Wordless Wednesday – Warrior Dash

I ran in the Warrior Dash 5k obstacle course this weekend. It was as much fun as last year, although the obstacles were much harder. Still, I made it, even at 14 weeks pregnant :)

More pictures woto come tomorrow…

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Wordless Wednesday – Warrior Dash

Yes, that’s me. Yes, those are actual flames. (You can see more pictures from my race here.)

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Fitness Friday - Fire Hydrant 5k

There's only 75 days to go until the Warrior Dash!

Since it's been two weeks since I last posted an update, I'm not going to enumerate my activity, mostly because I just can't remember.
The highlight, though, is that I ran in a 5k this last Saturday and finished in 45 minutes! I feel like I ran about half of it, which I'm very happy with.

Here's me finishing. You can see the time clock says 44:57!

The race was a fundraiser for the Larimer County Humane Society, so lots of people ran with their dogs. To be funny, we put on our cat faces :) This is me and my mom just before the race started.

Now, we need to start training at altitude (at least Estes Park) PLUS upping my mileage down here since I still can only run about 1.5 miles. After that, it will be obstacle-specific training, probably starting in about a month.

Also, for any of you local people who might be interested, Warrior Dash has opened another full day of waves in the Rockies on Sunday, August 22nd. So if you didn't get registered and you wanted to, now's the time to do it!!! Hope to see you there!

~S

Fitness Friday - The training begins

Let the training begin for the Warrior Dash! Only 120 days to go until I'll have to run, climb, crawl, jump, and whole bunch of other craziness.
My cousin just got NASM certificate to be a personal trainer, so we've "hired" him to help us get in gear.

Fridays will serve as a check-in for myself and hopefully my training/dashing buddies!

Here's what I did this week:
Sunday ~ Full, full workout. Went over entire routine for the week, having all of the terms and exercises demonstrated and explained. Total time: 90 minutes
Monday ~ Too sore do to much of anything ;)
Tuesday ~ Walked 4.2 miles in the foothills near my house. A few exercises using my son as weight.
Wednesday ~ Stayed at home like a lazy bum
Thursday ~ Went for a stroll with the kids. Lower body workout minus dynamic warm-up.

Tomorrow I plan on going to the gym to do some things that would be difficult to do here, like pull-ups (yuck).

This is what my workout is *supposed* to look like for anyone who cares:
Warrior Workout 1

I'll be doing some form of cardio at least three times a week as well; running, hiking, treadmill/elliptical, etc.

Also, just for my own records, I currently weigh 195. This way, I'll have a written record.
Anyone else want to join us for the Warrior Dash? Our heat is at 4:00. There's free beer involved :)

~S

Warrior Dash

Check it out here...
Thanks mom :-P

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