Weekly Work Out Recap: 10/17-10/23

Monday: Spent the day with my kids and family!!

Pumpkin Patch fun!

I also got my Momentum Wrap in the mail!! You still have a few more days to #sharetheSpark and grab one of four uplifting and encouraging sayings <3

Tuesday: TRACK TUESDAY!!!

2 min 90%, 2 min recovery, repeated 6 times

( I was supposed to repeat 12 times, but I was limited in time)

Wednesday: Cross training, Strength training and pumpkin paintin'!

Bicep Curls with the Barbell and Hammer Curls

20 min Elliptical 

and we painted pumpkins <3

Thursday: No Training, just took the day off. Completed last minute errands, cleaned the house, and finished packing becauuuseee I was leaving for Ragnar Trail!!!!

But First.... DOUGHNUTS because!!!

(#teamSparkle)

I will have a full blog with all the Ragnar pictures and awesomeness! So be on the look out for that!!!

Friday: I ran my first two loops Friday!

My first run was 3 miles at 1PM

My seconds run was 7.4 miles around 8:30PM

I was actually quite surprised with my pace, my 3 miler was in the hot hot heat and my 7.4 miler was cold! haha Only in Texas

Saturday: Started my third run at about 6AM. 

Every other detail.. how the courses felt, how they looked, everryyyy detail will be in my next blog!!!! I have tons of pictures of share!!!!

Sunday: RESTTTT  15 miles of TRAILS is something my body isnt as used to..... but I felt amazing during my runs. (thats all the details for now! haha)

Jason and I worked on my studio! 

I finally got to hang up my medal holder. I LOVE it!!!

( Ill attach a link in case anyone wants to check out her beautiful work.)

Isnt it pretttyyy!!!
Find her work here:  The Modern Whittler

I also got a little bit of happy mail! My Sparkle Athletic/We Run Social Pre-Order came in! Its perfect <3

Hope everyone has a good week! Happy Running!!!

The Rock N Roll Marathon is ONLY 39 days away!

Weekly Work Out Recap: 10/3-10/9

Had a great week of working out. Enjoy!

Monday: Rest! Gymnastics, grocery shopping and LAUNDRY haha.

Tuesday: Track Tuesday of course!
2 min 90%, 2 Min easy jog 8 times
Might I also add that my speedwork was great! I got faster each time around!

My team also signed up for Ragnar!

Wednesday: Crosstraining!!
2.05 miles recovery run on the treadmill and 2.39 miles on the elliptical.

Thursday: Rest day! Check out my sons cuteness though <3

Friday: Evening/Night 6 mile Trail Run with my Fleet Feet crew!

We ran Government Canyon! 

Im a real trail runner now! haha

Saturday: I was honestly super sore from the trails. I decided rest and family time would be best!

UTSA Football game!!!! #meepmeep

Sunday: 6 mile assessment run! Seeing the progress felt so great!

Hope everyone has a great week! Some cooler weather is rolling in, so that means Halloween Decorating!!! Happy running!

Weekly Work Out Recap 9/26-10/2

This week was a little more of an off week... and ill be honest. I strayed some from my regular routine. I was tired, so I took it easy.

Monday: I mostly cleaned and caught up on laundry. Also did a little Ragnar work. I also got an awesome package in the mail from Reebok/Ragnar with some cool gear. SUPER soft. Perfect for some cooler weather rolling in!

Tuesday: #TrackTuesday! Woke up and hit the track for some speed work at 5am with Helen!

16 times:
1 min hard, 1 min recovery

Testing our my new Ragnar Ambassador tank <3

Wednesday: Rested! And had my helper with some Ragnar work.

Thursday: A nice 5k run with my kiddos, enjoying the cooler weather .

AND SOME MORE RAGNAR MAIL!!! Pro Compresson Socks! 

I promise they make you run faster ;)

Friday & Saturday: Family stuff! 

Sunday: 9.7 miles! I really felt great!

Ran with Helen, Heidi and Lisa... Helen and Lisa 

split from us about a mile in.

Heidi finished with 7 miles.

BUT... check these splits! When I said I felt great... I surely ment it!!!

All this resting will help me have a successful running week!! Feeling great!

Happy Running!

Weekly Workout Recap 9/12/16 - 9/18/16

This past week was just a crazy busy week! Working, training, and my sons birthday!!

Monday: 5 mile run on the treadmill, and a light Shoulder circuit. ( I didn't get to finish because child watch called me for my daughter at the gym #momlife.)
Shoulder Circuit: (I normally do this 4-5 times)
Dummbell Lateral Raises ( 10-12 reps)
Dumbbell Front Raises (8-10 reps)
Overhead Dummbell Press (6-8 reps)
I repeat this sequence about 4-5 times depending on how I feel after my run. I take about a 20 - 30 second rest in between each set.
After I got home, I foam rolled!

Tuesday: Track Tuesday!!!! I'm not sure if I was tired, still recovering from my long run on Saturday or my body just wasn't feeling speed training that morning, but it wasn't my best speed work session. (I'm okay with that because hey, I still got a run in!)
But I did 400m hard run with 200m of recovery. I probably went about 85% with my hard run.
I only did it 4 times, instread of the 6-8 times planned... I then just lapped around the track twice.
BUT a big thank you to my good friend Helen for getting up super early to run. <3

SOOOO early!

Wednesday: Cross training on the Elliptical. My legs felt so tense and tight on Tuesday. Going on the elliptical always helps me loosen up some. I did 30 minutes on there then did some bicep work!!
Cable curls 10x 3, barball curls 10x 3, and hammer curls 10x3. my weight is normally about 20lbs.

Thursday: Rest. lol. Just felt like resting.

Friday: Well, for starters.... my baby boy turned 4!!!!

BITTER SWEET! 

We started out our Friday with a family run! Jason packed up the kids and the double jogger and we headed to the park to enjoy a hot, humid 3-4 mile run!
Jason pushed the double jogger because i'm training and he is sweet like that. He ended up doing about a 4 mile run. I did 3 miles, but I did a progressive run.
My splits were 9:51, 9:17, 9:13.

  We let the children run free after the run! They LOVE the park!

My son was running around and wouldn't stop for a picture!
We then continued the party at Green Acres. (mini golf, water wars with water balloon, bumper boats, games)

Saturday: Saturday was a BUSY BUSY day. Wedding in the morning, frosting cupcakes, cleaning, getting last minute party supplies and my sons party at the oh so lovely Chuck E. Cheese later that evening.
Saturday alone was a work out haha, A huge shout out to Jason because that mornings wedding couldn't have gone any crazier that it did. I ended up not getting home till after 1 when I planned to be home before noon!
But in the end, the day ended well with lots of pizza cupcakes and happy faces on the kids that came out to celebrate! I may not have ran on pavement, but I surely ran around Chuck E. Cheese! Hah!

Thats my grandma. Shes probably the coolest lady around!

In case anyone was wondering, my son choose a Spurs party, because we love our and believe in our Spurs. Ahhhhmen. haha. 

Sunday: Not going to lie, it was hard to get up and get out. I had 11 miles to dish out.
I traveled out to Cibolo to join a few friends on a run. It was beautiful, peaceful and a wonderful route.

I ran a total of 6 miles with Jennifer and Heather, then did my last 5 solo.

I felt great until I hit mile 8/9. The sun just peaked out enough and it got hot super quick!!

However, I tried a new fuel. UCAN. It works! Normally be mile 7, my stomach will growl and I'm just hungry. No matter how many chews, guus, gels, drinks.... I'm just flat out HUNGRY. 

UCAN definitely did the trick for me! YAY! haha. 

Sorry (but also not sorry) for the overload of pictures of my littles. This week was just crazy for us all! Hopefully everyone had a fabulous week!