An ex-college basketball player's attempt to compete in a half marathon!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Hurray for Hills!
The start of my week is going good so far. Now that it is Tuesday night, the two longest days of class are now over and done with for the week! Monday, I was able to find the energy to get to they gym and run for 3 miles. Afterwards I went to yoga for an hour which felt great after my run. Today, I did a short 20 min hill workout outside because the weather was absolutely gorgeous. The hill that is near my house is a steady incline and took about 45 seconds for me to climb. Even though it was super nice out, the wind was an issue. I felt like every time I climbed the hill, the wind was literally blowing against me. If anything I guess it made it harder so that is good in a way. I really tried to sprint up the whole hill and jog on the way down. I was able to complete this series about 12 times before I felt like my quads were going to give. I took a few min to stretch and ended up going to my gym to lift some weights. I lifted for about 30 min and got another good sweat going. I came home and relaxed and ate, and then went back over to the REC center to do some extra cardio before my basketball game started. I ran on the track about a mile and a half and then biked for an additional 25 min. Once I was done I was super tired. I was playing with the boys this game so I was really hoping they would not need me to play much this game which is what ended up happening, thank God. I warmed up and probably played only about 8 min. So today was a really long day of a lot of different physical activities. I feel pretty good though, my muscles are not too sore so far, but we will see how I feel tomorrow. Tomorrow I am done with class at 11 am so I am planning on lifting, running, and playing in my women's basketball game for the evening. I really should fit some studying into my workout schedule lol, but I really feel like I don't have much to study for yet. I am sure things will change soon. I am really looking forward to my Alumni basketball game this Saturday!
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Kim...you are a BEAST! I hope I'm on the same team as you...remember when I was a senior in HS and you lapped me on the track? I think that's gonna happen again. After reading your posts so far - pretty sure you are in incredible shape. So proud of you!
ReplyDeleteSee you soon!!!
Jota Moon