Snow Day... Numero Dos

After last nights awesome ice storm, I was waken up by school's emergency alert system calling to tell me that school was closed again today.  Hooray! So, I took full advantage and slept in until 10. Woke up, had some maple and brown sugar oatmeal and decided to try my new Yoga for Athletes DVD. I stayed in my pajamas thinking it would be easy. After all, I only sweat when in the Hot Yoga class. 

WROOOOONG! This video was quite the workout! Once I started sweating, I knew I was in for a workout. I highly recommend it if you are into Yoga. Focuses mostly on the core as well as opening up your hips and allowing your hips, legs and lower body to relax. Areas of tension for a lot of runners.  

So, I've also started building a binder. In my binder I have my training plan for Pittsburgh, top 10 Yoga Stretches for Runners and specific core and leg strengthening exercises. As I get closer to being able to run again I want to make sure I am prepared this time - starting slowly and making room for injuries if need be. 

When I met with Joe and Sandy (my new running coaches) last week, they asked if I ever tried a run/walk program.  I suppose I have. It's called "Ann Marie's run until you get tired, then walk it off" program. I'm trying to get Mr. Galloway to endorse it, but he stands by his program so much - I just don't seem to be winning the battle.  They went on to tell me about a friend of theirs, who run's a 3:35 marathon but does run/walk the entire time. I believe he said she runs for 8 minutes, then walks for 30 seconds. In doing this, her LAST 3 miles are the best three miles of the entire race. The fastest, the strongest and leaves her feeling great at the end. So, what the heck. I'll give it a shot. I start running on Monday. I set my Garmin for Intervals, 5 minutes of running, 1 minute of walking for 5 rounds. I'm only supposed to do 2 miles, so I figure this will get me through it. Hopefully, it will help keep my injury away and ease me back into the grind.