Anna - Weekend of Good Intentions

Herro Ladies!

Well, remember that workout plan that I posted earlier? Mega fail.

I was good on Friday, I went for another short and intense interval run - 1min FAST, 1min slow for about 16mins (my fav workout - short and sweat...I mean sweet ;)

And then the weekend kind of got away with me haha

El Capitano

Saturday turned out to be the craziest day ever, went for breaky to celebrate a friend's b-day in Wakefield, then got sucked into taking everything off the raft (working all afternoon in the beating hot sun minus sunscreen = BAD IDEA), then went to a BBQ for Andrew's mom's retirement/60th, and then went to Anna Delorme's parents place aka heaven. They live on a private lake. Enough said.

And then I got convinced to work as carpenters assistant at Andrew's parents' cottage on Sunday, destroying my plans to go for a run (10km coming up SO FAST - getting strangely nervous).

So, I was active in the sense of carrying/smashing/hammering/throwing things on both days, but I have to get in some solid runs before our MEC run!!

I'll post my week's exercise plan soon :)

xo Anna

I'mmmmmmm back!!

Last week I was run way off target by family and a running injury.

Started week with an awesome run

Run felt fantastic, found the running "rhythm", didn't stop to walk.

Woke up Tuesday with a throbbing foot and tight hamstring. Self-diagnosed because can't afford physiotherapy: plantar fasciitis. Plantar fascia is tissue connecting heel to toes and can become inflamed. Solution: rest, calf and shin stretches, rolling base of foot on tennis/golf ball, shoes with proper arch support. 

Managed to get in weight training: 

(Hilarious example of franglais, let me know if y'all want pics of workouts)

Felt great after a short run on Thursday (treadmill) but haven't exercised since. 

2 weeks to go until MEC run!! 

Training schedule is as follows (might mess around with running distances for LSD, at this rate, won't run a 10km before race day).

Annddddddd

Running down my road!

Adventures with Kale

Morning ladies!

So a week or so ago I chickened out of buying kale. But when I went to the grocery store last night, I sucked it up and told myself I would learn how to deal with kale. I hear too many awesome things about it to not at least try it once. So I bought a bundle.

Then came the preparation. The reason I'm not putting this in the recipes section is because I didn't really have a recipe... I just kind of winged it, with inspiration from this recipe : http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/sauteed-kale-recipe/index.html

With a lot of trial and error, and definitely more than 15 minutes later, Bobby Flay, I produced this:

The flash doesn't really do it justice...

And to be honest, it wasn't that bad. I chopped up a couple tomatoes, some ham and made a dressing with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, rosemary and cumin. Then tossed all of it with some gluten-free past and bam: pasta salad lunches for me n the bf. I was surprised to find out that the kale was actually the best and most flavourful part of it. 10/10 will eat kale again. Do you ladies have a preparation suggestion apart from sautéing it?

Now for the exercise portion of this post.

Tuesday  was a little bit of good and bad. I did an 8 km track but I had SUCH a hard time with it. Between eating a lot of red meat on the weekend and not exercising for three days my body was toast. It was a pretty scenic run though down Queenspark.

5.19 Miles or 8.33 km

Wednesday I had intended to do a long run but only ended up doing 4 km… I think my body was telling me no haha.

Thursday I think I had a really good day. Did a short fast run and did 3.5 km in 30 minutes, according to the treadmill (4+km according to my app), and then did a lengthy upper body workout. I felt pretty good about it considering I had no motivation whatsoever to work out.

Today I have leg destruction day planned after a 30 minute run.

Saturday and Sunday off!

It’s alarming how long my posts are getting. I’ll work on that.

Keep at it ladies!

xx Jess

Anna - Fitness for the Week

Heyo!

I ended up going for a short and sweaty run last night. I did 60secs fast run, 60secs slow jog for a total of 16mins. What a way to get your heart pumping.

And then I immediately stripped down and jumped into the river - so refreshing! Only my second time in this year since it has been so cold, but it was wonderful after running in such humid weather.

Fitness for the rest of the week:
Thurs - Fitnessista workout after work (I meant to get up early this morning, but just couldn't get out of bed...still tired from the weekend!)
Fri - Run at work/after work (weather dependent)
Sat - Fitnessista workout (I did her Summer Shape Up, 4 week schedule, and loved it so much I'm doing it again!)
Sun - Sunday Runday (10km)

Have a Great Day Ladies!!

Some inspiration for the day: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/how-i-lost-63-pounds-an-old-swimsuit-calendar-inspired-me-to-hit-the-gym/article12956089/

Getting back in the game

Hey ladies!

So going to be totally honest, last week was not good for running and or eating well. Last week I was away for the weekend with my mom, moved, couch surfed, had end of school parties everyday, had final evaluations at school, went on a wine tour and moved back home. Needless to say besides walking about  I didn't do any running and ate out almost all week and drank more then I usually do in a month (yes, Im a bit of a light weight).

Anyways, Im back home in beautiful muskoka for the summer and need to get myself back on track! I went for my first post week of disaster run this morning. WOW I forgot how many hills there are here! Seriously it was running up hill both ways! But it was gorg! Just trees, lake and dirt road. NO stupid crossing lights that you have to pause for and I think I only saw 2 cars the entire run. Magically! I think this running backdrop is going to get me through the summer!

Anna - Canada Day Weekend

Wakefield Canada Day Raft

Well, I survived another Canada Day weekend. Almost completely unscathed.

In terms of my weekly workout plan, I actually managed to do all of my workouts! YAY!! Minus Friday since it was raining like crazy allllll day, so I didn't go for a run with my work ladies, but I did go for a 30min power walk around my building :)

Also, I decided to change it up a bit on Sunday and play pick-up soccer with my little bro at the local soccer field. There wasn't very many of us, but it was a ton of fun! However, I woke up the next day with a VERY sore leg - serves me right for playing like crazy when I haven't even kicked a ball in years...grandma alert. I even had to sit out from my Tuesday work run group. Sometimes its better to let these things heal than push too hard and get more injured. I'm hoping to get a run in later this week.

Other than that, the ride down on the Wakefield Raft went surprisingly without incident. Feeling a bit tired today, but it was a successful weekend all around! A good balance of exercise, fun, family and friends :D

Hope you all had a great weekend, can't wait to see some more updates! I'll post my week's exercise plan later today.

xo Anna