AprilRuns

Only worked out April 1 and 3 in the first week of April, but we were a bit limited in time.

This week has been a little better thus far:

We ran The Salvation Army Red Kettle Matching Challenge Race on April 6th. I forgot to stop my watch upon finishing, so my time via the results above is more accurate (but you can also tell where that is via the stat maps).

April 7th presented to be a challenge after a terrible night's sleep for both of us.

April 8th Didn't get to the RAC in the AM, but always had the option of doubling up at the Pub Run tonight. We did run that, and I ran with Piggy! She did great.

Thoisssday

Didn't get very good sleep on Tuesday night, so was hoping for a good night's sleep Wednesday night. Boy, oh, boy. Did not feel like getting up today. Thanks to Chad for turning the lights on at getting me up!

I have just felt tired, sluggish, a bit unmotivated, and upset that I've been emotional eating and gaining lbs.

At least we went. We both did bis, tris, and chest.

Kate
Bench
45/65/75/85/90/95
10/5/5/3/1/1
Finished with 1RM of 95#

Dumbbell Biceps Curls
15/20#

Tricep Kickbacks
10#
Tricep Dips

Tricep Rope Pulldown
40/50#

Pulley Chest Flys and Biceps
10/12.5# ea arm

Incline Bench Press
45/55#

Chad

Didn't get what he lifted. He can fill out later...or never.

BOTH
Then we finished it off with 25 genie situps, 25 butterfly full situps, 25 crunches, 25 Russian twists, 25 supermans, and :30 plank hold.

April Fool's

 Tuesday, April 1
 We had the option to wake up and lift in the AM and then  go on the Pub Run in the PM.

 We opted for the latter only.

 What a beautiful day!

 Here's my Garmin Results. Up in weight, up on food and  drink intake. Oy. Hopefully my hormones and emotions will  level out at some point!?! Or, I need to just change my  mindset back to having more self control and understanding  about what I eat has more bearing on how much I work out.

 I know Chad's in the same boat.

 Let's get after it.

Last of March

Figured we should probably finally get these out here as March is officially over. Here are the last days of March...

Thursday, March 20
Bad night's sleep. Nope.

Friday, March 21
RAC'd it up.

Kate
Did alternative lifts to what I usually do in my lifting program: bench press, bis, tris, other abs, etc
We finished with 21-15-9
Russian KB Swings
Butterfly Situps

Chad
Lifted Chest/Tri/Bi's Abs
We finished with 21-15-9
Russian KB Swings
Butterfly Situps

Saturday, March 22
Kate
Lifting Program including a lap after every 2 set pairs - figured out it was about 9 or so laps, with 7.5 laps = 1mi.

Chad
Ran 2.5 with some walking at Garst Mill

Sunday, March 23
Nada

Monday, March 24
Kate
Warmed up with shrugs, power clean, squat cleans w/ 50# bar
Squat Cleans
70/80/90#

Synergy Room
Boxing
50 Rope Slams
3 Rounds (no time)
20 Slam Balls #25
20 American KB Swings 30#
250m Row

5 min on Orbital Elliptical

Basketball with Chad

Chad
Lifting program minus Leg Press
1000m row

Basketball with Kate

Tuesday, March 25
Kate
Leg Program

21-15-9 WOD
Step Ups
Burpees
5:24

Abs
Stretching

STEAM ROOM!

Chad
Row 1000m
Elliptical 15 mins
Stepper  10mins
Lifted Chest and Triceps

Wednesday, March 26
Rest Day

Thursday and Friday we did nothing. Lazypants.

Saturday, March 29
"CrossFit Open 7.25"
20-16-12-8-4
Thrusters (45/75#*)
Burpees
(Rough estimates as we were using analog)
12:30 or 13:30 for Kate
14:45ish for Chad
*used shorter bars and uncertain of its initial weight before bumper plates

Sunday, March 30
Kate
Lifting Program and Ran 1 mile of laps in between sets. Upped my weights on some things.

Chad

Lifting Program and Ran 1/2 mile of laps in between sets

Monday, March 31

Kate

Ran the trail after work. Legs felt really heavy.

ChadRan 2 miles on his lunch break.

This marks the last month of blogging (started May 1, 2013), so I'm thinking I'll have to step it up for the last month of this year. I have to admit to some self-sabotage with the food and drink. Definitely up on the scales when trying to lose. Really need to change my/our mindsets and get more strict. We want to look good going into our 32 birthdays in May.

Kisses.

Woopsie

Tuesday, March 11th
Beautiful day for a Pub Run! Temps were nice and warm and was very happy to head out in that sunshine after work! Here are my results: First Warm Pub Run of 2014

Wednesday, March 12th
We RAC'd it up. Chad had his first workout with Leonard. I focused on upper body as I just wasn't feeling legs that day. Definitely need to update my online strength log.

Thursday, March 13th
Did not get to the gym. We did go to the Square Society Membership Drive that night, though.

Friday, March 14th
Again, did not get to the gym or to a run. Boo.

Post Run Photo Op

Saturday, March 15th
Beware the Ides of March. Woohoo! It's a celebration, b!tches! The Shamrock Festival in Downtown Roanoke has become one of our favorite annual events since we moved here. The weather is also always awesome that day. We started out running the Shamrock Hill 5k for the first time with our group of Red Dawn Rogues sporting our new tees. I did not PR (or if it really had been 3.1 instead of 3.2 maybe I did?), but after having a Guinness and traditional Irish breakfast at Flan's, I had one of my best times and took first in my age group (there were only 15 others) but I'll take it! Here's what my watch said *NOTE: the starting line was not pronounced nor did it capture our chips upon crossing it, so I'm not entirely certain where it actually was. The finish line, however, did.

Sunday, March 16th
No EWOD today.

Monday, March 17th
Did not get to the gym, but we did bend some elbow at Annie Moore's in honor of St. Pat's. Duh.

Tuesday, March 18th
Again, lazy and tired. Boo.

Wednesday, March 19th
Looks like we maaaaade it! We finally got back to the RAC. Our workouts were also interrupted by a false alarm fire drill. Made for an i nteresting morning. I did my entire lifting program and Chad tried his out and added the abs I do at the end.

Another Round-Up

Thursday, March 6th

Kate

Did my lifting program - upped some of my weights again. Here's a link to my strength log.

Chad

50 air squats

50 push ups

50 situps

Back and Shoulders

Friday, March 7th

Rest

Saturday, March 8th

Kate Ran 4.5 on the River's Edge Greenway.

Chad Ran 4 (walked some) with Joe on the Salem Greenway.

Sunday, March 9th

EWOD at Green Hill Park. 2 teams: while one team swings KBs (35/45/50#) the other team had to transport a sled, a weight vest, and weight plates (10/15/25/35/45#) to the top of the hill on the end, do 5 burpees, and run back to assume KB swings. 30 min. 

EWOD Crew 3.9.14

Monday, March 10th

Chad run with Piggy for the first two laps and then continued on with his final 3. Here's what my Garmin captured of the Running WOD.

SunMonTueWed

Sunday 3/2
EWOD. We ran the Green Hill Park Marine Mud Run route. I missed recording about 0.16 - 0.18mi of the first part of the run. You can see the overlap between the start and end point. The fast group finished with 50 burpees and anyone thereafter finished with 30. I did not record my 50 burpees, either. Not my most accurate recording, but nonetheless, it is something captured. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/454545543

Sunday's Motley Crew.

Monday 3/3
Nope, didn't get to anything.

Tuesday 3/4
We got up and went to the RAC. I did my lifting program and upped some of my weights again. Some stayed the same. Chad lifted chest and some arms.

Wednesday 3/5

H20 Bottle, Smart Phone Sleeve, Zip Pouch

Since we didn't get to the RAC after Fat Tuesday/probably not enough sleep despite being home and on the couch by 8:30, and it was supposed to be warm, we decided to run after work. Chad did from Rotary to Moyer and back with a few walking points. I tried out my TJ Maxx Hind Running belt and I'm not really impressed. I fussed with it a lot because it didn't stay put and bounced due to the water bottle. I also didn't have my shuffle and settled for Story of the Year Pandora station on my iPhone. My shins and ankles felt tight and sore at first but things loosened up as I went. My feet, however, are yearning for new kicks. I have my old standard NB860v4 ordered as my v3s are SHOT. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/455818777

Peace out, Girl Scouts!