Sunday: 45 minute interval training on treadmill and family sledding
Monday: 45 minute interval training on treadmill
Tuesday: 45 minute interval training on treadmill
Wednesday: 45 minute interval training on treadmill (killer!), 15 minutes yoga
Thursday: 30 minutes yoga, 30 minutes Wii Fit
Friday: 45 minutes interval training on treadmill, 15 minutes yoga with Gina
The week resulted in about 20 miles of indoor running. I just feel better getting a tough interval workout on the treadmill than I do about trying to run outside on slippery ice and snow covered paths. I also like that I can be on the treadmill while Abby does Wii Fit or something like that. Gina had her usual huge amount of swimming this week, including one tri-meet and our conference championships. She again was entered in the 200 IM and the 100 Fly. She is officially tired of those events and I cannot say that I blame her. It looks grueling. I spent 7 hours this week sitting at swim meets. Sort of the anti-workout but one of those necessary things in life. If we are to encourage fitness then we have to be present in mind and body when we are called on to spectate and encourage. I really enjoyed doing 15 minutes of yoga with her on Friday. It was mostly breathing and downward dog. She commented several times during the day how great that felt and that she would have kept going. I hope to incorporate this sort of thing more and more into all of our lives. I never realized how much I would really enjoy yoga and I wish I would have started practicing a long time ago.
We started the new year with a mostly vegetarian menu plan. Pierogies, Soy patty sandwiches, spaghetti, couscous, with lots and lots of side vegetable salads like sweet potatoes and black beans, and zucchini smothered in fontina cheese. More and more we are eliminating meat from our diet. We had fish one night and that was it for the meat category. Of course the girls eat meat when it is part of the school lunch, but at home it is mostly grains, dairy, veggies and fruit.
Can I just say how nice it is to see the sun today!
Fitness is a priority in our family. I would like to share our adventures and creative strategies with others. We are a family that enjoys being together, especially outdoors in God's wonderful creation. I believe that strong, healthy parents can influence their children to follow in their footsteps. Run, hike, play, jump, swim and have fun with your family! Let fitness become your way of life........
About Me
- Denise
- Daughter, sister, wife, mother, runner, doula, friend, believer, vegetarian, and wannabe farmgirl. I am a marathon-running mommy of two girls, married to a 2-time Ironman finisher turned ultra runner who recently completed his second 100-mile race. One daughter has a passion for swimming. The other daughter has beautiful running form. Between the four of us we always have upcoming goals and events to participate or spectate at. Most days my life feels like a workout in and of itself!
