Week of workouts

It's been a pretty non restful week at my house.  It's my off week from work so I should be getting more sleep and actually cleaning something, but that really hasn't happened.

 

Sweet baby has been getting up super early and then today he woke up with a high fever.  It breaks my heart to see him sick.  I've also been basically a single mom all week since my husband works nights and has been gone.  Single parenting is no joke! So between caring for my baby, attempting to cook (oh wait that requires having food in the house to cook) going to the grocery store, and has anyone found a maid that will work for free to do my laundry?? Lets just say this week hasn't been restful.  Thank God for coffee and that my baby sick or not will happily go on stroller run/walks with me.

Workouts for the week:

Tuesday: Best body Bootcamp cardio and weight routine A

Wednesday was a stroller walk and then 3.5 hours of stroller walking in the mall

Friday was a 50 min walk/run 

Today was a 45 min walk

Not bad but I missed out on my second strength workout.  With my little not feeling well I've been to busy snuggling.  

I also have been listening to my body and its started to say "less running" I'm listening.  My runs have become much more walking.  I'm happy to still be getting some running in, but my round ligaments and pelvis have been very sore the last few runs and it's then lingered all day.  Not good.  I'm not saying no running but ill be slowing down further for the last 10 weeks of this pregnancy.  

My view on my last run/walk.  Country roads make me happy.

A few things about me

A. Single or attached? Ive been married for almost 5 years now and we are currently expecting our second baby!

B. Best Friend? Well I have a lot of great friends, but my dear friend Amanda would have to be my best.  She has a couple of kids and is my go to for mom advice.  She also is so fun to hang out with and our kids get along.

C. Cake or pie? I don't really like either, but I'm more likely to eat pie.  I'd be ok with pumpkin pie and whip cream :-)

D. Day of the week? I like any day that is not spent at work and that I get to hang with loved ones.  

E. essential item? Hm yea I don't go anywhere without my phone.  That chap stick and my son are my main items

F. Favorite color? I am a blue girl I own so much blue stuff sometimes I put multiple blues Together and look like a giant blueberry.

G. Gummy bears or gummy worms? I love gummy bears.  I take them on long runs.

H. Hometown? I'm a Wisconsin girl all the way:  love my Packers, beer, brats, and cheese :-) I'm also a dairy farmers daughter!

I. Favorite Indulgance? Wine and right now that I'm pregnant and can't have it I'm indulging in a lot of ice cream.

J. January or June? I prefer January I can always put on more clothes but I can't take off my skin in the heat.  I love snow to.

K. Kids? Yup my son who's 1 1/2 and a daughter on the way.

L. Life isn't complete without? My family love them so much!

M. Marriage date? October 4, 2008

N. number of siblings? 3 little brothers my other best friends 

O. Oranges or apples? I have a weird pregnancy craving for apples all the time.  Braeburn or pink lady are my favorites 

P. phobias? None the fears I have I fight all the time nothing stops me.

Q. Favorite Quote? What doesn't kill me makes me stronger. ~unknown 

R. Reason to smile? My sweet son I love him and he makes me laugh every day more than once :-)

S. season of choice? Fall is by far my favorite season.  The weather is cooler I love wearing capris.  I love the leaves changing and the crisp coolness in the air.  

T. Tag 5 people Emma from http://amomrunsthistown.com/ Abby from http://runstrongereveryday.com/  Karen from http://karenlovestorun.com/ Janae from http://www.hungryrunnergirl.com/ @cldiem from http://runstretchgo.com/

U. Unknown fact about me? I was in 4h for 13 years I showed beef cattle, hogs, and dairy at the county fair and state fair.

V. Favorite vegetable? I'd eat green peppers any time.

W.worst habit? I try to control everything and get very anxious if I can't.  I hate the anxiety 

X. X-ray or ultrasound? Hm ultrasound I spose.

Y. Your favorite food? Pizza :-) and chipotle burrito bowl.  Yummy 

Z. Zodiac sign? Virgo.  Many things about that fit and some don't.  

That was fun for me hopefully it was for you.  If you have a chance feel free to leave a fact about yourself.

Week 4 Best Body Bootcamp

I can't believe I'm at the halfway point of the summer session of BBB! It's been enjoyable and I'm really learning to enjoy lifting weights so much more than I have in the past.  It helps that there's some awesome ladies doing it as well so i can watch and share the journey with others.  

Monday was supposed to be a weight/cardio day,but work really beat me down this past week.  It's taking alot out of me to run for 10 hours straight 7 days in a row at 29 weeks pregnant. So rest day it was.  If you call sweeping and mopping all the floors in the house and doing 6 loads of laundry resting. :-)

Tuesday I woke up ready to go.  I've had to modify alot this week with the weights because alot of it is balancing prone on a stability ball.  Being that I am carrying my own stability ball in front of me there is no way I'm able to do that.  I've still been able to get a good workout in and then I ran/walked 2 miles.

Today was straight cardio.  I walked 50 minutes pushing my kid in the BOB.  I then went to the mall to get some much needed shopping done with a dear friend of mine and her two little boys.  So 2 moms and 3 boys.  It actually was so fun and they were so well behaved.  That was 3.5 hours of walking with the stroller.  I'm counting that towards my cardio!

Tomorrow I head to the Dr for a checkup for me and the jellybean.  I'm 29 weeks 3 days so I'm going to say 10 weeks left! The countdown begins!

Hope you all are getting great workouts in in this muggy hot weather!

Friday Five

1. Best Body Bootcamp week 3 is coming to a close.  I'm loving lifting weights.  Ive never enjoyed lifting weights but I very much enjoy it now.  I'm feeling stronger.

2. Tuesday I ran the Stars and Sparks v5k thrown by HuffnPuff it was awesome.  I felt good and the medal waiting for me at the end was super cool!

Rocked the 4th of July red white and blue sparkly soul band my FAV hair band and USA procompression socks.  

3. I enjoyed a family walk today.  Work has been really stressful and I've been on my feet alot.  At 28 weeks almost 29 weeks I'm hurtin.  Walking is becoming more comfortable all the time.

4. I am really loving my new stick. I love foam rolling its so dang painful, but now that I'm getting bigger its harder to do.  The stick is pretty amazing.  Until I'm able to use the foam roller again it'll do.

5. I'm still enjoying baked strawberry oatmeal.  It's almost gone but I can't believe how good it is.  It's going to be a staple in our house.

Workouts this week: 

Monday BBB weights and elliptical

Tuesday v5k

Wednesday BBB weights no time for cardio 

Thursday rest day if you want to call a crazy 8 hour shift where I didn't rly even eat rest.  

Friday 40 min stroller walk 

Sunday FunDay

My last day of off week before I go back to my 7 days of 10 hour shifts.  I am exhausted just thinking about it.  :)  Gotta make the $$ especially since I can't seem to quit buying new running clothes and shoes.  Even funnier I am buying most of them for the size I will be post pregnancy.  Soooo I can't even wear them for another 12 weeks minimum lol.  I'm a weirdo I know.

Today was supposed to be a rest day from BestBodyBootCamp however, I woke up just wanting to run.  I've been wanting to badly to go for a long run, but I know my body and at this stage of pregnancy, good 'ol 3rd trimester my body isn't prepared for that pounding.  My dear husband, son, and I went for a 3 mile run walk instead.  Mile 1 was quicker than I've ran in a while 11:52 probably because I ran the majority of it.  Mile 2 contained a little more walking, but I still held my pace to a 12 minute mile.  The third mile however, baby was starting to pound on my dear bladder which required some extra walking, and then we ran past a few friends so we had to stop and talk.  I forgot to pause the garmin.  Oh well.  It was a great run.

 

 

I've been trying to make healthier dishes lately as well.  I always like to make healthy meals, but for a while now I feel like I've been making the same things.  I found a recipe on Madelines blog Foodfamilyandfitnessblog.com for baked oatmeal.  It makes a whole dish that you can warm up piece by piece for breakfast throughout the week.

 





It's delicious we had a little as a desert after my taco bake and corn on the cob dinner.  Greatest success my toddler loved it!!!  Made my day!

Best Body Bootcamp week 2 Done!

I made it through week 2!  It's been kind of a crazy week with the whole crazy lady situation and its seriously like a switch has been flipped in my pregnancy.  I've reverted back to 1st trimester when I was beyond exhausted. I'm seriously Rip Van Winkle!! I'm so tired all the time and my sweet baby has kept me busy!

Yesterday I took off organized exercise however I did push my son in the stroller at the zoo for 1.5 hours in the heat and I think that counts towards exercise.  Pushing a stroller is an amazing full body workout! 

Today I ran for the first time on my road with my son in the stroller since the incident.  I brought my mom on the bike just in case so I wasn't completely solo.  I'm not ready for that yet. It was a cardio day for best body Bootcamp.  I'm loving BBB and can't wait til post pregnancy when I can kick it into high gear.

I'm slowing down now that I've reached the third trimester.  It's been a gradual thing and I'm trying to be ok with it.  With the emotions from the other day running through me I've been dying to go for a long hard run, one of those that you drip sweat and your tired and sore and feel wrung out.  I miss that most as I slow down and take things easy on my body.

I'm glad I'm still out there! 

Safe Running

I live on a great road, my husband proposed on this road in the middle of a run, we also had our first date a 3 mile run on this road.  I love it I always have.

Tuesday my son and I were out for a stroller run/walk.  It was hot and I only planned on 2 miles.  We were about at the turnaround point when a car came speeding by barely moving over.  If I would've stuck my elbow out, or God forbid tripped Id have been done for.  I was pissed so I yelled "Move over!" And flipped the car off.  Well she apparently didn't like that because she stopped in the middle of the road backed up and preceded to threaten myself and my child that if she ever saw us on this road again we'd regret it that we had no right to be on the road.  It went on and on.  My son started crying I was shaking and I told her I grew up here this is my road and I have just as much right to be on it as you do.  She kept screaming you have no right and threatening to run us down if she saw us again. Then peeled out tires screeching.  I know almost all the people on this road so I promptly pulled into a friends driveway and lost my shit.  They came runnin out of the house, and I told them the story.  I had been smart enough to get the license make and model so we called te police and then my dad who promptly came over.  

It was by far the most terrifying thing that has happened to me while out running.  Who in there right mind threatens a pregnant women with her baby in a stroller? Was a right to flip her off?  No but I admit it was a knee jerk reaction to almost being run over.  

The scariest part is she lives a road over and maybe she was just having a bad day but now I'm scared to run on my own road.  

Yesterday I went for a 1.4 mi run to prove I could, and today I ran 2.2 but took a different route.  I had my child with me today and wasn't ready to bite that bullet.  I won't let her beat me, but it was a reality check for sure.  I came home and bought a road ID and will practice much more defensive running from now on.

Dorothy beal of mile-posts.com has a few great posts on running safe and if your  interested check them out.  

Have you ever had a scary situation while running?

Do you have any suggestions for safer running? Besides not flipping someone off that I will never do again.