Happy Sunday! I hope you all have had a lovely weekend. Bo and I spent the weekend in London getting ourselves back on track. We slept 8 hours each night, worked out each day, cooked in each night together, and enjoyed lots of relaxation time catching up on The Good Wife and watching movies. 
When we weren’t cooking this weekend we were spending our time working out. The month of December didn’t do much for my training and overall health. I spent two of the weeks battling and succumbing to illness and the other two were spent either stressing myself out over work or celebrating and making merry. In fact, when I look at Daily Mile or even my calendar, I can only find 9 workouts – for the entire month.
Luckily, I have the Adidas Silverstone half marathon in 57 days and this fact is enough to motivate me to ensure I have at least 28 solid days of training this month. This week kicked off my half marathon training and it was a fabulous first week even with New Years Eve festivities in the midst of everything. I am going to work with Gia for this training plan but I won’t have my training plan until this week. Therefore I spent last week trying to build my overall fitness level. I mixed running, weights, yoga and movement together to remind my body and mind how wonderful it feels to workout even when it isn’t convenient. Here’s the week in review:
Monday: 60 minute Elliptical session and 60 minute long walk on the beach with my mom
Tuesday: Travel day but did reach 16,000 steps according to my Polar Loop thanks to lots of airport walking
Wednesday: rest day
Thursday: Uplifting-Sculpt Fusion with Laura and Melissa at Uplift Studios (review to come this week)
Friday: 75 minutes Yang and Yin Yoga at Good Vibes Fitzrovia
Saturday: Lululemon London 60 minute Forrest Yoga class with London blogger friends
Sunday: 4 mile run through Regents Park in London with Bo
My plan for this week is at least three runs and at least one yoga session in addition to the two days of skiing I know are coming up in Verbier this weekend!
Your turn: What’s your plan for January? Do you have something you’re training for or just ready to get back on track?
I’m not training for anything specific right now but I’ve signed up for janathon and jantastic to motivate me to keep working out when the weather was so awful.
Having something to train for always keeps us honest right?
I am doing the Fred lebow manhattan half at the end of this month.
I start this week with my full marathon training (nj marathon is 4/27) so the half will be a training run. Basically I’m paying to run in Central Park lol. 🙂
I laugh how they change the name of the races! Good luck with training!
Happy New Year! It’s strange reading about runners who are based in the UK even if it is only on some weekends!
I enjoy reading your blog 🙂
There are so many London bloggers these days! You should check out Leah and Charlie’s sites!
I also did not work out nearly as much as I would have liked during the holiday season – I don’t think iI worked out the entire time I was home (eek)! It was nice to have a break, but I know I feel better when I’m sweating regularly, so in January, I’m going to try to run every other day, and hopefully, I’ll be signing up for a half or two soon.
I know exactly how that feels Jordan! At least we get a fresh start this month 🙂
Just catching up on everyone’s blogs from the holiday (I’m slacking!) and I’m glad to see I’m not the only one fighting the urge to hibernate. I’m currently dealing with a slight cold, plus the “feels like” -5 outside. Tonight I WILL go to the gym! It helps that I’m attending a “Mr. & Mrs. Carter” bootcamp class. All Jay-Z and Beyonce! 🙂
JayZ and Beyonce? That sounds awesome!! You should share the playlist afterwards!