Marathon Mom

Do you love watching the obstacle races, seeing the strength and endurance of these athletes as they complete obstacles? Now is your chance to give it a try too!
If you aren’t familiar with the Spartan Races, they’ve been around globally since 2005 and have been voted #1 obstacle race byOutside Magazine. They also offer individuals and groups the chance to fund raise for various charities.



Recently Spartan Race also partnered with Runner’s World Magazine.
Runner’sWorld, the largest and most influential media brand in the running space, has signed a partnership with Spartan Race™, the global leader in obstacle racing since 2005, that includes custom digital content, racer-focused benefits, training plans and event activations.The collaboration between these two premier fitness brands kicked off in the July issue of Runner’s World magazine, which reaches over three million people monthly in print. Highlights of Runner’s World’s involvement in Spartan Race events include: Customized Spart…

Week 8: How the heck did it get to be mid August? Finally in the midst of what I am used to for marathon training!
Monday: 21 Day Fix Upper/Lower & 5K MRTT Run Tuesday: Piyo Core. Evening run 6 mile hill run Wednesday: Piyo Drench,Weight lift at gym and 30 min elliptical Thursday: 8 miles with running friends. Piyo Core Friday: 21 Day Fix Upper & 10 Min Abs, 4 mile run/walk to get O from preschool Saturday: Work! 3 mile walk & Piyo Core Sunday: 18.5 miles (2:43:14) follow by 21 Day Fix Yoga
Week 9: Another crazy, busy week could mean lower training and more off days.
Monday: Strength in afternoon Tuesday: Piyo Buns. Evening run 6-8 miles Wednesday: P90X3 Upper/Lower Thursday: Run 8 miles and Piyo Core Friday: Bike & weights. P90X3 Yoga Saturday: 20 mile run Sunday: Work! Piyo Drench
Tell me about your best workout last week, goals for this week?

Sorry for my absence over the past week but busy as usual and every time I sat down to write something got in the way! The past few days I've been thinking about turning 1 year older and crossing that hump to being closer to 40 than 30 (1 week, yikes!). For me birthdays are more the time to look back on the year than New Year's, so here I am looking back on a year of huge changes and figuring out what I want for the year ahead. I love doing fun, active things to celebrate like running 200+ mile relays, biking wine tours, etc.
My first thought as I drove to work yesterday was sharing with everyone else the thing I enjoy most, so why not hold a week long Healthy Lifestyle Challenge? A couple weeks ago I hosted a 7 day clean eating challenge that was a great success. This one is going to be broader, incorporating my favorite exercises, healthy eating tips and fun all while supporting each other. I mean aren't birthdays one of the toughest times to stay healthy? I tend to indu…

I will be the first to admit I am a terrible patient, after hours of intense pain on Saturday Matt drug me to the ER. I was pretty sure I'd be leaving my gallbladder behind. The night got long, lots of tests and minimal answers but I was starting to feel better. After 12 hours of this intense pain I could finally stand almost upright and move again. But as we left we had even more unanswered questions. The gallbladder, well only a polyp and maybe some sludge but no stones. During the workout I first freaked out the doctor with my low heartrate on EKG which was not 40s (had been 88 when we got there) along with some small changes that could indication heart damage, so more labs…luckily the cardiac troponins were negative so we were off. The main question now sat why am I walking around with a sodium of 129 (normal 135-145)? I mean I could understand if I had just done a hard run in hot weather but none of that had been happening.
I continued some tightness in my chest, mild abdom…

What a week! Week 6 started great but proved to end challenging! More on that still ongoing saga later but let’s just say it involved hours in the ER, strange results and missing answers.
Monday: 4.5 mile run (35:24) & 21Day Fix 10 Min Abs in morning & Strength in afternoon Tuesday: Piyo Buns. Evening run 6 miles last minute work event Wednesday: 8 mile run in morning and P90X3 Upper/Lower Thursday: Piyo Core and 6 miles hills in evening Friday: Walk with puppy, 21DF pilates in morning and P90X3 upper & yoga Saturday: Run half marathon and 21 Day Fix Yoga Failed run and ER visit Sunday: Bike and Piyo Drench 7 mile run walk and PiYo Core
I am putting last week behind me and refocus on me. This is the week of the 7 Day healthy eating group so that will be on top of my list daily. Healthy eating this week, listening to my body and getting fully healthy.
Monday: Strength and walk Tuesday: PiYo Core and run Wednesday: Bike and P90X3 Upper/Lower Thursday: Piyo Core and 8 miles hills in eve…

I have talked before about my love of compression but this past week I tried it out for more than assistance with leg fatigue and recovery. Since traveling my left calf has been strange: tight, achy and after I was tortured by Graston wow! I decided to run with one compression sleeve for a hill workout. This was 24 hours after I hobbled out after my Graston/acupuncture session wondering why I decided to mention that new issue!

Immediately I knew I was happy! My calf felt much better, the achiness (okay at this point pain from Graston) was gone, it was looser and I could run without issue! Nice, another great use for my ProCompression!
As usual the socks were my staple on the weekend long run! I love how much they help with leg fatigue, tightness, muscle cramps and support. I typically continue to wear my socks post run while I drink my post-run shake (Shakeology of course) and foam roll. A successful 16 Miler on Saturday after months of injury was wonderful. Legs felt great, compress…