My baby girl and I were goofing off last night outside. She thought taking self pictures was pretty cool. Her big bro was inside sleeping so we played with the cats and just generally had a fun time. No running for me today. I took a much needed rest day. My legs are sore today. I used the foam roller for a bit and threw in some pushups, pullups, and ab work and called it a day! I have a 5 mile race this weekend and considering how my legs are feeling I am thinking of skipping it. I hate to do that though, I love this race. It is a super fast course all downhill and flat. SO maybe I won't skip it, but I am going to baby my legs a little more than usual this week.
Can you tell I love sunrises and sunsets, but seriously we get the most beautiful ones ever at my house, and while this technically is not a sunset it does look pretty neat in my book. I love the way the rays of the sun are coming out of the clouds.
I did a virtual 5k as part of my long run Sunday. It was called the "Not Over the Hill Virtual 5k" Carrie at Family Fitness Food was hosting for her birthday. Happy Birthday Carrie! One of the rules was that you had to include some sort of hill. I picked on that is 3/4 of a mile long and gains over 200 feet in elevation. It is kind of a doozy in the middle of a long run, but I think it makes me stronger in the end so I do it! Miles 4 through 7.1 were my 5k miles, took me 26:32. Not bad considering tired legs. Of course there was also the nice uphill portion to begin with :)
Here is the bottom of the hill looking up, you can't see it all since the road goes around the corner, it can be a little deceptive.
At the top looking back! Yeay I made it! I'm on top of the world. Sorry no pictures of me, not sure what I was thinking, but maybe I was too pooped out to think right.
Off to work today, rest day again. I will do more foam rolling when I get home, then tomorrow I will start in with the running again. The mornings are starting to feel very much like fall. I think fall is my favorite time of year.
What is your favorite time of year?
My baby girl and I were goofing off last night outside. She thought taking self pictures was pretty cool. Her big bro was inside sleeping so we played with the cats and just generally had a fun time. No running for me today. I took a much needed rest day. My legs are sore today. I used the foam roller for a bit and threw in some pushups, pullups, and ab work and called it a day! I have a 5 mile race this weekend and considering how my legs are feeling I am thinking of skipping it. I hate to do that though, I love this race. It is a super fast course all downhill and flat. SO maybe I won't skip it, but I am going to baby my legs a little more than usual this week.
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