The last post I did on exercise, well that's been updated quite a bit. In these really cold wintry months I had some trouble staying motivated to run outside, so I decided to get into the Insanity program, which has been really amazing so far. It is a 60 day training HIIT program that kicks your ass!!! Once the program is finished I will focus even more on running but will definitely continue to keep it as part of my routine. It is actually a 6 day per week program of pretty intense workouts, averaging 45 minutes, the more challenging ones are closer to an hour. I am on week 3 of month 2, so have almost completed the 60 days. I definitely notice differences in my abs and obliques, my legs feel stronger, even though I've been inconsistent with my running I have been out the past few days and have been doing pretty well. At first I didn't think I could handle 6 days straight of training, but I was surprised that my body was pretty up for it, I recover fairly quickly with a decent nights' sleep. Although in this second month of max interval training I am pretty tired. I have also signed up for a few running races in the coming months, a 10k the end of March and a 1/2 marathon the end of April. Perhaps I was a little impulsive signing up for the 1/2, but I really think I'm ready to get going. I have a 12 week training program and even though I missed yesterday's and today's runs due to weather, I plan on sticking to it strong. It would be nice if I could join a gym for a few weeks while the weather starts to get warmer, but we'll see. Just have to get out there. Haven't been doing yoga like I planned to incorporate but once Insanity is over I would like to get back into a yoga routine. :-)
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