off
My whole body was sore from yesterday’s HIIT workout.
Wednesday-6 miles (Ryan)
Ryan ran at the gym at his school followed by a good lifting sessions. Then it was time to cheer on the Badgers during their upsetting loss to the Gophers. My legs were still sore today.
Thursday-6 miles (Both of Us)
His face says it all…treadmills are awesome. Awesome as in watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians with my wife.
We hit the gym today as it was too freezing outside to endure six miles (temps were below zero). It was not a fantastic run, but not terrible either. In all honesty, I am not totally confident I would have made it to the gym had it not been for Ryan. Having a training buddy is awesome. The time went by faster than I expected as I watched last week’s episode of The Good Wife on my iphone. Ryan still refuses music or specific TV reactions. What a weirdo! Or he is just significantly tougher than me. Probably the former.
Friday-3 miles (Sarah)
I took advantage of the warmest temperatures all week and ran after work. In a strange turn of events for Wisco winters, the temperatures actually increased throughout the day with the high temps occurring at 10:00 p.m. Even with warmer temps, the wind was fierce. After my run my muscle soreness returned. Very strange. I say very strange because I’ve never experienced random muscle soreness before. I also drank way more water than normal this week since purchasing my new water bottle. Staying hydrated is so important if you want to feel good while training. Take a fun bottle to work to encourage yourself to stay hydrated throughout the day.
Saturday-10 miles (Both of Us)
It was a familiar scene again…the gym and sore muscles (so weird). Ryan didn’t get home until 3:00, therefore we didn’t make it to the gym until 3:30, so we had to cut our run a mile short as the gym closed at 5:00. By the end I was so ready to be done. Outside runs are so much more interesting. My legs were very heavy and still sore so I didn’t mind. My quads felt like I had run a PR half marathon. I’ll spare you all the treadmill photos this week mostly because they shut off after an hour so I couldn’t capture a ten mile photo. You’ll just have to take my word for it.
Sunday-Skiing date for 4 hours instead of a 3 mile run
Most my muscle soreness was gone today. Ryan’s heel was feeling great. With more winter weather advisories and windchill warnings starting in the p.m. we wanted to get outside. We decided to hit the slopes to cross train instead of our 3 mile run. Windy, but so worth it to enjoy winter outdoors. The only downside of the 20-25 mph winds was some of the slopes were icy. Not much you can do. It was great to get some fresh air before we are trapped inside for the next couple of days. Looking at the forecast over the U.S. some of you southerns are in for some cold and winter too. Stay warm!
Warming up and where I sit writing this week’s training post.
Ryan & Sarah’s Tip of the Week-Like a newbie, I totally forgot to put on Body Glide prior to our ten mile treadmill run. Like a newbie, oh wait he is, Ryan didn’t put Body Glide on his nipples. As I felt the familiar rub and burn of chaffing setting in around mile six or seven on the treadmill, I knew I had messed up. It was around this time that Ryan mentioned his sore nipples. As I stepped in the shower post-run the all too familiar sting set in. For long runs where you will sweat (for most of you this is all long runs, unless you too live in the frigid North) make sure to lube up any areas that rub. For me this is under my sports bra’s elastic band, sometimes between my thighs, and even my feet. For guys this includes your chest and nipples. Ryan also says his chest chafes more when it is unshaved, so I guess guys shave your chest, too. Hopefully that last sentence is never advice I’m having to give from experience! Body Glide has been my go to since my first marathon in 2008 and has yet to fail me when I remember to put it on.
Week 4 Mile Totals-
Ryan-22 miles
Sarah-25.25 miles
Stay warm everyone! Happy Training!
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Looks like you had an awesome training week!!!!
I have never tried Body Glide but I use Vaseline and it looks wonders for me! I am ashamed to admit that I didn’t know what chafing looked like when I began my training last year. My thighs had chafed before but nothing too bad. If I wore a dress or skirt I just had to wear something under them so my legs wouldn’t rub together. When I started training, I was getting these “burns” on my chest from the sports bra. I was like “what the hell is this?” I would put ointment and band-aids on them. Finally I asked someone about them and they were like “it’s chafing – this is what you can use to prevent it!” I felt like such an idiot!