Rest Day

Today I am heading back to New York.  So I am taking a rest day.  It is not always easy to take rest days especially during the week but I can tell you that your body will always thank you for them.

We had a great trip but it was an exhausting one.  Not only were we emotionally drained but physically as well.  With total body conditioning and running group I feel that my body could really use this rest day.  My arms are still sore from Monday and I'm still recovering from doing 800 repeats yesterday.  Because I live at sea level it was incredibly hard for me to get a full breath of air. 

I loved spending time with my family and catching up with everyone. It will be hard to go home. 

You might not know this about Heather but she loves to pose!  

This was at lifetime gym.

Last night we all ate California Pizza Kitchen.  It was delish!

XX
Sarah

Hug Your Loved Ones

Today we are Celebrating the Life of this amazing man.  Grandpa we love you so much and have so many great memories of you.  Thank you for being such a great example to us all and you will be missed daily...

These two lovely ladies are our grandmas.  Are they just awesome!!! 

We had dinner last night with my Grandma and Grandpa Gormley.  Jen is lucky to live close to both sets of grandparents so she sees them weekly.  But I don't get to see them that often so when I do it is a real treat.

Of course we couldn't visit Jen without getting some killer workouts in.  Yesterday we went to a class at Lifetime and I think I almost passed out twice.  Total Body Conditioning it was called and the instructor was mean... in a good way. This morning I could barley move my arms. The picture below was right after running with Jens running club this morning.  We did a speed workout.  6x800's at a 3K pace.  It was tough.

Now off to Celebrate my Grandpa.  Life goes so fast.  Today remember to give all your loved ones an extra hug and kiss and let them know how much they mean to you.  I know I will.
-Heather

Check it out! I WON something awesome =)

Saturday night I went to the Redline Running Club's bi-annual potluck and WON the ROTHY =) 

Redline Runner

Of

The 

Half

Year Award!!

I can't believe it.  I am not quite sure why they picked me.... but they did and it made my whole day! I won something and I have the totally awesome shorts to prove it.  I plan on putting these puppies on and debuting them shortly.... stay tuned.

Thanks Redliners. Our club is amazing.  The peeps I train with are super motivating, inspirational and very fun to be around.  We all share a total obsession with running and have been able to build a support system through this club.  We really are a team and I just couldn't be happier.  YAY to our coaches Josh,  Doug, and Kim for putting up with all my crap and making me realize that I can be better.

Below is a lot of my fellow Redliners right after our Predict a 5k workout.

For the predict a 5k workout each individual picks a time that they will complete the 5k in.  We are not allowed to wear watches, music, or anything else that might give us a sense of what pace we are running.  All we get is to listen to our breathing and hope that through all of this training our bodies can recognize what pace we have chosen.  We weren't allowed to pick our actual 5k pace either.  Seeing as how I have the marathon coming up in 1 week, I chose my marathon pace.  Some chose what they would consider there 10k pace and others just picked a pace they figured they could feel.  And so as results went, the person who was the closest to there designated pace won, and the furtherest away lost. It was way fun and I highly recommend doing one on your own every so often to see how in tune you are with what pace is what.  Great workout =)

Also, I'd like to give a HUGE shout out to my brother James.  I sucked him into coming coming to Lifetime with me for 1 week to show him how crazy hard the classes were. So because he loves me he agreed and although Barbell and Total Conditioning kicked both are A**'s (literally, these classes are tough) he ROCKED it.  I was proud to be his little sis. 

So James, you are joining right =) 

This Pic was taken right after Total Conditioning class.  We were wiped out. Apparently doing 150-200 pushups with variations that include loads of mountain climbers, bear crawls, jumps, lunges, leaps, turns, body bars, bands....and the list goes on and on will wear you out.

and P.S. my Friday Night BBQ chicken sandwiches were delish.  Sweet potato, watermelon and roasted green beans for sides.... I love food.

Anyone else out there in a running club?

If so, have you ever won anything as cool as these shorts!?!

Who else is running Grandmas? We'd love to meet up!

What is your favorite Carbo loading meal? and why?

Anyone have a gym class that is crazy hard?

I find they are few and far between but for some reason I am lucky enough to live right next to the Lifetime fitness that employs a lot of there regional peeps including instructors.  These people are the ones they send out to train all the others.  I feel lucky.

Happy Running - Jen

To Run with a Club... or Not too

I am a runner, I love to run races and push myself faster and further. I get A LOT of satisfaction out of it. So, up to this point I have bought books and trained myself using the tools from the books, websites, etc. I also am currently a member at lifetime fitness (WHICH I LOVE) where I go to for Strength and plyo-circuit training.

BUT-- there is a new running club forming in my area and I am going to give it a whirl. I can't afford both Lifetime and running group so I am giving up lifetime for a while. Is this a mistake??? Is running in a club all its cracked up to be? I guess I'll find out. My new group meets Tuesdays at 6:00am at the track for speed work. BRING IT. I hope I get faster.

=)

On a side note, I love to talk about my runs.... so today I ran 13 miles. I went nice and slow and felt fine except for the fact that it was soo cold outside my hands turned into bricks. They were so stiff I could not punch the code in on my garage to open the door. What the heck? I just bought these gloves and they sucked.

Hey Heather, do you think your lululemon would help me out in the glove department???? =)

A New Year

Well it is official, I am going to bring this blog back to life.  Not that it was ever thriving but my sister Jen did the first post and we have not posted since.

 Me and Jen

Here is the run down.  We all love to work out, I got injured, Heather is still loving her Kinetic Gym and Jen has since ran another marathon and is at Lifetime.

I have been injured for about 6 months now and I would have to say I am handling it pretty well.  I still try to do workout DVDs but the pain in my leg will not go away, so I took my first week off last week and I am going on week 2.  I can tell you right now it will not be easy.  I am in a habit of working out every morning that when I don't I get flustered.  Now what I have to worry about is getting in the habit of NOT working out and then starting again.

So Jen and Heath this is a new year and we are back in business!

Happy New Year and keep up the good workout!

Jen and Heather

Update for the Sisters-

I am going to try really hard this week to not workout at all.  My leg has been feeling better but I am pretty sure that I have Posterior Tibial Tendinitis so I am trying to take it easy.  I just got The Biggest Loser Yoga video that I want to try out.  It has good reviews so I will let you know how that goes.

Other than that nothing new.  Did you see the Banana Taco from Trainer Momma?  That looks like a good snack.  What are you guys making this week?