INSANITY: Recovery - YES - and some freezing running!
This post is brought to you while I eat this:
and watch Grey's Anatomy. I just wanted you to know.
Also, today (this morning) was Day 11 of INSANITY which meant Cardio Recovery (click to see review). 33 minutes of less extreme cardio and squats? I can handle that.
I did some breathing, some squatting some yoga-ing, and some stretching with Shaun T before my daughter woke up.
I burnt more calories than last week - maybe I held my squats longer. :) Look who woke up right when I finished! (She is feeling better, by the way).
Since it was recovery day and the hubby was home for a few more hours (in the morning) before work, I decided to run from some Zombies.
I stepped foot outside, started my SoundCloud (Lettuce by Shaun T), started my Zombies! Run app and then took an actual breath. THEN, I finally realized it was freezing outside and that I was insane. I WAS wearing spandex, knee-high socks, shorts, a compression shirt, a jacket/coat, and a headband/ear warmer. You'd think that was enough.
For the record - it snowed quite a bit a few hours later. I'm glad I was not running in that!
I toughed it out and realized a mile into it that I was pretty much frozen and therefore could run further and for longer. I wrote on Facebook afterwards:
"I'm pretty sure I left a gallon of snot on the road while I was running. I wouldn't know for sure since it was so cold. AND the amount of time it takes to get out of running clothes that are plastered onto body is remarkable."
I could not tell whether my shower was cold or hot - it had the same numb feeling either way. Welcome to the runner's life?
The rest of the day was spent having some brunch with Grandma, doing a little shopping/cleaning/playing, and having half a salad at California Pizza Kitchen for dinner (Grandma is on Spring Break)!
Happy Thursday (almost Friday) everyone! <3