Marathon Workouts: Week 4: Cross Training

This week I ran but also did weight lifting and walked the puppies with Chris, to add some more fun into my workouts and to get me off that treadmill!

Monday: Walked 4 hours with Bella, 13.5 miles around Tacoma.
Tuesday: Rest
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: Ran about 1.5 miles for a total of 1.66 miles, about 20 minutes. 20 minutes weight-lifting. (I did typical biceps curls, overhead presses, pliés, lunges, squats and ab work.)
Friday: Rest-Chris and I had a Christmas party!
Saturday: 20 minutes of yoga, AM Yoga Hip Openers, along with 25 minutes of weights.
Sunday: 20 minutes of yoga, Chris and I made up our own. 45 minutes of weights, 1 hour walking puppies.
Being done with school, I have a lot more time to workout and am less stressed in general. I think it will prove difficult to keep up my training with school next quarter but in 2012 I am going to focus on eating smaller portions every 3 hours or so, I am going to create a solid schedule and workout more regularly even with school, and spend more time with our dogs. With these changes I think it will be a lot easier to keep my workouts going without going crazy! For over a year and a half, I have been logging my workouts in a little journal I keep with me almost at all times. I write the date, my workouts and, if I feel really bad or really good I generally write my mood or if I got sick. It really has helped me to reinforce that I am a workout-er, that working out is a part of my life. I can also see that day I ran my first mile without stopping, or my first 3 and that is inspiring! Recently, in an effort to rein in my out-of-control portions (12 cookies yesterday?!?!) I have tried writing my food intake and calories. I have not been consistent as it is inconvenient and I don't like seeing how much I have eaten but it is helping me have constant energy and to weat more vegetables-if I have a set number of calories, do I really want to "spend" half on cookies? If I think about it, no. I I also get sick when I run too soon after I eat so it has helped me time my meals and I have a better run on days when I have spread out my caloric intake. So if you are training, like me, or just getting in to working out, I recommend writing what you are doing and how you are feeling.