Happy Wednesday my friends, and you know that that means…
Its WORKOUT WEDNESDAY!!
I talked yesterday about doing push-ups daily, but I’ve also been working on getting miles in for my half-marathon training.
I went running with my friend Rachel over a week ago and talked about endurance in running. Rachel definitely has the endurance part of running down. I’ve realized that I’m lacking in that area. I can sprint my heart out all I want for short-distances, but when it comes to running for the long haul, I really start to fall short.
I’ve been working on slowing down and slowing my breathing. I know that when I start gasping for air, its all mental, I think that I can’t control my breath and then I give up. Rachel gave me a great tip,
“when you get to that point and you start gasping for air, mentally tell yourself to slow your breathing down, you can control it.“
And it’s working!
I went for a 3 mile run the other night {around 7pm, its too hot!! yes you’ll hear me say this the whole month of August, just sayin’} and I worked on running a bit slower and concentrating on controlling my breathing. I ran half a mile without panicking, in fact, it was so enjoyable, I just kept going without fear of passing out. 
Success!
So what’s your workout this week?
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The heat is always the worst part of it! Thankfully San Francisco won’t be hot for you! You can do it!
I’ve been having trouble motivating myself to do push-ups and other core work too. Slowly, I’ve been adding them into my routine. By September, I should be where I want to be.
I’ll have to do an actual post sometime for the linkup, but I have too many other things to blog about this week.
For the month of August, I’ve committed to doing the 30 day shred every single day (so far so good). I want to try p90x in Sept or October and I’ve got my 2nd Half on 9/5 so I thought that would be a good way to test my mettle and lose a few more pounds before the half. Other than that, I am doing my normal running training (3x/wk: pace run, hills or speed, and then long run) and going to the gym on Sundays for my favorite classes. This week, my long is a 10 miler. *eep!*