White Tea - Remember when I said I was going to start drinking white tea? Yes? No? Well I did and I have been. I've tried several types and discovered that for the most part, I rather like White Tea. Who knew?! My two favorites are White Peony and Blueberry Pomegranate White Tea, both from Art of Tea. I've also discovered some that I really don't care for, namely anything with bergamot or ginger added. Live and learn.
Workout Tracking - Some of you use fancy schmancy programs to track your workouts. Some of you use charts. I happen to be a fan of the pen and paper method via a little calendar notebook. However, I didn't buy a new one until recently. So my tracking for this month has not been going well. I find myself trying to remember what I did and back fill it. Also, without the tracking, I've been a bit sloppy with the excuses. This should all come to a head now that I have a new notebook in place though. Phew!
Strength Work - I've been feeling that my routine has been getting stale. It's been a long time since I've done straight up strengthening exercises with weights, so I decided to give that a go yesterday. My arms are sore today, in a good way, so I must have done something right. Time will tell as to whether or not I stick with this or not, but for now I am interested in working this in.
Oh, and it looks to be a balmy 31 deg at my scheduled running times tomorrow & Saturday. Woot! So much better than the frigid stupid cold last weekend.
Being the data geek I am, I used a pretty detailed spreadsheet with all sorts of metrics to track my workouts
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your runs tomorrow and Saturday, sounds like your weather should be decent compared to last weekend, though I would have taken single digits over the 60 low/80 high I had to run last weekend at my marathon
Hooray for notebooks! And for arms hurting in a good way!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge stats geek so use different programs and spreadsheets but I do love the pen and paper too. I'm doing upper body and core 3 times a week currently and will up to 4 times next month. It definitely helps for the longer runs.
ReplyDeleteI used Dailymile for tracking my workouts but went back to an excel sheet. This way I can keep all the data that is important to me and also can compare years.
ReplyDeleteI too use Dailymile but I love nothing more than a nice calendar and pen!
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