My running has been going very well the past couple of weeks. My Groove workout (from my last post) has made me feel more strong and capable than I have in a while. I did that workout again on Sunday and will see if Deb is willing to try it on our 6.5 mile run tomorrow morning. Last week, my total mileage was 33.5 which is higher than I've done comfortably in months. It is so tempting to ramp it up further, but is that a good idea? Many running coaches suggest increasing mileage by no more than 10% per week to prevent injury and burnout. Adding 10% to 33.5 would be an additional 3.35 miles or no more than 36.9 miles for this week. Since I want to lengthen my Saturday long run in anticipation of the half I'll be doing in 2 1/2 weeks, I'll be trying to keep my other runs pretty much the same as last week. I don't want to be tired and sore when I get to mile 10 of my run! I'm going to try my hardest to run happily and save my biggest effort for September 8th and most of all, enjoy every run from now until then. Stephanie shared that she runs six days per week. I run five days with a variety of distances...Monday is an easy run with a friend, Tuesday tends to be a harder effort, Wednesday is a medium-long run, Friday is shorter and easy and Saturday is long. Thursday and Sunday are walking days with Charlie or even a sleep-in day. I also do yoga 2-3 times per week. My husband and I got a new "status" today; we moved our youngest son into his college dorm making us officially Empty Nesters. (For the record, I needed only one Kleenex to get him settled into his room.) Since we've had 1-3 kids with us for the last 23 years, this is a whole new ballgame. All three of our kids are well-prepared to be fantastic young adults, so if we were skilled enough to get them going, we will figure out this next chapter for us as well. Can anyone say Runcation?!? We have taken a few race-related trips over the years to Boston and Vermont. I'd love to see more cities with a race and some tourism fun. The race swag makes awesome souvenirs, too. If anyone has a favorite destination race, please share! Another status change for me this week is back to work. I am a dietitian working in a small school district, so I get to spend a lot of time with my staff trying to plan meals kids will enjoy as well as getting to know kids and educating them on healthy food choices and mealtime behavior. I found this meme about school meals and feel like it really fits. I'm 100% in favor of more recess and P.E. time for kids to encourage the natural wiggles that kids have and help them enjoy moving their bodies to burn their energy and calories away. Too much sitting isn't good for kids or adults. What sort of "status changes" are you experiencing these days? Is anyone else sending students off to college or even kindergarten/middle school/high school for the first time this month? Don't forget that even positive changes are stressful to your body and mind. Give yourself a little running to get that stress off the brain! Happy running--Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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