Anna - Workouts for the Week

Hey ladies!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! I did the MEC 10km run with Jess and Laura on Sunday, and finished in 1:03 - my new personal best for a 10km! So exciting. [As a side note, the guy who finished first did it in 38mins. What a champ]

Here's my fitness goals for the week:

Day	Activity	Completed?
Mon	Weighted workout	NO...fail :(
Tues	Run @ work intervals	YES
Wed	Kettlebell Class	YES
Thurs	Run (30 mins)	YES
Fri	Weighted workout	YES
Sat	Run - 7km	NO (wedding)
Sun	OFF	YES :)

I found it really helpful to have the 'completed?' column last week - I'ma keep it up again this week! Also, I'm challenging myself to stick to my plan this week, for realz this time.

What's your girls' challenge this week??

xo Anna

Woooo, heat wave!

Hey ladies,

So back from my week adventure in the states....and what a heat wave! It was 40 degrees there, so sadly didn't get out to run....though I sweated enough just standing so that kinda counts right? lol

Anyways, I gone for two runs since I got back, they went pretty well. Gonna do my long run on wednesday morning, hoping to do a 8.5 km. Then Im off to NYC for 9 days with my mom. I was suspose to be in a wedding there but it got cancelled...still going to NYC though! Gonna to attempt this running away from home thing again and hopefully it goes better this time! Goal 1: Run in central park. Goal 2: run on the board walk of long island :) Wish me luck!

BTW, LOVING the charts you guys are doing, gonna try to figure out how to do one myself!

Anna - Fitness for the Week

Hey ladies,

Hope you all had a wonderful sun-filled weekend! I pretty much spent the entire weekend either floating in the river or at bluesfest/hanging out with friends :)

Which means all of my fitness plans were completely thrown aside haha. So, here's this week's plans - I even added a column to come back to update whether or not I did it!

Week's Schedule
Day	Activity	Completed?
Mon	Weighted workout	YES
Tues	Pilates class(full) Run intervals	YES
Wed	Kettlebell Class	YES
Thurs	Run (kettlebell kicked my butt...) Yoga	NO - rest night!
Fri	Weighted workout	NO (fail)
Sat	Off	YES :)
Sun	MEC Run	YES

Have a great week
xo Anna

Three Week Schedule

Hey All!

Laura's post inspired me to make my own schedule for the next few weeks 'til the MEC 10 km.
So far I've stuck to it... ish. The only thing was my 30 minute run pre-gym was actually about only a 23 minute run. I had totally lost motivation to keep running, and I was sweating an alarming amount. I don't think I have good workout clothes at all... mostly I just need some damn shorts to actually get some air circulation going. That's my plan this weekend... getting shorts.
Also. I need a sports bra. Pretty badly. And I have no clue what to look for in one - so my ladies with the sports bras... get at me, I need advice.

 My week of July 14-20 seems kinda heavy. I might change it.

(I love excel)

xx Jess

Last week and this week

Last week I did 2 4km runs and 7km in Sunday for my long run.

This week I've done a 3km, 4km and hope to get in another tomorrow morning. I leave for Boston Friday but hoping to get my runs in there too! Fingers crossed anyways....

Chaffing.... Is a problem

 Last Sunday I went for my first (in my mind) real-omg this is not a short jog-distance run, 7 km. It went well besides one little problem... Chafe! It was warm and humid and I was wearing shorts and the distance was just long enough that the friction of my thighs rubbing continuously resulted in some fairly uncomfortable rubbing by the 5km mark. Omg, and by the end of the run, it was like fire! And until it healed up enough I was doing an attractive waddle the next day! So I decided that since I have some  "thunder thighs" going on some sort protective cream was in order. Let me tell you, asking the skinny

teenage sales clerk at the bike store for anti-Chaffing cream because I have my thighs rub against each other when I run was somewhat embarrassing! But moving on beyond that I now have a protective cream that works great! It isn't sticky or slimy and really prevents chaffing. Added plus is that is great to use as a healing cream as well! Now me and my thighs are ready to run painlessly! 

Anna - Workouts for the Week

Hey ladies,

Me again! Here's my week's workout schedule:

Mon - Fitnessista workout after work
Tues - Interval run before work
Wed - Kettlebell class
Thurs - Run at lunch to meet a friend for lunch :)
Fri - Fitnessista workout before work
Sat/Sun - 7 km run (depending on which day is sunny)

Today's motivation: http://www.fannetasticfood.com/2013/07/03/for-everyone-who-says-they-cant/