Happy Friday! What a week! We went from 70-degree temperatures to back below freezing overnight. I guess I spoke too soon about Spring being here, but I think that we’re going to be getting back to the 60’s in a few days. Mother Nature is such a tease!
Once again, I’m linking up with the DC Trifecta: Mar on The Run, Eat Pray Run DC, and You Signed Up for What?! for Friday Five! This week we’re talking about our 5 fitness goals, so I thought I would share mine with you!
1. Continue Practicing Yoga a Minimum of Twice a Week
I have fallen in love with yoga! I am still disbelief that this has happened, but I’m hooked! Yesterday I had my last yoga session that was part of my Yoga for Beginners package, so I’ve been on the hunt to find more opportunities to keep practicing.
The Thursday Focus Power Yoga class at Focus Barre and Yoga is my all-time favorite, so I definitely want to keep taking those classes. On top of that, I just bought a Livingsocial for Yoga Download. I got a 1-year subscription for $29, and it looks great! They have audio, video, and downloads of the poses, so I hope that this will inspire me to practice yoga at home.
I never feel better than when I finish a good yoga session. It challenges me, yet relaxes me. I think it’s a great complement to my running.
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| Before starting Yoga Class on Thursday! |
2. Increase Core Work
I haven’t been focusing on my core as much as I should. I still have Core and More Class, and Boot Camp is picking up so I hope that these help. I really want to be a strong runner, and the core is key! Nike Training Club has some great workouts that I need to squeeze in through the week!
3. Increase Mileage and Variety of Runs
My progress with running these past few months has been great! I’m really proud of myself. Last Saturday I ran 6 miles and felt pretty good! I’m not training for anything right now, but I do want to maintain running 4 days a week and make sure I’m varying terrain, elevations and speed.
4. Strengthen Upper Body
I hate when people say women have weak upper bodies. It’s annoying. But I am a woman with a weaker upper body! Yoga definitely works on this, but I also need to do more with weights. Boot Camp should help me to learn how to work with weights on my own.
5. Run a Half Marathon in the Fall
My big goal this year is to return to the half marathon world. I still have a long way to go, but races are the best motivators for me. I’d love to work with Coach Kristy again. I still have my eye on the Philly Rock and Roll Half Marathon, but we’ll see what happens!
What are some of your fitness goals? Have any of them changed since the year has started?
Thanks for sharing that deal! I just bought it too… 🙂
Hope you enjoy it…I think I’m going to use it for the first time tomorrow!
I love these goals! I can truly relate to all of them!
Haha thanks! Hopefully I can do what I need to do!!
Fun to find you from the Friday 5 link up! Strengthening my upper body is something I need to do! I have a RnR race on my fall schedule too. My sister may run Philly this year!
Awesome! Rock and Roll races have just exploded, right? It’s sentimental to me because it was my first half marathon.
Me too! I did the half marathon relay in VA Beach and I had the longer half, so that was my first “long” race!
Yoga is something I really need to work on as well, for its own benefits and because I know it will really help with my running.
I hear ya’ on the core work too…it’s a must, but it seems so easy to ignore sometimes!
Sometimes when you’re working so hard on a certain area, you neglect others. Can’t leave out the core!!
I love yoga and should do it much more often! I always feel so wonderful afterwards. Good luck on your goals!
Thanks April! Yoga is the best isn’t it??
Love that you are a yogi now. I need to work on that! And I have the weakest upper body ever. Still really want to be able to do a pull up some day, need to get back on track working on that!
Omg, can I call myself a yogi now?! Pull ups are the ultimate test of an upper body…one day we’ll get there!
totally in love with yoga! I wanna run in Philly someday!!
Philly’s a great city for flat runs, I think people love to PR in Philly!
thanks for linking up! i think you have some great, reachable goals! i will put in a plug for the navy / air force half marathon in dc in september because i’m running it 🙂 all the yoga and corework will really help your running! visiting from the #fridayfive linkup AND from #SITSSharefest 🙂
Oh that sounds awesome….I really do need to run in DC soon!
I love your goals! They are really well rounded. I also need to strengthen my upper body, I go through phases where I’m really strong and then phases where I slack off in that area. So nice to have you linking up with us this lovely Friday!
Thanks Cynthia! I love the Friday Five, it’s a lot of fun! Hope we both reach our goals!
I need to focus on core work more too! Thanks for the reminder 🙂
You got it! Even when I write it down to do, I still forget!
Great goals! One of my fitness goals is to incorporate yoga into my workout schedule. I love yoga and when I was doing it weekly, just one 1 hour session after a few weeks I couldn’t believe how strong my upper body was. I need to get back to it. We also suffered weather whiplash this week. 70s on Sunday and snow & 30s on Monday. Ugh. Visiting from SITS. Have a great weekend.
This weather has been crazy right? It’s been a wild spring! Yoga seems to help a lot with strength, who knew?!
Hey! You Go Girl! Doing great on your goals!
Stopping by from SITS linkup and found you. Fellow DC person!
Thanks a lot Luci!
Yoga is a fantastic compliment to running, so good for the hips. And I LOVE bootcamp style classes. Always good workouts for the entire body.
Great goals! Yoga is such a good compliment to running. I find that it opens up my hips and I have less problems with my hips/lower back/glutes when I do more yoga. Have fun with boot camp! I love boot camp classes because it’s such a great workout for the whole body.
Thanks a lot! I didn’t think I could really do good for my hips until yoga came along…seriously!
I love hot yoga as of late also! I love the sweat and the yoga just makes me feel good. I aiming for once a week now. It’s a great compliment to running. The Philly RnR is supposed to be an amazing race. Good luck with your goal to run it! I had fun participating in the FridayFive link up too-glad I discovered you blog as well.
Thanks a lot Deborah!! Philly RnR will always have a special place in my heart. Looking forward to linking up again!
Another yoga convert! I need to get my butt to a class. Great goals!
Thanks Crystal!
Great goals! I love yoga as well and it really does seem to complement running. I love the way it loosens all my muscles that feel tight after a run
Thanks Chaitali! I need to try practicing yoga right after my runs…I’m sure it’ll feel amazing!
I love love love weightlifting, I hope you like it too!
Good luck with training for your half.
I desperately need to do yoga at least once a week. I don’t have the patience for it, which means I need it even more!
It can be tough to get started, but once you get a good groove, it’s so addictive!
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