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Flexibility

19 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment

by hmurray in Half Marathon Training Tags: cross training, Half Marathon, Weights

I have said it before and will say it again “flexibility is important” in order to accomplish your goals. Here I am in my first week of half marathon training and I already missed a day. Yesterday my DD had to go to the doctor and I spent the afternoon between that and waiting for a prescription at target. But no worries, I made it up today with a double workout. I was scheduled to go to the gym and complete 30 minutes of cross training anyways, so I just threw in some strength training.

Day 4 and 5 – completed

30 minutes of elliptical – definitely prefer to run

Strength training 11/19/10 – 20 reps at each weight level

Vertical bench: 25lbs 37.5lbs
Leg Press: 87.5lbs 100lbs
Lat row: 25lbs 37.5lbs
Leg curls: 10lbs 20lbs
Shoulder press: 25lbs 37.5lbs
Addiction: 87.5lbs 100lbs
Arm curl: 10lbs 20lbs
calf press: 100lbs 112.5lbs
Tricep extension: 20lbs 30lbs
Lower back: 100lbs 112.5lbs
Abdominal: 75lbs 87.5lbs

Oh, and it’s date night tonight

Mashed Potatoes or is it?

16 Nov 2010 2 Comments

by hmurray in Half Marathon Training, Nutrition Tags: half, Nutrition, Weights

Last nights dinner was mashed Cauliflower and fried eggplant. I wasn’t able to fully mash the cauliflower without the proper utensils (guess I need to go shopping ), but it tasted very similar to mashed potatoes and DP approved. I seasoned it with sea salt, pepper, veggie seasoning, and a drip of olive oil. It was partnered with (Trader Joe’s) breaded eggplant to complete the meal, which I fried up in a thin layer of olive oil. DP’s responses “their crunchy” and “but I still want real mashed potatoes.” (gotta love that man)