My Road to Disney Princess Half Marathon

What a week this has been.  When I was at the race on Saturday they had tables with vendors as they always do, the Camp Gladiator was there, I will say that I won a free membership for a session last year and went, but wasn't that impressed with the coach and her plan.  Well they were running a special so my mom and I decided to try this out again with a new instructor.  They are letting us start a bit early before the next session starts, which is great we get a little but more of the experience.  Monday was definitely different but the routines and the coach were awesome and couldn't wait to go back on Wednesday.  Well I did go back on Wednesday and the experience was just as good as Monday, so I will continue through the program and get just a little bit more fit.  Along with the Camp Gladiator I am doing my regular workout routines and running.  The lunch time crew still goes forward daily with the workouts, it is so great to have someone to workou...

I wasn't sure when I went to bed last night if I was going to run this morning,  I wasn't feeling very well my stomach was yelling at me last night.  After trying to relax I was able to fall asleep but tossed and turned most of the night.  Well that being said, I laced up the saucony's and hit the pavement to get this run in.  It was a bit rough from all the energy I put into yesterdays PB&J 5k but I knew I had to hit the pavement and keep going.  I went a head and used the Aaptiv app to do a tempo run and some sprints.  My legs did want to give in at some point but I kept moving forward, I was getting 6 plus miles in today no matter what......  We did run through Safety Harbor down to Gulf to Bay and then across to Del Oro Park and back to downtown Safety Harbor.  There were quite of few runners this morning, but not as many as on a Saturday.   My legs were pretty sore from my push yesterday, but I also worked 7 hours yesterday afternoon...

AHHH Saturday and back to racing....  That hurricane named Irma really threw things off track, but I am back at and focused.  I was hoping for at 33:00 finish time but it was 34:22, only I few more seconds then my last 5k.  I will take it, the bridge did me in on the way back a bit, I am used to running out to the beach and then back so there is usually a bit of a break on the hitting that hill twice.  All and all it was a good race and very organized for a 1st annual race.  So on to more training and the next race on October 7th, Pretty n Pink 5k.  If I haven't said I love running with family and friends it makes things so much fun..  Stay cool and I will be hitting the road in the morning......

Hello readers, I know it has been a few days, well about a week from my last post, but this Hurricane called Irma really kind of messed things up.  I tired to improvise workouts last week in between, trying to get the house ready for what was coming.  I did go to the Aaptiv app for a lot of my workouts because they are classes that I can do at home with the weights that I have here.  I hated that I did get my hands in some junk food including M&M's ugh, those are now off my list of foods to eat for the foreseeable future lol.  I need to go back to my meal planning and eating right and my workout schedule and routine.  My race scheduled for Septembers 10th Hooters to Hooters 10k, was canceled...  Oh well they will reschedule and I will get that 10k completed soon enough. Now on to my PB&J 5k on September 23rd.  I have to keep trudging on and moving forward.  I have no pictures post I sent them to my email from my phone and they are gone and...

It is now time to catch up on my workout for today.....  Lunch hour arrived and down we headed to the gym, gym bags in hand, bcaa's(from ideal fit), water bottles, and towels.....  So I hurried up and changed into my gym clothes, hopped on that treadmill, and started the Aaptiv app and turned on the Pop 2K Push with Rochelle M. and off I was on 36 minutes of intervals, inclines, tempo runs and just pure fun.  I loved this class, it kept me focused on my running and  my form.  The playlist for this class was fantastic some classic dance music, that I could sing to in my head while I was concentrating on my run.  Rochelle M.  keeps you motivated the entire time and it helped in hitting my stride and want to keep going and not lower the speed on that treadmill.  My ultimate goal is to gain speed and stamina and this class will definitely help with that. In no time I will reach my first goal....  Focusing on my race next Sunday in Clearwater. ...

Its Monday and I always try to make sure I get a workout, because it is probably the hardest day to workout.  For the past 3 months I have been working out with the girls at work in our gym.  I have been trying to do cardio at least on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and Weight Training on Tuesday and Thursday.  I started using the Aaptiv app last week to check out the treadmill intervals training to help work on speed and timing, I absolutely love this app.  The one thing that I love is that it feels like the coaches are right in the room with you cheering you on and getting you motivated.  Today I did the Top 40s Blast  Beginner Intervals with Rochelle M, this is a great class and I loved it and felt really good and pumped when I was done.  I have done 2 classes with Rochelle M and I will continue to take them with her.  I am definitely trying Strength Training tomorrow. aaptiv logo you can find it in the Google Store or Apple App. After ...