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Running For My Life: Week 1 Update, Fitting Exercise Into A Busy Schedule

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Our Training Schedule

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I completed the first week of my running for my life project. I ended up running 2 days and walking one day. I was not able to get a long run in over the weekend. It was Memorial Day weekend and filled with family activities. Running just wasn’t in the plans. But that’s ok. Sometimes family has to come first!

It was a very HOT week with most days nearing 90 with high humidity. Running was hard, but I just mixed it up with some walking and I felt awesome. Changing my focus to just going out there and running and walking really helped me. I didn’t think about the final goal and just went out.

Exercise And Busy Schedule

One day it was really hot, but I wanted to move, so I decided to walk around the track during my daughter’s soccer practice. I have been trying to think about ways to fit the exercise into my already busy routine. I’m using the time I used to sit and watch kids or just gab and getting out there and moving it. It feels really good.

My suggestion if you think you don’t have any time to work out is to really look closely at your schedule and see when you can fit in some time. Even if it’s 30 minutes while your kids are in practice. Yesterday I saw a women walking around the pool while her kids were swimming in the pool. the pool was crowded, but she made it work. It is important to schedule it in to your week as an appointment.

Week 2 Plan

For this week I am planning on running 3 days, walking 1 day and doing yoga twice.

  • Monday – Rest
  • Tuesday – Run 30 minutes
  • Wednesday – Walk 30 minutes (during soccer practice)
  • Thursday – Run 30 minutes
  • Friday – Yoga
  • Saturday – Run 40 minutes
  • Sunday – Cross Training – EA Sports Active
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Week 2 Training Wrap-up ~ Bantering Blonde

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When The Blogrollers held their #RaceRelax Weekend contest a few weeks ago, I knew I absolutely had to win. I worked that contest hard and when I won, it felt like it was “meant to be”.  Training to race a 5k is a whole different game than the half marathon or longer distance races I had been looking to run.  I plan to use the Atlanta race as a training run in my long term schedule but I’ll be running along side some very tall rock star runners and I’d like to turn in a respectable time… lest they start calling me Bumbling Blonde….

This is what my week looked like:

Monday

- 6am 60 min. Hot Power Fusion Yoga (Core Power)

- 30 minutes easy run

Tuesday

- 6am 60 min. C2 Yoga (Core Power)

Wednesday

- 60 min. Yoga II-III Vinyasa Flow (CCAC)

-  55 minute interval training on tread mill at CCAC – I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro twice!

(since it was rainy and my club has a spa I popped in for a 50 minute sports massage ahhh)

Thursday

- 60 min.  C2 yoga (Core Power)  **bonus, Kat had a play date so I took advantage!

Friday – Rest

Saturday

- 45 minute run with Jogtunes Podcast 180 bpm peak (my nike+ wasn’t picking up so I’m not sure of the distance)

Sunday – Rest

Observations: I’m a fair weather runner and I don’t love the treadmill so every winter I fret about “losing” my groove with running.  It makes sense that I always fall right back into it because I stay very active during the winter with yoga, snowboarding, strength training etc.  The wear and tear on your body when running is pretty significant and I’ve always tried to force myself to stick to a 3-4 day a week max of actual running. As my body has changed from practicing yoga i am now convinced that I might actually be able to train a marathon with 3-4 days of running a week…. I think ;)

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Friday’s Guest: Sadie Nardini ~ Yoga

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I am really excited about this week at MomActive! Our guest this Friday is Sadie Nardini a master yogi from New York City. She is the co-owner of The Fierce Club in New York City, the author of the Road Trip Guide to Your Soul, and creator of the bestselling DVDs The Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Power Hour and Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga:Total Body Transformation and Weight Loss. If you take a look at her website and her YouTube site you’ll instantly feel like Sadie is just like all of your best friends! What I’m loving about all of her YouTube videos is that they are all short in length and TOTALLY accessible to anyone. Take a peak at the different videos and spend 10 minutes with Sadie, you won’t regret it. You can also see the MomActive featured video this week on the right side bar of this blog.


I’m so excited to bring Yoga to MomActive this week because it is YOGA that has transformed my body the most! My experience with yoga as a physical exercise has been varied over the years but overall it is the one activity that I credit with my strength. When “HOT” yoga or “Bikram” yoga became the trend several years ago, I jumped on the bandwagon with everyone else sweating their asses off. I enjoyed it but it became a bit routine and I lost interest in yoga until about three years ago when I injured my back.

I’m a runner by nature and a few summers ago while training for a half marathon (my favorite distance to race by the way), I did something really unpleasant to my back. It took me by surprise because I’d never had an injury before. I ran through the pain for a bit but ultimately had to face the fact that something wasn’t right and rest was in order.

If you know me at all, you know that without exercise I go nuts and become unbearably grumpy! I went with a friend to a Core Power Yoga class and quickly realized that this was something I could totally get into. I’ve since been practicing with several yogis at my current club and it is now a part of my weekly routine. On days that I can’t get to a class I pull out my mat and spend a few minutes with my favorite poses. Nothing more invigorating!

My body loves me for the time I spend practicing Yoga. All of my running and the fact that I’ve born three big babies has my hips in a crazy state. The combination of hip openers and working to keep my hamstrings loose protects my back from re-injury, this I am sure of. Need to strength train but hate weights? There is no better weight to train with than your own body weight! Even my trainer is in awe of the results I get from yoga three times a week.
So, my goal for Friday’s show? To introduce you to Sadie, to have a conversation in which we dispel the myths about Yoga and talk about ways you can incorporate Yoga into your life!

Namaste Chickies!
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