Hello my little athletes!\u00a0 Did everybody have a great kickass week? 
\u00a0 The weather here has sort of been out of control with the heat and humidity.\u00a0 We’ve had heat advisories all week.\u00a0 Even late in the day, and I’m talking like 2am here, it was still 80 degrees outside.\u00a0 That’s humidity for ya!<\/p>\n
Monday<\/strong> I pulled out the Jackie Warner DVD again to give it a shot.\u00a0 Instead of doing the whole routine, I decided to break it up and do it in 15 minute increments.\u00a0 I did lower body, then upper body, and finally abs.\u00a0 I liked this a lot better!\u00a0 I like concentrating on one area and then moving on to something else.\u00a0 It’s satisfying knowing that you completed one section already and seems to make the workout go a lot faster.\u00a0 The workout kicked my hiney!<\/p>\n Tuesday<\/strong> I cranked out 6 miles.\u00a0 Even with the heat, if I’m doing that distance, I do not have to take water with me.\u00a0 I will set water out in my driveway so that if I need to make a pit stop, I can.\u00a0 Sometimes the heat is a bit much and I do have to make a quickie stop and sometimes I can manage.\u00a0 Tuesday I was able to crank out 6 without having to stop but I did drink down my water when I got back to the driveway!<\/p>\n Wednesday<\/strong> the humidity was even worse if you can believe that!\u00a0 This time I did have to make a stop after 3.5 miles to take a quick drink of water.\u00a0 I had thought about going a bit farther but it wasn’t happening.\u00a0 Too hot!\u00a0 However by the time I took Rocky out for his walk which is right after my run, the sun was out but the humidity was decreased by a great deal.\u00a0 Gee thanks weather!<\/p>\n Thursday<\/strong> I had a crap run that turned glorious.\u00a0 The weather was awesome and the humidity broke for a little bit which made for at least a pleasant run weather-wise.\u00a0 Mentally however, I was one crankah runner!\u00a0 I was tired, I was bored with my runs, and the thought of pumping out 8 miles was not appealing to me.<\/p>\n My original schedule that I made for myself puts speed work on Wednesdays and a semi-long run on Thursdays.\u00a0 I do a ton of stuff on Thursdays around the house (cleaning, food prep and so on) plus then I have Muay Thai conditioning class in the evenings.\u00a0 It’s a big day!\u00a0 Then it occurred to me, why in the world did I schedule a long run on Thursdays?\u00a0 I have way more time on Wednesdays, so I should do it then.\u00a0 Leaving me Thursdays for a short speed run thus providing me with more time in the mornings to get stuff done around the house.<\/p>\n Duh!<\/p>\n I changed tactics, picked up my pace and did a nice 4 mile run on Thursday.\u00a0 Average pace wasn’t super speedy since I was being a pain to myself and didn’t pick up the pace till I have half way through.<\/p>\n Conditioning class that night was a rough one.\u00a0 Both of my martial arts schools are in sort of like warehouse buildings.\u00a0 No air unless you open the big bay\/garage door to get air moving.\u00a0 So you can imagine how hot of a workout that makes.\u00a0 I was dripping sweat during class on Thursday and the heat zapped my energy.\u00a0 Whew!<\/p>\n Friday and Saturday<\/strong> were rest days.\u00a0 Saturday was an unintentional rest day and I was mad at myself for it for a short time but got over it.\u00a0 I slept like crap which caused me to sleep in till 10am.\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 I thought we were going to do yard work so I didn’t worry about getting a DVD done.\u00a0 However it was seriously hot and humid yesterday and doing yard work was out of the question.\u00a0 We spent some time moving an old huge TV from upstairs to the basement and I’m calling that an arm and core workout. :p\u00a0 It was a 100lb 32 inch rear-projection TV.\u00a0 Think a regular TV before the flat screens came out.\u00a0 It’s a monster!\u00a0 Scott and I managed to move it and now it’s in the basement where we are planning on creating a workout area.\u00a0 I am totally willing to give it up as well!\u00a0 For Free! If someone wants it, all you have to do is pick it up and be able to carry it outta my basement and it’s yours! It also has no remote, so you know, there’s that. Sunday, you know what day it was. Long run time!\u00a0 I was totally going to play today by ear though because I wasn’t sure how the weather was going to be.\u00a0 That’s kind of how summer goes, you can have the best intentions but you also have to pay attention to the weather and your body.\u00a0 If those things don’t want to do a big run then you have to acknowledge that and accept it.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Bonus, you get hot sweaty pics of me today and my CamelBak!\u00a0 I had no choice, I had to bust out this evil necessity today because it was that nasty out.\u00a0 At 6am, it was 80 degrees with 87% humidity.\u00a0 I know the humidity increased a bit since it was clear that rain was iminent.\u00a0 I took it easy with the heat and with lots of walking breaks to take a drink, I busted out 11 miles under 2 hours.\u00a0 I am calling that success!<\/p>\n