Lower Bodyyyy and Boo-tay

so for lower body today i did...
3x25: clam shells, elevated clam shells, inner thigh leg raises, and quadruped glute raises.
all with a 5 lb weight! fun fun :)

plus this video:

Legs

did this beauty again. should start doing it more bc my balance was definitelyyyy not as good as the last time i did this video.

WEEK 42 (4/29-5/5)

a whole week at home to run wherever and whenever i want :)

Sunday: 5K RACE! 22:06 (by my watch...a little caught up in the back at first with lots of shuffling/weaving thru the crowd)--1st mile @ 7:06, 2nd mile @ 14: 18 (7:11), 3rd mile + .1 @ 7:48 (7:05)--SO close to breaking 22 minutes!! + 1 mile w/ warm-up & cool-down

Monday: trails, 41:09 @ 10:02 min/mile pace, 4.1 miles + ABS!

Tuesday: 20 minute elliptical + LEGS!! (great workout :])

Wednesday: 33:50 @ 8:27 min/mile pace, 4 miles on Soundview loop

Thursday: 33:09 @ 8:17 min/mile pace, 4.01 miles + upper body workout video

Friday: 31:51 @ 8:43 min/mile pace, 3.66 miles on P-loop, legs didn't feel awesome..

Saturday: rest

Total Weekly Miles: 19.86 miles

I think I need to rest my legs...

so i did a shorter run. and worked on my arms instead. boom.

Feelin' the Burn Alright...

my BUTT and LEGS are sooo sore! like, owww! it hurts to even sit down on the toilet lol

but with good reason because i killed my lower body at the gym yesterday ;)

3 sets of:
20 x plie squats w/ calf raise (12 lbs)
10 x each leg side lunges w/ knee lift (12 lbs)
20 x each leg quadruped booty lifters (w/ 8 lbs)
20 x inner thigh leg lifts (w/ 8 lbs)

AND 3 sets of 4 exercises from the "Hot Legs" workout
10 x each leg diagonal kick bridges
10 x each leg thigh trimmer
10 x each side curtsy lunges
10 x each leg golf swing squats

whoever came up with those names for those exercises are silly. lol but really...

hopefully im not tooooo sore tomorrow...kinda interferes with my running pace but i guess we shall see.

Get On My Level

+ 8 MINUTE ABS...get on my level. ;)

FIRST 5K SINCE THE SUMMER!

and it was actually REALLY good! i was a little nervous bc my legs weren't feeling too great ever since i did the Fartlek workout on wednesday. but the course was fast and flat and i ran at a solid pace, came in at 22:15 according to their clock but my watch said 22:06 (there was quite a lot of shuffling at the start, i started my watch when i actually crossed the start line). so mine is probably best. if i didnt have to weave in and out of all the people in front of me and break out of that huge pack to get to my pace, i probably could have broken 22 minutes. oh well. i'll take it. better than i thought i was going to run!

oh and i also happened to be the 2nd female finisher of the race! and since the woman (who was like, 2 years older than me?) before me won first for the overall race, i got 1st for my age group! yayyyyy :) lol so it was a pretty good day!