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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

My legs were SORE all day today. Sore in a good way, but I think I was starting to walk a little funny by the end of the day. :-) I slept terribly last night, not falling asleep until after 12:30, then up again at 1:15 until 3am, so I wasn't getting up at 7 to do the Shred before work today. My plan was to originally do the Shred in the morning and go for a run tonight (I'm still aiming to qualify for the National Half Marathon next year, but that's looking less and less likely at this point), but then with missing this morning I was going to run first, then do the Shred both tonight. But then, I was swamped at work and didn't get home until after 7, so I skipped the run altogether. I was starving, so I had a quick snack of some pretzel thins and hummus before queuing up Level 1 of the Shred.

Considering how sore my legs were, the workout felt pretty good. I even managed to do some real push-ups! (I usually have trouble keeping my balance doing those and my legs go shooting out from underneath me, but I really concentrated on keeping them in place this time.) I probably only did 5 or 7 real push-ups before resorting to girly push-ups, but it's better than nothing!

The cardio was still pretty easy for me. Maybe I need to work on making it a little more intense. Two days of jumping around and I haven't even felt a twinge in my leg where I had my stress fracture. That's really good news, considering how much the jumping rope in boxing class contributed to my stress fracture.

My abs were a little sore this morning, more than I thought they'd be, but I still don't feel like I'm getting as much of an abs workout as I'd like. I think I am going to add some weighted side bends and another set of crunches a couple days a week.

The leg exercises were still killer. Ugh, lunges. They always make me sore, which really just means they are doing their job. :-) My bum is so sore, it hurts if I sit down the wrong way!

I'm hoping I actually get a decent night's sleep tonight so that I can get up and do Day 3 in the morning and get in a run in the evening... although I'm pretty sure my legs are going to feel like they're going to fall off!



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