Week 2 #HolidaySweat Challenge Recap

Things have been busy with the Run Flow Go family. Once we get through Thanksgiving weekend, the schedule starts to get filled with school events and holiday shopping and preparations. Add to that children that are excited about the holidays and the schedule can get unwieldy.

I have managed to keep up with the HolidaySweat challenge despite the December happenings, but I'm not doing such a good job keeping up with this fledgling blog project. Other things vying for my time include making a quilt for my niece born a week ago, making an ornament for a swap hosted by Crazy Mama Runner and moving around a certain Elf. I have delusions that I will also sew teacher gifts and pillow cases for my children and nieces and nephews as Christmas presents. 

But the exercise gets scheduled first so all of these other activities have to find their place in the rank and file after that.

Below is my summary for week 2 of the HolidaySweat challenge. We were given a bonus challenge to have 9 Freggie servings. Despite meal planning efforts, I couldn't get the bonus points, but I did get to the 7 serving target each day which is an improvement over the previous week. I am trying to keep my Freggie balanced to the "egggie" side of the equation and have been successful so far in not loading up on fruits to hit the daily target.

HolidaySweat Week 2: 

Day	Water	Freggies	Workout & Check in	Notes
Monday	1	1	3	AB Blast/stretching
Tuesday	1	1	5.5	Ran 4.5 miles on TM/RER Tuesday workout
Wednesday	1	1	1	Social media check-in
Thursday	1	1	4.6	Ran 3.6 miles
Friday	1	1	1	Just a social media check in
Saturday	1	1	7.5	2.5 miles running on TM/Vinyasa yoga class
Sunday	1	1	7	Ran 6 miles on the TM

My running mileage total for the week was 17.  That is on the upper end of what I normally can accomplish both due to time constraints and fears of over use injuries. Interestingly, the past few weeks I have been able to sustain 14+ miles and some back to back running days. Two big differences - the treadmill and I have started low heart rate training. More on how I am approaching the low heart rate training in another post. 

Week 3 Goals:

• 15 miles running
• 3 yoga practices
• lower body strength training
• keeping the freggie momentum going

Have a great week!