I Hate Cardio Check-IN, 3/28

[Imafitnessfreak]

Hi Diane,

6 days last week...EXCELLENT!!! Keep it up!! I'm proud of you!

I am recovering from a stress fracture so I just added in a 3rd day of running. The other 3 days are elliptical. Now, right now I am training for a marathon so I most likely will stick with 3 running days a week...4 at the most! "Why so few running days?" you ask?? Because it is critical to keep the injuries away...and the more days you run and the more miles you pile on, the more likely you are to get hurt...no matter how awesome of a runner you are! Once you start hitting 30-35 miles per week, your risk of injury really jumps up...and that is when it happened for me. So, I have scaled it way back and I am at about 25 miles per week. I'll do 7-8 tonight with my running group, 3-4 miles on Thursday and then the long run (16-18 miles) on Saturday.

My advice...stick with 4 days of running but slowly increase your time. Example...twice a week, do 35 minutes. Get comfortable with that, then slowly increase 1-2 of your runs again.

GOOD LUCK!! Be careful!! Listen to your body! Sore..fine! Pain...STOP!!

 

[MarleysMom]

I think there is a big misconception here....we hate cardio, but we DO it, most of us do it 5-7 days a week, we just want to cry about it that's all. We are the support group for each other, we are CC’s (closet cardioers). Geeze, chill out people. No need for a lashing we work hard.
Anyway...oh my gosh...I have been running up and down the stairs and packing boxes. We have a lot of crap. Amazing where it can hide, we only have 1300 sq feet right now, I have no idea what I am going to do with 2700 sq ft. UUUhhhhh..had to drive to the burbs again today, I swear the burbs scare me. Anyone remember the movie with Tom Hanks called the burbs..that is going to be me, I already see it.

Diane-oh girl, I have been there done that one with the makeup. I so feel your pain, oh I so feel your pain. It sucks when that happens and even though you only live like what, 10 or 15 miles from downtown it would take the whole afternoon to get home and get your stuff. Been there done that, you have my fullest compassion. Pat on the back for going to the gym! I can't wait to pull my beloved treadmill out of storage, I think I might actually kiss it just because I have missed it solo much. I also ordered Cardio Kicks and coremax today (yes as if I need more Cathe videos). I am determined to own all of them and now I will finally have some room to not trip over my step while attempting to complete LowMax. I make my own hummus and all I put in it is Tahini, garlic, chickpeas, olive oil, lemon and I think that is it. Ok, but don't ask how much I put in there because I just kind of guess. You have to experiment with it. I personally love lemon and garlic so I think I might OD on it sometimes. But, oh soooo yummy.

Michele-fearless leader, how is everything going today? MIL still doing good? What are you cooking for dinner for the FIL and DH? Send some my way ok, I am hungry.

Ok ladies back to packing. Be back.