I have been the worst little blogger lately. I’m going to try to get back into it, because I really did love blogging before the marathon. With my birthday, various trips and an insane work schedule, blogging has fallen to the bottom of my list. I’m sorry. I’m back. I’ll try to recap a few things that have happened over the last two weeks and then will keep going strong!

Anyway, last Friday B and I had the day off to attend the wedding of one of his friends. Because we didn’t have to get on the road too early, the two of us got up and got in some good fitness before hopping in the car for a few hours. I had run the day before and decided to tackle one of the Nike Training Club strength workouts. I chose the 45 minute Stinger workout. Little did I know how much this stinger would be a pain in the butt the next day! I started with 15 minutes on the bike but found that the workout also included a bit of cardio in the beginning to get your heart moving. Good to know for future cases with a short amount of time. The workout was good, I found it to offer a variety and I liked that it bounced around from one part of the body to another. I felt tired after it but when I woke up the next day my butt and thighs hurt more than my head after a night at the wedding! I swear I walked funny for two days. However, it was a good indication that I’d been slacking on my strength training. This is me now promising to get back on it. Hopefully I can get my body feeling strong again.

I got out of work relatively early last night (considering how late I’ll be working over the next 6 weeks) so I was able to get in a 3 mile tempo run on the treadmill. I was a bit slower than my PR pace but was I think I’ll have to work to get back to that. With the temperatures rising outside, loads of people heading to the treadmills with their body heat making the gym felt like a steam room. In addition to my run I finally got to test out my Nike Training Club app. You pick a workout and it walks you through the various moves, offering videos if you are uncertain. It times everything out, even rest breaks. I really loved this. It made sure that I was getting in various and new moves and I couldn’t cut it short without skipping the exercise. I’m really looking forward to trying it again soon and testing out all the different exercises.