Week in Review: My Boys Say it Best

Sometimes my boys say it best. I dug through some old (and some recent) pictures of my boys to best summarize my workouts this past week:

Sunday: 8.5 mile run, including some good hills. Ran with 2 crossfit friends:

Warm day, great company, beautiful scenery. Joy.

Monday: Track workout: 1 mile warm-up, 8 x 400 meter repeats with 200 meter recovery between, 1 mile cool down.

While I do usually love track workouts, this morning I was the kid on the right. It just wasn't my morning. 

Tuesday: WOD (workout of the day) at The Confluence. Lots of mobility work, followed by power cleans and the WOD which I modified a bit to avoid burpees, so it was 7 rounds of ski erg 3-4 calories, 7 power cleans. So. Much. Fun.

I still am going light with the weights, but power cleaning 80 lbs felt so awesome. I felt like a strong ninja-running mama. Watch out!

Wednesday: 1.5 mile warm-up, 2 miles at 5k race pace with 2 min recovery between miles, 1.5 mile cool-down.

It was only Wednesday- but it had been a busy week already. Whooped!

Thursday: WOD at The Confluence: lots of mobility work, strength work was deadlifts. I was nervous about the deadlifts, having not really worked on them since I hurt my back. So, I decided to go light again, but felt great lifting 105 lbs. In the crossfit world, this is not much, but in my world it was awesome.

Errr, deadlifts? How do you do deadlifts again?

The workout was 4 rounds of 2 minutes, row 16 calories, and complete as many double unders (jumping rope with the rope going under you twice in one jump) as you can in the remaining time. I wasn't sure I'd be able to complete any double unders at all, but ended up with 47!

47 double unders- super psyched!!

Friday: Met up with friends and kids on the State House lawn for a fun workout including lunges, weighted squats, stair jumps, push-ups, dips, and lots of cardio in there. I have been leading these workouts since the fall with friends. They are casual, and we bring our kids (I have Griffin with me on Fridays), and they are always a great time to catch up, kids get to play, and the moms get a workout in. Win-win. Recently a friend dubbed these "Ri-Cardio" workouts. I love it!

Friday Mom's & Kid's workout: best time of the week!!

Saturday: Early morning 8 mile run in beautiful Calais. The weather was cool, the grass and trees had that early spring vibrant green, made only more brilliant with a blue sky backdrop. Despite all the hard work I put in this week, my knee felt good. The mobility work and strengthening from crossfit is paying off. Week two: success.

Being outside with good friends to share the journey. That's pretty much why I run.