I DMd Mariana following the post from earlier today about music swaps and got a response! She was very glad to have this brought to her attention and said the music team has fixed the class and wanted you all to know. Proving she’s the best, per usual. ;)
Hi all! I recently got back into running after a long (decade) break. In my 20s I ran almost exclusively, then spent about 10 years doing a mix of yoga, strength training, skiing, tennis, etc —still active, just not running consistently.
I live in a mountainous area and am training for a local (very hilly) half marathon this summer. I’m following a Hal Higdon plan with 3 run days, 2 cross-training days, and 2 rest days. Right now my week looks like:
This was working fine until I hit an 8-mile long run this past weekend with ~660 ft of elevation gain. My legs were pretty wiped going into Sunday’s strength workout, and I still felt it on my easy run today.
Would it make sense to swap Sunday and Monday so I’m not doing strength right after long runs? Or maybe I should just do upper body on Sundays and lower body on Wednesdays? I read something about not training legs before speed runs, but when to then?
The hills are not going anywhere!
ETA - I have a two year old! That’s important context I’m realizing, haha. Two a day workouts are not going to work for me in this phase of life.
My 23.5 month old loves turning the knobs on our stove and lately, trying to use the storage drawer on the bottom as a step to climb. It’s an induction stove, so when nothing is cooking this isn’t actually dangerous, but obviously not acceptable. We have a lock to keep the oven shut.
Whenever he comes near I say, “no, you do not play with the stove,” and redirect him to toys in the living room. And then he comes running back. I have no idea what would be a good natural consequence here, it’s clearly a game to him. When his misbehaves with a toy I take the toy away, but I can’t exactly move the stove.
We have an open plan house and I otherwise don’t mind him being in the kitchen. I could technically gate off the kitchen, but I’d rather find a behavior remedy than a physical one.