Fitness Friday...April 12th Edition!

Well this isn't going to be much of a Fitness Friday for me because this week I took a recovery week! My body needed to rest and recover from all the racing I've been doing lately. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely! Did I miss running? Absolutely!!! By Wednesday I was so ready to go for a run but I knew it was best for my body to take the time to recover and rest. So I listened. So my workouts for the majority of this week were nothing but my #plankaday.

• Saturday- #plankaday 1:00, lunging and leaping and sprinting at the Zombie Run...has to count for something because my legs were super sore!

• Sunday- 13.1 miles in 2:41:45 at the Gulf Coast Half Marathon!

• Monday- #plankaday 1:04

• Tuesday- #plankaday 2:03

• Wednesday- #plankaday 1:16

• Thursday- #plankaday 1:05

• Friday- #plankaday 1:00

Today I am on a Field Trip with Sawyer and his kindergarten class! Should be lots of fun! Tonight I am super excited because it's date night!!! My hubby and I haven't had a date in FOREVER! I can't wait to spend some quality time with my man! Saturday we will be at the campsite with the Cub Scouts. We aren't camping this weekend but will spend the day there on Saturday and have a pack meeting that night. Should be a fun family weekend! 

In other news....the new Spring Collection is online for Running Skirts!!!! These prints are sooooo cute!!!

I am seriously in love with the RunBow skirt!!!! And I am loving the Caribbean Plaid one too! Don't forget that as one of my readers you can save 15% off at Running Skirts with the code roadrunnerskirt!

I also have some exciting news to share with you! You all know how much I love Huma Chia Energy Gel right? This has become my number one gel to fuel my runs with. I love that it's all natural, made with chia seeds, and doesn't hurt my tummy! Well...Ian (the founder of Huma Gel) contacted me and asked me if I would like to be a Huma affiliate!!! I didn't even hesitate...of course I want to!!! I love promoting products that I love and believe in and Huma Gel is definitely one of those products! So....since I know you are going to be buying your own Huma Gel...please help me show my love of Huma Gel by clicking on the Huma Gel logo on the sidebar of my blog when you need to order your Huma Gel! You can also click the logo in this post too. I appreciate it!!! 

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I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend full of awesome runs and time with your family! 

QOTD: What is one product that is a MUST for you as a runner or athlete?

Fitness Friday...Sick time

Thanks again for all of your encouraging words regarding my horrible long run last weekend! I have the BEST readers and you all know how to make me feel so much better!

A lot of you said that since I was developing a cold that it probably contributed to my run being so bad. Well I will just tell you that the cold has been in full force this week! I haven't been able to breathe well through my nose and have been sneezing and coughing like crazy. I think today I am on the downside of it but it hasn't been fun.

Here are my basically non-existant workouts this week. I didn't feel like doing much this week and I think my body was trying to tell me to rest. So I did just that.

• Saturday- #plankaday 1:00, 18 mile run/walk

• Sunday- #plankaday 1:30

• Monday- #plankaday 1:10

• Tuesday- #plankaday 2:00

• Wednesday- #plankaday 1:04 

• Thursday- #plankaday 1:30

• Friday- #plankaday 1:00, 10 mile run

So nothing spectacular this week. It was even hard planking with a stopped up nose. But I did it! I cannot wait to get back to running more! Today I am running 10 miles...it's taper time for the marathon! But this 10 miles scares me a little since last weekend's run was so bad. Hopefully it will be a great run!

The knee is feeling so much better. And at my appointment this week with Dr. Justin he lowered my treatment to just once a week instead of twice a week since the knee is making great progress! Yay! Now I've just got to stay injury free for this marathon...and all the other races I have planned for 2013!!! 

Some other exciting news! You all know how much I LOVE my running skirts, right? Well I have a discount code to share with you that will save you 15% off your order!!! The code is "roadrunnerskirt" and it never expires so you can use it as often as you'd like!! If you're like me you get a new skirt fairly often so this code will come in handy!!! And just in case you forget the code...it's on the sidebar on the running skirts logo! ;-)

QOTD: What awesome workout did you do this week?