Self Sabotage Not Allowed!

When I woke up last Thursday (from an uncomfortable sleep due to the crazy stairs workout) I was in a state of extreme muscle tightness to go along with sore hips, thighs, calves and ankles.

You'd think that would keep my trainer from making me do a workout that day, but no, he made me do a workout that day. 

My upper body was good, so why not right?

My efforts were rewarded with full athletic stretching to help with the pain in my hips, which what was bothering me the most.

Those stretch sessions are amazing.

It definitely eased the tension and pain throughout my legs as well as my hips, however my hips weren't eager to feel better at all.

Friday I took off from working out but had another stretch session to continue easing my leg tension.

My weekend was ridiculous busy and I tried to bail out on my Saturday morning workout cuz I was still sore and really tired, with a concern of cramming everything into a small window over two days while adhering to a hectic schedule.

The original plan was to do long runs on both Saturday and Sunday. 

My trainer WOULD NOT allow me to commit SELF SABOTAGE and let me bail on my early morning weightlifting and elliptical cardio workout, while reminding me that I need to be utilizing my mornings and get prepared to run a marathon in a week that starts at 7am.

He was right.

His philosophy is that 'your day is won or lost before noon.'

A pretty good philosophy, but not also easy to adhere to.

Especially when you're a night owl like myself.

I pushed my run till after 9pm that night and ended up falling asleep on the couch and not running at all.

I was pooped.

Sunday morning saw me hit the gym with my trainer again to do a wicked elliptical cardio workout as well as some upper body lifting.

Before I had company over at noon to watch the Detroit Lions game at 1pm, I managed to have enough left in the tank to do a solid 3K.

Monday morning saw another killer elliptical cardio workout followed by the first workout on my arms since July.

No running for me yesterday, but it was the start of a full week prior to my half marathon without any pasta, bread, rice, wheat, gluten, and red meat and pork (which both take longer than a week to digest and get out of your body).

Today my trainer had me do a workout for my chest and back, but my main goal for the day was to do a long run to get myself ready for the big day on Sunday.

I spoke to my running coach who suggested I slow down my pace for better long distance results and stamina.

It worked. I was very pleased with myself when I was able to bang out a 10k run in less than an hour with an average of 5.35min/km.

I celebrated the productive day with a BBQ filled with chicken, sweet potatoes, green beans and quinoa, which is specifically a new experience for me. 

A bedtime protein shake with glutamine and a neo citron and I'm gonna be tapped.

So glad to be caught up on my blog.

Nite world.