Rita is back and raring to go...

Sounds like over her Easter vacation she only got one run in, so she decided we need to kick it up a notch. Lots of cardio and different moves. On Wednesday we did reverse suicides. This is a modification of interval training. Cones are placed along the parking lot going up hill. You run as hard as you can to the farthest cone, then jog back to the start. Then you run hard to the 2nd cone and back and so on. In between sets we would work on other strength areas with the bands.

On Friday we did speed training with parachutes. You place the parachute strap around your waist and run up the hill as fast you can trying to "inflate" the parachute. Then an easy jog back and do it again. We did a circuit with different stations including throwing a bag of weights up the hill, one-legged squats and rope wiggling including squats.

Cyndi wore her garmin on Wednesday and Friday and we seem to get in a total of 1.5 to 2 miles with each morning work our.

Next Saturday is the mud run. I really am not looking forward to getting muddy and definitely not looking forward to getting mud in my ears, nose, mouth or eyes. I know with Steve and Jessy there they will make sure I don't get away clean. My plantar fasciitis is flaring up again. I am a bit concerned, but as long as it warms up I should be OK.

Today Steve and I went for a 17 plus mile bike ride our normal beach route. It felt good to be back on the bike. Funny though, I kept thinking we had a head wind, but then realized going 15 miles an hour when you are use to running at about 4.5 miles per hour would seem like a head wind. I just don't remember that from before. It was a good workout and being fitter, my heart rate came down very fast when we stopped at lights and at the end of the ride.

Going to Baltimore this week for work. Let's see if I can fit in some workouts, but I'm not sure the early morning thing is going to work for me because of the time difference. I have to keep making good food choices.