Back to the Grind...

So happy for it to be Sunday and a new week and getting back to the grind, after a hurricane last weekend and trying to get the house cleaned, it was time to refocus on working out , running and my diet....  I was able to get a few workouts in last week with access to the gym from a friend, which made the week go by just a little bit faster.  Getting the cardio and weights in really helped.

This morning was a little rough, I think I could hear my legs yelling at me, I started with a upbeat Tempo run to get the zone and maintain a run for 3 miles,  I have PB&J  5k next weekend and I want to make sure that I have my tempo and the stamina all set.  After my 30 minute Tempo run, I switched to Aaptiv and worked on sprints for 45 minutes.  30 second on and off, 1 minute on and off and then 90 seconds on and off.  I did this each separate interval 4 times and repeated the routine 2 times. Needless to say the legs were on fire.  It was great to be out on the path with fellow runners, everyone to trying to there old routine.  It was a beautiful sunrise this morning, and the weather was also beautiful not as hot and humid as it good have been..  Well here is to a new week and challenges and successful and getting all that running and weight work done.  Stay cool and there will be definitely a lot more blogs this week, because this girl is back at it.......  Cheers











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