Well, I decided I can't commit time to blogging at the moment. Maybe someday, sometime, but right now, I am busy with school and working out. Story of my life. I want to try (again) and post about things that are happening with my life, my adventures, goals, failures, and triumphs. And, while doing so, if you can relate to me, you laugh, smile, or I inspire you, then I am doing exactly what I inteded to do.
Currently, I have been running.
Some runs are really good, and others I can not wait until they are over. A friend ask me how I run, that she could never do that. I though about that question, and I answered with this, "there is something about running and not having to stop, to run by the river, or be able to look at the mountains, and know that you can go as far as you'd like. I get the feeling that I did when I would swim continuous laps, I get lost in the moment, listening, looking and smelling all the things that are around me." ( sometimes the views and smells are not pleasant haha)
To clarify, I am not running a crazy amount, or putting in tons of miles (yet). I am probably running 10-15 miles a week. I will run a couple 3 mile runs, and a 5-6 mile run through the week. I am still nursing a sprained ankle that I got towards the end of January. Seriously, spraining something is THE worst! I would have rather broken it, because then I know I could cast it, let the bone heal, and be back at it, after some therapy and strengthening. With a sprain, it is a guessing game on when it will be better, and just do what I can on the days that it feels good.
For Christmas, I asked for gift cards so I could get a Garmin 620, it was my motivation to get back to training, and a tool to help me reach my goal of running a half-marathon under 2 hours, I am waiting for Nike to announce their raffle/lottery entry for the NWM in San Francisco, in October, this is where I am hoping to reach this goal! Garmin has a few different models, depending on your budget, or what you are looking to do with your training. I love that they sync up with Strava, which is a free running app, unless you wanted to go premium, but the basic does all that I want/need it to, Strava can be used with iPhone or Android. When you use the app, or log in online you will see a dashboard where you can see friends activity, runs and achievements, and can give them kudos! I love it!
I can do handstands!------------------>
Through out the OPEN I got down two movements that I have had told myself I couldn't do, way to go positivity right? I can do single pull ups, working on getting kipping pull ups now! I also learned hand stand push ups,with a plate, I can't quite go down to the ground haha! I am just glad I conquered my fear of being upside down!
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Other than that, I am staying busy with work and school, but here are a few of my personal tips that I would give to someone who is trying to get back into their normal workout routine after an injury, time off, or a loss of motivation: Take it easy, do what you can, and no matter how sore or tired you are the next day, try to get up and move around. Push that lactic acid around, don't let it hold you back! and drink TONS of water, that always helps!
Thanks for reading,
xoxo,
Tori
Thanks for reading,
xoxo,
Tori