Dirty Little Secret
It’s official, I hate running indoors. I don’t like the treadmill and I don’t like the track, but I still completed another three miles of half marathon training and did arm weights afterwards.
For morning fuel, I had a quarter of a HUGE Fugi apple (what are they putting in those things these days?!) and some peanut butter…Krema peanut butter to be exact. I love this peanut butter not only for it’s taste, but because the only ingredient is peanuts! Now that’s how peanut butter should be!
For the first 2 miles, I ran something kind of like this on the treadmill:
| Minutes | Speed | Incline |
| 0-5 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 5-6 | 6 | 1 |
| 6-9 | 7 | 1 |
| 9-13 | 6 | 1 |
| 13-20 | 6.5 | 1 |
After that, I went and ran one mile on the track upstairs. Then, I completed this arm workout:
- Flies (lying on back) 7.5 lbs 20 reps
- Tricep Pullovers (lying on back) 7.5 lbs 20 reps
- Chest Press (lying on back) 7.5 lbs 15 reps
- Tricep Kickbacks, one arm at a time 7.5 lbs 15 reps
- Upward Rows 5 lbs 15 reps
- Don’t know the name of this one: Put arms at 90 degrees with elbows in line with shoulders and close arms in front of your face and open 5 lbs 15 reps
- Overhead press 5 lbs 15 reps
I then stretched, and headed down to the locker room to get ready. Here is my dirty little secret
I am really good at making myself look like a didn’t workout without having to shower and taking up minimal time (This morning…15 min!!)
Before…sweaty mess
After…Is that the same girl?
I know to some people it might sound a little gross, not showering after a sweaty workout, but when you don’t have time to shower here are some tips:
- Blow dry your sweaty hair on cool, if you do it on hot you will just sweat more
- Bring a curling iron to lightly curl hair and get kinks out from your pony holder
- Freshen up on deoderant
- Spritz body spray
- Put on some makeup
- Pack an outfit that is simple, cute, and comfy…like a dress. I love dresses because I can just throw it on and the outfit is on!
You may also try a “dry” shampoo. I don’t have any experience with that, but if I give it a try I will let you know!
After my workout, I had a Fiber 1 bar…these things are seriously like candy too me, don’t want to eat too many though…
I also wore my new shoes for the first time today. I have to say, they felt great!! 🙂 Gotta love good fitting shoes.
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