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Get Off The Treadmill
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’m really fortunate that the people who read my site have two things in common: a passion to lead a healthy lifestyle goal(s) that they are striving to achieve One of things I hope that I can provide to my readers as well as my clients is prescriptive guidance to help them achieve their goals. One of their main question is cardio? I live in Boston right next to the Charles River as soon as the snow melts the runners, joggers and walkers come out in droves. Do you know why they run — I mean at least 85% of them, come on you the answer, think about it!! That’s right its...
Read MoreFalmouth Race 2.0
I am once again running the Falmouth road race with my husband. Last year was our first year, now we’re thinking about making it an annual thing. We are just a little behind in our running schedule, but we’re planning catch up this week. My first run was last Saturday night when the temperature was roughly 85 degrees. FUN.. Which is really funny given the last time I ran any long distance (January) we were looking to see when the warmest part of the day was going to be. So the run we good but really hot, we ran again yesterday and the 3.5 miles felt much better. I am experiencing so side stitches, need to work getting my breathing in synch as well as my...
Read MoreMy First Half Marathon
I ran the Miami ING Half Marathon exactly 20 days ago and its taken me this long to write about. Before January 31st the furthest that I ever ran was 10 miles. I got to tell you that it felt good! Whenever I tell the story I am still refer to it as my first half marathon because I’m still unsure if I will EVER run that far again. I will run again, I know that is true , but a half marathon, hmmm. Most fitness things I do after I finish I’m so PUMPED to do it again. I got to tell you not this time. I was WIPED OUT! I just wanted to sit down and get my shit together! Let’s go back to the beginning, why did I decide to run a half marathon? ...
Read MoreBut its 19 degrees out?
Most people think because you are a personal trainer you are super human… UMMM NO. We have those days when we don’t want to work out and sometimes even when we set a fitness goal and get in the middle of training we say to ourselves, what did I sign myself up for. That is me right now. Literally I signed up to the Miami half marathon. (I am registered, have a non-refundable plane ticket and hotel) Just 6 short weeks ago I thought it would be a fun challenge and keep me motivated through the holidays. WELP.. not so much. Today’s 19 degrees with a wind chill of 4 and I had to do 4 miles. Go ahead and call me a wimp, but this kid wasn’t going outside. So.. instead I...
Read MoreSomerville Turkey Trot
Last week I ran my 1st Turkey Trot, just 4 miles through a neighboring town on Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving it was a nice day here in New England. I typically run mid morning, so this was my first early run, so I was testing what to eat. I decided on having a banana and a cup of coffee. Come on. I can’t leave the house without coffee, so it a must have! I ate it 1 hour prior to the race so that I plenty of time to digest it right! Well at mile 4 I get sharp stabbing pains in my back, but I didn’t STOP I kept going and finished the race in 39 min. My goal to run less than 10 min/mile and I did despite the stabbing pains in my back and having to pee. Yes, at...
Read MoreNovember 16th Half Marathon Training
So, my first week went well..and the second week is going well. I just need to complete my last long run 5 miles for the week. Now you may want to know what one of my interval cycles looks like. 2 minute warm up 1 1/2 min sprint 30 sec rest 2 1/2 min sprint 1 1/2 min rest Repeat 5 times (should take you 30 minutes. This can easily be done on any piece of cardio equipment, I did this on an elliptical. Now here’s the plan for my third week — November 22. Monday — intervals and strength Tuesday — 3.5 miles Wednesday — rest Thursday — Turkey Trot (4miles) Friday — rest Saturday 6 miles Related posts: Interval Training Running...
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