Jen's Blog

I had so much fun with my oldest at the Color Run this last weekend...it was just the two of us on a cold morning! The race was a lot of fun and really well organized!

It's been awhile since I posted! My goal is to run 6 races this summer...ending with a half marathon in October! This is what I have so far... April 26th, 2014 - Color Run May 4th, 2014 - 5K at the Eau Claire Marathon June 20th, 2014 - UV Color Splash by Color Dash October 19th - Half Marathon!

Week Four in my quest to run a half marathon in October! (well week five, but I had a whole week setback when I was sick). This weeks training schedule includes 3 runs, a yoga and hopefully an elliptical workout.  Today I got in the first run, which was a 20 minute steady run. I also am experimenting with some healthy recipes to try and get my boys to eat a little bit more meat and veggies.  Last night I made a Pecan Chicken Tender recipe and they eat it up!  It was from a clean eating for families cookbook and I felt so happy that they loved it!  This one will be added to our monthly rotation for sure. I am hoping to have some fun appetizers and snacks for the Olympics opening ceremonies.  This usually involves a lot of fried cheese items, but I am hoping to go a little healthier this year.  Does anyone any ideas? Looking forward to another great week here!

My goal is to run 6 races this summer...ending with a half marathon in October! So far I am officially registered for one. May 4th, 2014 - 5K at the Eau Claire Marathon

I am not going to lie, the last few weeks have been rough!  The cold weather, the snow and my week long cold.  I did not exercise at all last week!  And I have been dying to run outside but I just can't bring myself to do it in the cold and the snow!  Add into that the home renovations we have been doing and the fact I started graduate school in.  Crazy! I did however get back on track this week!  I restarted week 3 of my 5k to 10k program, and I could tell I took a week off!  So far this week I have been active everyday except Sunday. Monday - Ran 20 minutes, 5 minute warm up and cool down, 10 minutes arm strength Tuesday - 50 minutes yoga, abs workout Wednesday - 40 minutes elliptical Today my plan is to get in 25 minutes of running, 35 minutes total.  Friday is elliptical and maybe yoga and Saturday is my long run for this week, 40 minutes. Also this week I decided to do something about the 10 pounds I gained over the holidays and I t...

It was a busy week here...as usual. I have one child recovering from a concussion and another came down with a fever. Thankfully the concussion is on the mend and the fever was shirt lived! I struggled this week though. The ten pounds I gained over the holidays started to get to me. I didn't get very many workouts in and I was either a little sick or just feeling the winter blues. Maybe a little of both. I was able to bounce back today after feeling sorry for myself forms few days. The wonderful massage I had this morning helped. Sometimes you need to take care of yourself in order to take care of anyone else. I did get two out of three runs in this week...today I got in 2 miles which felt pretty good. The first good workout I have had all week. Planning on getting another workout in on Sunday. Busy weekend here, basketball tournament for my youngest tomorrow and our 17 year anniversary celebration tomorrow evening. Also we will be finishing up our house projects hop...

well I got my workout in today but it was a big struggle. I was just tired and very unmotivated, and the run felt sluggish and it was not very fun. Total workout time today was 36 minutes. I am proud of myself for not skipping it like I wanted to, and I do admit later in the day I did feel pretty good. I did a total of 2.2 miles so that was good. I do have one more workout to get in this week. I wish I had done it yesterday when I had the day off, but I was working on my office the whole day. Now I need to either get my long run in late tomorrow or late Saturday. I work all day tomorrow and we have an all day basketball tournament Saturday. I struggle with getting my workouts in early in the morning or later in the afternoon. I really prefer to do it between the hours of 9am-3pm. This week my long run is 35 minutes. I hope to get in a workout Sunday as well, starting week three of the 5k to 10k program and hopefully an hour of yoga. That should start my week out right! ...