Week+ of Mostly Sunshine and Fitness 3/18 - 3/27

Week+ of Mostly Sunshine and Fitness

Thursday 3.18


It was a beautiful day on the W&OD trail...the sun was shining and everyone was out. We ran 2.5 miles and this was our first time adding interval training - today was 30 seconds at full speed with 90 seconds of recovery time and we repeated that 5 times. It was tough but good, we definitely felt like we pushed ourselves for this one.



Sat 3.20

We've been running the same stretch of the W&OD trail from Reston to Herndon for the past few months - so we decided to start in Herndon and run west - off to Sterling and a rather dull and flat stretch. It was about 1ish when we started running, big mistake - as the day just kept on warming up to the mid 70's - we didn't think to bring any water. Our run started off light and spunky but the heat took it's toll on Zoe - Jen took the lead and led us back to the car as quick as possible. 3 miles later we rewarded ourselves with plenty of water and Crystal Light Sugar-Free Slurpees from 7-11 =)

Mon 3.22

After a beautiful weekend we were greeted by a nice Spring rain on Monday night so we were sent off in our own directions for some treadmill time. We both agreed on 2.5 miles and to add some interval training again. Zoe started with hers - 30 seconds fast with a 90 second recovery for the first 10 minutes. Jen procrastinated her intervals a bit but after a good 1/2 mile started adding them in - 60 seconds fast with a 2 minute recovery. It was fun and exhausting at the same time.



Wed 3.24

The goal was two miles and the weather was awesome! It was slightly chilly. We did see the running club and were tempted to turn around and run with them but since we didn't start with them we just kept running. It was nice but took us a bit too long to finish.



Thurs 3.25

With a wonderfully decadent dinner of traditional German food infront of me - 2 workouts were in order for Thursday! I had only intended on going for the elliptical and bike but seeing as they were both full I jumped on the treadmill to kill some time and decided to run a mile on 6.0 and that was FAST! I wanted to jump off at least 3 times but I kept on pushing, I think I've gotten too comfortable at a slow steady pace so this was a good week of testing my strength and endurance.



Fri. 3.26

Woke up this morning set to do pilates and run a minimum of 2 miles. I did pilates for 20 minutes and go on the tready. I guess I lolly-gaged for too long and half a mile in realized I was already running late. Finished the mile and hopped off the tready. Had my new great breakfast and went off to work. The breakfast consist of a strawberry shake (low fat yogurt, strawberries, skim milk) and nuts. Yummy!!