Week4June

Sunday, June 22nd
So began the LONG DRIVE from hell back whilst extremely sleep deprived and exhausted after albeit, a fun, but short weekend with family in Indiana.
We got home just in time to catch most of the 2nd half of USA vs. Portugal at Village Grill!
Needless to say, we did not do any sort of working out unless you include sitting in a car, bending elbow, or jumping up and down and shouting for a scored GOAAAAAAAAAAAAL.

Monday, June 23rd
Kate
Run with Piggy. It was VERY brief, but hilly. And hot. Oh, it was hot. My bronchials are not treating me well as of late so I am struggling more than usual. I've also lost all of that mileage at which I was becoming somewhat comfortable in preparation of starting to increase. Half Marathon is Nov 15. EEK!
Chad
8 min Tabata WOD
Push Ups, Plank, Situps, Air Squats, Lunges, Flutter Kicks.

Tuesday, June 24th
Kate
Run in the heat at the Salem Greenway. Was dying and I felt like I was exerting a lot more effort than normal to yield the speed that I was. The heat didn't help, nor did my respiratory issues. Holy hell. I just want to get back to my running happy place.
Chad
Walk with Piggy along the same Greenway. Gout toe wasn't helping his case. I took Piggy towards the end as he was hobbling and we did one last quick little sprint up a little hill (not recorded).

Wednesday, June 25th
Nothing. Was too exhausted to wake up early as usual and by the time we both got home we were too exhausted to work out. Yes, working out can help wake you up and reinvigorate and re-energize, but just couldn't muster up that fortitude.

Thursday, June 26th
Same. Even though I woke up to my early alarm, I couldn't pry myself out of bed fast enough to fool myself into going to the gym. Shame. And working late yet again (at least 3rd day this week) and my chest/cough/bronchial condition bothering me, just not feeling it even though I really want to. It's summer, it's nice out. I'm tired, but I'm also losing muscle and gaining weight. Boo.

Really needing some motivation and namely more recovery; Chad's foot/sciatica and my respiratory and solid sleep.

Need to get to the RAC tomorrow. No more excuses. We were in a good swing of things and just need to get back in the groove. Gotta get swole, so back to the iron tomorrow. Morning workouts really do suit me (and us) much better than post-work ones. Too many things can change between the time you are feeling ready to work out and the moment you walk through that door to return home.

June Cubed

3rd week of June

Sunday, June 15th

Rest

Monday, June 16th

RAC in the AM

Kate

Row 2500m (1/2 CC)

Lifted

20 min on ARC Trainer (1 CC)

Chad
20 min on Elliptical (1 CC)
Lifted Chest - The Rock Style
Stretching for Back/Foot

USA!! Bent elbows, cheering, and jumping around in the PM!!!

Tuesday, June 17th

Exhausted. Lazy.

Wednesday, June 18th

Felt sick, bronchial issues, exhausted

Thursday, June 19th

Kate
20min on AMT (1 CC)

Row 2500m (1/2 CC)

A little lifting

Chad
20 min on Elliptical (1 CC)
Lifted Shoulder and Biceps

Friday, June 20th
Kate
A very hot and humid run to and through the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. Some great scenery. Felt long due to the state of my lungs and the heat and humidity - and hills.
Chad
Walked due to the state of his foot.

Saturday, June 21st
KateFound 12 Minute Athlete and did a riff off of the Tabata WOD-type workouts. 18 rounds of :30 on and :10 rest of 6 different exercises (I did each of the 6 exercises 3 times).
High Knees, Burpees, Air Squats, Mountain Climbers, Situps, and Lunges.
Definitely got a good sweat on from these 12 minutes!!

Plus some walking and dancing at DMB!!!

JUNEENEJ

And a recap of the 2nd week of June 2014:

Sunday
Recovering from Saturday in addition to a Gout flare up for Chad. No good.

Monday
Kate
4mi Runch Boy, it was a HOT one!

Tuesday
Kate
Hamstring Yoga after work. I used a belt and a book as opposed to a strap and a block.

Wednesday
Kate
Hardest Spin Class Ever! I was a ball of sweat and it kicked my ass! Wish I would have worn my Garmin HRM to see what I burned. (1 CC)
Chad
Swim (1 CC)

Thursday
Kate
Precor AMT (1 CC)
Negative Lifting
Chad 
Swim (1 CC)

Friday
Kate
Rest
Chad 
Physical Therapy - consisted of stretching and core work.

Saturday
Kate
Father's Day 5k
I got 2nd place overall for women's (just 0:04 off 1st and thought I had her and then some kids ran in from the sidelines and it threw me a little) and would have won my age group but they don't double dip on the awards (kind of bummed as I also wanted a medal!) but I got a commemorative spatula award in honor of Father's Day. Thanks to my place of employment, Robertson Marketing, for sponsoring the race and giving Andy and I our entries. We played some cornhole, Chad played a golf chipping game, enjoyed some bbq, and hung with Piggy. Also good to see and hang with the Grigas Family.
Chad 
Stretches and 5k support with Piggy.

HAPPY SATURDAY!!

First Week of June

Sunday, June 1
Rest Day - We had been working hard again (finally).

Monday, June 2
Both
RAC
20 min Elliptical (1 CC)
Lifting
Kate
Bike Ride at Lunch (1 CC)

Tuesday, June 3
Intent to RAC or Run, but neither happened. Had felt weird, lightheaded, dizzy, and just not quite right and ended up taking another rest day.

Wednesday, June 4
Couldn't get in the AM and with pending Thunderstorms in the PM, will need to either do a video at home or head to the RAC, unless, of course, the rain holds. It will still be really warm and humid, though.

I went for a trail run (it had been longer than I'd like to admit - I used to go quite often!) but it was hotter than Hades, still beautiful, but I was a sweaty beast and was definitely challenged. I'd like to point out that my HRM must have malfunctioned as I certainly burned more than a measly 26 calories!

Thursday, June 5
Couldn't wake up this AM, so I went this PM after reading a Women's Health article about a good ab workout, which was actually courtesy of Men's Health. So, I went and did that, just that, even though I probably should have done more. The RAC smelled from the construction and I was tired and a little defeated at my lack of athletic prowess. Here's my results from the WOD.

Chad went to PT and hoping he can get back to where he needs to be in order to work out like he wants to. At least he can still lift upper body, do core exercises, and swim in the meantime.

Friday, June 6
Both
Swam 10 laps (1 lap = 50 yds/45.72 m) (1 CC)
Hot Tub

June

Saturday, June 7
We met with our EWOD folks and did a WOD at Longwood Park in Salem. To preface, my legs were quite sore from my Thursday WOD and in all of the wrong places for what was to come! This 30 minute endurance WOD consisted of: starting at the top of a huge hill and running down, 10 push ups on the walkway near the bandstand, run the loop on said walkway, jumping the wall obstacle, and when you reach the bottom of the hill on the path, 10 more push ups, then running up the huge hill, followed by 10 weighted goblet squats. In 30 minutes I believe - if my memory serves me - got through 5+all elements minus the 10 goblet squats. I had my Garmin and HRM in the car but neglected to put it on - darnit! Chad scaled some of the WOD and did different exercises due to his back/leg/foot issue. He managed to run a little bit, walked some, but did not run up or down the hill because that really could have exacerbated the problem. Instead of the wall jump, he did some dead hangs and dips on the parallel bars but also did the push ups, but with one leg crossed over the other to add to core strength as well.

It was a doosie, but I'm certain our activities that followed more than cancelled out our efforts. Live and learn.

Mayday May Day

May Is Over, onto June. But first, let me recount the past couple of weeks for you. As you may have gathered, we had lost some motivation, partly due to Chad's back ailments - they've been pretty darn bad - and partly due to laziness. I'm really hoping that what seems to be Sciatica/Pinched Nerve/Compressed Disc stuff finally backs off and gives him a sense of relief after weeks of discomfort, and sometimes, severe pain. It'd be nice to see him walk normally again. Stretching, drugs, ice, heat, and even our TENS machine haven't made much of a difference yet.

Wednesday, May 21
Nada

Thursday, May 22
Nada

Friday, May 23
Nada

Saturday, May 24
Joined the 8 week RAC Caribbean Challenge (denoted CC), albeit a little late, the goal is to complete it! This challenge goes from May 18th - July 19th and in order to receive the health and wellness goodie bag at the end, one must complete 32 island's worth of work by the end of the program, in addition to a personal trainer demo and a body fat check (yikes!). This entails 5x7 activities: 1 mi run/walk, 3 mi bike, 10 laps/5,000m swim/row, 20 min elliptical/amt/arc trainer, group exercise class, and 100 reps of strength. Definitely a good way to make sure you mix things up, especially in the summertime!

Kate
Run 'n Lift (2 CCs)
3 x 10 of each with a lap after each set: Clean, Push Press, Bench Press, Bicep Curls and Tricep Kickbacks, Tricep Skullcrushers, 2 laps, then Jumping Jacks, :30 plank, Jumping Jacks. 2 miles total.

Chad
Chest, Bis, Tris (1 CC)
500m Row
Stretching

Sunday, May 25
Kate and Chad
11 mi Bike Ride (1 CC)

Monday, May 26 MEMORIAL DAY
Kate
5mi Run in the morning heat (1 CC)

Chad
8.5mi Bike Ride (1 CC)

Tuesday, May 27
Rest

Wednesday, May 28
Kate
Legs (1 CC)
1000m Row (Partial CC)
Hot Tub

Chad
Bis, Tris (1 CC)
Hot Tub

Thursday, May 29
Kate
Swim 10 Laps (1 CC)
Hot Tub

Chad
Swim 10 Laps (1 CC)
Hot Tub

Friday, May 30
Kate RAC
4000m row (1 CC)
Upper Body Lifting (1 CC)
Abs

Saturday, May 31
Kate
7 mi Run (1 CC)

Chad
13.85 Bike Ride (1 CC)

Don't Turn Around

So let me recount the workouts we have done over the past couple of weeks...

Friday, May 9th
Nada

Saturday, May 10th
Gallop 4 the Greenways
Kate PR 25:55.2 and 3rd Place in Age Group!
Chad improvement in time of recent running 32:56.0!!
Also enjoyed a fun party after!
CHEERS!

Sunday, May 11th
Nada

Monday, May 12th
Nada

Tuesday, May 13th - Chad's 32nd!
We redid a wod as an homage to last year's Chad 31 WOD. We had to make a couple of adjustments, however:

Thirtyone.doh
31 Air Squats (we used the exercise ball in light of Chad's back - much harder)
31 Sec Plank
31 Rope Slams (we used barbells as the TRX room was occupado)
(0.1 was 31 bonus squats)
2013 K: 7:52  2014 K 8:25
2013 C: 8:00  2014 C 8:54

Chad came up with this year's bday wod:
3RFT
13 push press (45/135#)
13 push ups
13 lunges
2 laps
C 14:35
K 14:47 *boy, i wasn't feeling it and felt weak!!

32 Burpees (again)
K 3:02 *hot damn, a minute longer than just 5 short days ago!
C 3:42

Wednesday, May 14th
MOM & DAD ARRIVED

Thursday, May 15th
Nada

Friday, May 16th
Nada

Saturday, May 17th
Early morning run. I ran 7 and Chad ran 3-3.5 and walked around 1 more. Felt pretty good, but my feet were bothering me towards the end, and, my sports bra chaffed me BIGTIME. As in breaking skin. OUCH.

Sunday, May 18th
Nada

Monday, May 19th
Nada

Tuesday, May 20th
Nada

Lots of bad sleep, trouble waking up, and lackluster motivation. Excuses, really. We could have made ourselves get up while mom and dad were here, but we didn't.

Gotta get back to it, however, we have to adjust some things on account of Chad's minor bulging disk in his lower back. He needs to take a different approach to working out for a little while and I will go alongside him, but will still continue to run, too. Or should. Need to get back into the lifting. Fallen off the wagon again. Must get back up and keep it consistent again.

32 Flavors and Then Some

32
Born 5.8.82
8 x 4  32

"Thoitytwoo"
4RFT
5 jumping jacks*K did 8 on the 2nd round by accident
8 thrusters (55/95#)
8 lunges
2 laps (1 lap = 210m)
K 13:16
C 13:58

Finisher = 32 burpees
K 2:03 *if i hadn't stopped to adjust my pants I could've tied by 31!
C 2:46