Happy Monday gang! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We enjoyed our first ski weekend of 2014 up in Verbier with a group of friends including a few of my old colleagues from the US who are in Geneva this week for meetings. It was an absolutely perfect weekend. The temperature on the slopes was in the high 30s and the sun and blue sky made us feel as if we were sunbathing in Florida! Our weekends tend to consist of skiing all day and then après skiing all night but somehow I found myself feeling rejuvenated instead of exhausted this morning. I think last night’s early bedtime definitely helped. 
Based on the below activity, especially Saturday and Sunday, it’s quite clear why I woke up this morning more sore than I can remember, even after marathons. Now that Emily and I are able to ski “properly” and challenge ourselves we definitely engage our entire body, especially the legs! I will certainly be sleeping in compression socks again tonight. In fact, does anyone have experience with skiing in compression socks?
Here is my Silverstone Half Marathon training recap from this past week. I’m pleased with my overall activity level but know that I need to focus on logging more miles running this week.
Monday: 20 minutes Yoga for Runners
Tuesday: 2 mile treadmill run followed by abs and leg weight exercises
Wednesday: 5k treadmill run followed by abs and arm weight exercises
Thursday: First morning run with Emily in 2014! I’ve missed our morning runs as they were a great way to catch up and enjoy some much needed company during marathon training. Hopefully we can get back into the habit. Thursday morning’s 5k run with Emily wasn’t easy but I felt great afterwards!
Friday: Rest day
Saturday: I think my Polar Loop almost exploded when it registered 16 hours and 26 minutes of active time on Saturday along with “33,125 steps”. How did I achieve this you ask? Well, I suppose 3 hours of dancing Saturday “morning” along with 7 hours of skiing intermediate runs with Emily and our instructor on Saturday followed by a few walks to and from our flat and Saturday night’s standing apres ski you get 4 hours of sleep, 3 hours of sitting for meals and the rest was standing or movement!
Sunday: Another record day of movement which resulted in 28,237 “steps”and 10 hours of active time! We were dancing into the wee hours of the morning at Farm Club in Verbier and then Emily and I spent 4 hours skiing together, testing our ability without an instructor for the first time this season!
This week my goal is 2 yoga sessions, 4 runs including 1 hill workout and 1 “long” run along with some cross training.
Are you back in the swing of workouts after the holiday break?
I’m finally getting in the swing of working out after the holidays, but strength training has made me brutally sore. Yikes.
Sometimes sore is good! I’m super sore after skiing!
I’m kind of back in the swing! After break I had a few good days, but then got a horrible cold. Add that to the polar vortex and I didn’t workout enough. Today is a new day, though…trying Flywheel for the first time!
Great job Annie!! i bet you will love Flywheel!
Love reading about your training for the next half, it’s keeping me motivated with my own! Quick question for you – do you have any recommendations for Yoga DVD’s at home? I just tried Laughing Lotus on Saturday and LOVED it, but I’m looking for some options at home when I can’t make it there. Thanks, Ashley!
I highly recommend sites like Dailyburn.com, freeyogadownload.com. and youtube as this way you wont get bored and can do various types. If you really want DVDs, I like Tara Stiles’ collection!
Loved freeyogadownload.com! Thank you!
I actually thought about skiing in my compression socks this weekend — but I think they would make my feet SUPER cold restricting blood flow… What I did was skied in my regular ski socks and changed into compression gear right after.
That was smart Ashley!!
WOW that is amazing! who knew that skiing counted as so many steps! Can’t wait for some training runs together.
Ashley! It’s awesome to see you doing different things for your training! Mixing it up is ALWAYS the best way to stay 1. Motivated, 2. Free of Injury 3. VERSATILE! We actually get our people to throw in some mix martial arts in their routines! We’ve got a web series going on for 4 months going on right now actually! Check it out! It’s in our Web Series section on our site! You might find it entertaining!!!! YET helpful! Keep up the great work!!
I used to work for a brand that is famous for their awesome socks (including both ski and compression socks), and tons of US ski team members would ski in our compression socks! Of course, they all owned their own boots, which are fitted to your foot as tight as possible, so they love a thin sock!