Thursday Night Yogurt

Ok, so I really mean yoga, but Bradford insists on calling it yogurt. For the past few Thursdays, I've been attending yoga at the Bronxville adult school. The lady who runs the beginner class is older and calm, and it's great because it is a true beginner class, full of people who are as inflexible as I am! Having once upon a time done ballet and acrobatics (gymnastics with a ballet slowness/twist), it's super, uber frustrating to stretch in poses I used to do no problem and now find myself hoping will end because I can barely purport to do them. But, it is more relaxing than I thought it would be.

So this Thursday, Brad and I have advanced screening tickets to the new Jack Black/Owen Wilson flick, so I can't go to yoga. So I Netflixed it tonight and did the Crunch candlelight on demand yoga. And demanding it was, much more so than the class. And it's even more frustrating because you see these people do the poses the way they were meant to be done--bent in half like pretzels. But if you can get over your ego, it's actually a very nice stretching video and rather relaxing in the end. Hoping it will help my running, since dynamic stretching got me all injured, and static stretching is more for after running rather than before... So go gurt!

Woodlawn 5K, Yoga, and Personal Goals

So there's this great market in Liberty, NY called Catskill Harvest. Delicious, homemade soups and sandwiches, old school sodas, (Cheerwine included!) and delectable local and organic goods. Needless to say, while living upstate, I frequented this establishment quite often. One of the items that I purchased and "used" today is their chocolate covered coffee beans. I say use, because I ate them pre-run.

I was rather upset about the run Brad and I had on Tuesday. 3.1 miles and it took us over 30 minutes. Granted, hills were involved, but still, we should have at least broken 30, especially with a 5k coming up this Saturday. We've been training for distance, not speed, but I still want to post a good time on Saturday because it's my home turf of Woodlawn. So I had to regain my confidence. And much to Brad's chagrin, I did. Thanks to coffee beans and my own insanity.

Today we ran 4 miles, 2 uphill and then turn around and run 2 downhill. Our 5k time was 26:19 and our 4 mile time was an insane 33:25. A new PR! I've never been so proud. Brad thinks that it might mess with our chances of posting a good time on Saturday, but it boosted my confidence so I know I can still, or rather, we can still run fast. So now I'm off to my very first yoga class at the Bronxville adult school to stretch it out. Thank you dark chocolate covered coffee beans. Thank you!