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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! 🙂

Workout Week 22.–28.07.2013

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

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Monday was supposed to be a rest day but since my friend-Zumba instructor won’t be here on Wednesday, we had our regular Wednesday’s Zumba on Monday. Didn’t have much energy but still managed to do the class successfully.

Tuesday was a rest day after 3 work-out days. Did a 1 hour walk with my puppy to get my steps full.

Wednesday I had to go to the city to give more blood for analysis. The weather was more or less OK so I cycled. After a visit to the doctor I did some thrift shopping. Found a pair of linen khaki shorts for 2€! Plus, in one store the sales lady told me: “You are looking at large sizes. Small sizes are on the other side of the store.” That was a nice compliment. 🙂 After a visit to the city I had a regular 30 minute walk and in the evening did 1 hour of all over muscle exersizes. I felt this strange pain in my left buttock. That made me worry.

Thursday morning I did a nice 30 minute walk with my dog but the weather was rainy, cold and windy. Since it was a running day, I had an hour long run in the evening. Half way there I felt the buttock pain again in my left side but decided to finish my run. I was really worried because I have read about another Estonian blogger’s sciatic pain and piriformis pain (check out Heidi’s blog here).

Friday morning I did a regular 30 minute walk. During the day I was baking and cooking all the time so standing on my feet. At 6 PM I felt sharp pain in my lower back in the left buttock area. I decided not to go for a run and rest a little and do a nice slow cycling hour later on in the evening. 

Saturday was official rest day. I had a nice long walk with my dog. The weather was beautiful, sun was shining. I saw people running and wished it was me. I felt a little pain in my buttock during the day but that was nothing compared to the days before. Wondered if I could run on Sunday.

Running shoes on but no running for me 😦

On Sunday I really really wanted to go for a run. I decided to take it nice and slow. Usually I have the goal to improve my best time or last run’s time. This time my only goal was to not hurt myself and go totally by how my back and ass are feeling. My average speed was only 7,02 km/h but I managed to run my almost 7 kilometre lap without any pain. I was so relieved. I think I listened to my legs and butt during this run more than my music. 😀 I just really didn’t want to overdo it and. Health is the most important.

 

 

In total:

3 hours 30 minutes of walking

2 hours of cycling

1 hour of Zumba

1 hour of muscle exercizes

2 hours of running

 

This week would have been a great but the sciatic pain really f*cked up my otherwise good week. I’m really looking forward to getting better and running more and faster again. Narva Energy Run in less than 2 weeks. I don’t want to miss that, I really don’t.