This week I got a little bit more into more normal workout routine. I ran a bit yesterday, but by 0.8 of a mile my IT bands started hurting, and I figured that there was no point in pushing. I thought maybe with a week and a half of no running it would feel better, but it actually felt much worse than my race on Thanksgiving. Grrr. The rest of the week was great!
- Sunday: Rest- traveling all day
- Monday: 1.45 mile walk, 2:30 planks
- Tuesday: 1.75 mile walk, 2:30 planks
- Wednesday: 7.59 mile bike, 2:30 planks
- Thursday: 2.0 mile elliptical, 2:30 planks
- Friday: 7.35 mile walk
- Saturday: 1.0 mile run, .50 mile walk, 3:00 planks
Total Miles: 1.0 run + 7.59 bike + 2.0 elliptical + 10.55 walk= 21.64 total miles and 13 minutes of planks
The weather has been SO nice the last few days, and I’ve been taking advantage of it and spending time outside.
Now it’s your turn to share! What’s one thing you accomplished this week? Was the weather nice enough to work out outside, or were you inside this week?
Journey to Wellness 
You managed to get a lot of miles in this week, NICE! Also, good job listening to your body & resting when your IT bands were hurting; it’s not worth pushing yourself and promoting injury. I used I be an avid runner, and one morning my Achilles tendon was sore but I decided to push myself anyway. Biggest exercise mistake ever. I ended up walking the rest of the way home fighting back tears, was in a boot for 3 weeks, and still can’t run long distances 2.5 years later… Moral of the story, when your body says it’s in pain, listen to it! Lol.
What types of planks do you do? I know the regular & side planks, but can you suggest any others?
This week I accomplished working out Saturday – Friday (had a rest day yesterday), & I did pretty well with my meals 🙂
Here’s to a great week for all of us! Keep posting updates, it’s great to see progress!
ouch! That sounds really painful! It’s so hard as a runner to balance pushing yourself and being smart. It’s definitely a fine line! Here’s a post all about the planks that I do: https://fightingforwellness.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/the-plank-challenge/ I also have a link there to other plank information. You could always add in leg lifts or something like that.
I finished a 10K race this morning! I really wanted to bail and just do the 5K, but I was glad my boyfriend pushed me to finish! Good job on all those miles and planks.
Congrats on your 10k! I can’t wait to read about it! I’ve never done a 10k before, but would love to race one!
I over exercised in the last 2 days on various versions of squats. I had trouble moving around today and I am pretty sure I won’t be able to move tomorrow! I like exercise though!
Ouch! That sounds painful. I definitely don’t do squats much at all.