family crossfit and crepes

 

Two things you'll get at my parent's house: an early morning gym time and crepes. 

On Saturday morning we got both. 

Egan's workout went like this:

50 pushups

50 lunges

50 squats

50 push presses

50 kettle bell swings
50 second plank
50 mountain climbers

50 abs

listening while I run

I'm a couple weeks away from marathon day (October 6th) and I'm really excited. And guess what?! I still love running! I'm pretty surprised myself. One thing that gets me out the door and on schedule for training is what I'm listening to.

When I first started training I was into Pandora and switching from the Beyonce station to the Dixie Chicks, to the Avett Brothers, to Jay Z, to Jimmy Eat World, Fleetwood Mac and around and around.

Then I got really into the Mormon channel where I listened to a bunch of "Conversations" which I really enjoyed.

Now I'm into audible.com and I've been through 3 books so far. I've been so happy with it.

Do you like listening to books while you're exercising?
Any books you recommend?

feeding myself

A couple thoughts here...

I saw this on facebook from Cookus Interruptus and I loved it. There is application to a lot of foods we eat and is one of my strong beliefs---eating REAL food. I'm not perfect at it all the time, but it's something I consider as I grocery shop, and when I'm picking a place to eat, or planning a meal. What am I eating? Is it processed? What is it made of? Where is it coming from?

Also from Cookus Interruptus is a book by Cynthia Lair that is coming out in a few weeks. I'd really like to read it and I love the topic. The author is a Health and Nutrition Counselor and Professor at Bastyr University. She wrote the cookbook "Feeding the Whole Family" which I have blogged about before and some favorite recipes are from that book.

I'm going to quote what she said about her new book....

"Practice is only part of a winning sports strategy. Whole foods have to be part of the playbook to increase energy, endurance, and focus, both on and off the field. What to eat and when to eat, pre-game, during and afterwards? How much fluid do you need to be hydrated? What to eat when you’re on the road? These are critical answers to have for young athletes, competing on a demanding schedule and eating on the run."

So cool right?! As I'm training for a marathon this fall I have nutrition on my mind and how to feed myself before and after runs. Even without the marathon training I never quite know if I am feeding myself the right way when it comes to being an athlete.

Is this a subject that interests you? How do you feed yourself when you are being active?

marathon training

 

I am training for my first full marathon right now---St. George October 6th! I'm in my 8th week of training using Hal Higdon's training guide.  So far I've been really happy with the training and getting used to running so many miles at a time. I ran a half-marathon in 2008 which I loved, but I've never ran more than 13.1 miles at one time. I've enjoyed Ragnar and Dirty Dashes the past few years, but decided to just DO IT and signed up for St. George. I was thrilled I got in.  Riding on that high I also signed up for the Big Cottonwood half marathon in September (two weeks before my full). Pray my knees survive.

 With my long runs on Saturday's there a few things I am dependent on and couldn't run with out:

map my run app

kid clif bars

cetaphil spf face lotion

pandora

nike hand held water bottle

nike running socks

Are you a long distance runner? What are your tips and tools?

run stairs

Twin sister and I went on a nice morning run around her hood in Dana Point, CA. 

The stairs were pretty amazing and made me feel like sayin a few swears. I consider that a good workout.
Who else is excited about sunny days and outside workouts?
What's your favorite way to exercise outside?



also, does anyone know why my flicker images aren't working on this blog for posting? It just happened all of a sudden.

Workout: Run Outside

The weather has been spring-ish here in Salt Lake City (think 70+ degrees). We'll get hit with snow again before it warms up to stay, but for now all I wanna do every day after work is run outside.

Do:

snack
headband
keep running
water bottle
top
shorts
shoes

Listen:

We Will Become Silhouettes- The Shins
Starships-Nicki Minaj
Love On Top- Beyonce
High Heartbeats-Kanye and The Knife
Rock Your Body-Justin Timberlake
Intro-The XX

NTC

I'm a big fan of Nike Training Club App and love to go to the gym when the group fitness room is open and I can do my NTC workout by myself. It kicks me hard!

Do you have the app? Sometimes I'll do a 15 minute Get Focused workout after I run for an hour. And other times I'll do a 30 minute Get Lean or Get Toned workout after a 40 minute run.

I also like their Facebook page for Nike Women cause they throw some inspirational stuff on there and post some extra videos.

Do Nike commercials always rule or what?

"can you count, suckas"

pinterest fitness board
You're Gonna Be A Big Success
Nike kicks