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Workout Week 5.–11.08.2013

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In Workout Week posts I will tell you everything about my last week’s workouts.

Monday was a really really hot day so in the daytime I did my regular 30 minute walk with my dog. I literally had to wait until 8.30 PM to go outside and work out. Decided to cycle for an hour since that gives me a little bit of wind and doesn’t kill me as bad in the heat.

On Tuesday I did a longer walk with my dog since it was official rest day. In the afternoon we realised we needed some groceries and since the car is broken, we took our backpacks and went grocery shopping with bicycles. People thought we’re crazy but what can you do, right. 

Wednesday was the day of my last run before the race on Saturday. I was slow but not terribly slow. I postboned the run until 8.30 PM because of the hot and sunny weather, I really didn’t want to mess with my muscles before the race. Besides that I did a regular half an hour walk in the afternoon, it was so hot my dog really didn’t want to walk… He almost stopped half way there and looked at me like I was some kind of criminal. But we made it home eventually. 

On Thursday the heatwave continued. Me and my dog died on our regular walk and I was so happy I didn’t have a running-day. In the evening I did an hour of all over exercises for my muscles. Last workout before Narva Energy Run.

Friday. Last day before Narva Energy Run. Nerves, a lot of nerves. Maybe not A LOT but still. They were kicking in. Had an hour long walk with my dog, got soaked in rain and then the heat came back and I was dry y the time I got home. Prayed that it wasn’t so hot on Saturday.

Saturday was Narva Energy Run 7K. Post all about that coming in a couple of days!

After finishing the 7K

Sunday was a day of rain weather. It cleared up by evening so I decided to do a nice little bikeride. The first 10 minutes were great and then the rain started. And continued for the next 50 minutes until I got home again. I was soaked but hey: at least it wasn’t hot, right?

 

In total:

2 hours of running

2 hours 45 minutes of cycling

1 hour all over exercises

4 hours of walking

 

A normal week, besides my first running race.

Workout Week 29.07–4.08.2013

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In Workout Week posts I will tell you everything about my last week’s workouts.

 

On Monday I had my regular 30 minute walk with my dog and in the evening did 1 hour of cycling. Another pain free day, I was very happy about that.

Tuesday was official rest day, so I went on a nice long walk with my dog. The weather was hot and sunny, a real heatwave. I felt weird and weak.

Wednesday was regular Zumba day. I have to tell you, I have never felt to passive and weak in during a workout ever. My legs just didn’t move! I started falling into ketosis that day so the weakness was normal. No glycogen, no carbs – body feels weeks. When ketones seriously kick in, it gets better. Besides that I did my regular 30 minute walk and got soaked in rain. In the evening I did a short 15 minute walk aswell.

Thursday morning I did my regular 30 minute walk. In the evening I decided I have enough strength to do some all over muscle exercizes. I did some I’ve always done and remembered and also found some nice exercizes from DeStorm’s YouTube video:

Those exercizes really tired me out. It means they worked 🙂 Yay!

Friday afternoon I did my regular walk. After dinner I had a long debate with myself whether I should go for a run or go cycling. I had had no sciatic pain for the whole entire week. But I was in ketosis so I felt a little bit tired and weak. I decided to go and run since I really love runninga lot more than cycling. I created a new 7K lap and it was great! No pain, pure joy.

Saturday was rest day. The weather was lovely and I had a nice long walk with my dog.

Sunday was AWESOME! My macros were a little bad (had some currants and beans so about 15 grams extra carbs that day) but those extra carbs really kicked into my run! I got my best average speed (8,3 km/h, previously 7,99 km/h) and therefore best time and pace. I was so so happy! I didn’t even care if the berries kicked me out of ketosis, I need to be in best shape at Narva Energy Run on Saturday. Besides that I had to go to the grocery store so I cycled to the nearest town, all together 30 minutes.


In total:

4 hours 15 minutes of walking

1 hour 30 minutes of cycling

1 hour of Zumba

1 hour of muscle exercizes

2 hours of running

 

This week was lovely. I enjoyed myself, didn’t have any sciatic pain and had nice workouts, besides the Zumba where I felt tired. Next week going back to 20 grams of carbs per day (this week I had only 5 grams as an experiment, that’s too low for me) and hopefully having lots of fun at Narva Energy Run on Saturday. Wish me luck! 🙂