This Week in Workouts: Reunion

Happy August! Since we will be starting our camping adventure in a few short hours it just made sense to do Sunday's post today. Because of this, there will be no post on Sunday, but we will continue with regular blog posts all next week!

This week has been fantastic! It all started off with the last camp session and one that we have never done before- a camp reunion. We have had past campers, previous counselors, and camper parents participating camping this past week. People have come from all areas of the US, Colombia, Sweden, Australia, and Russia for this week at camp! Considering that a few of these people are also Olympians, marathoners, ultra-marathoners, and tri-athaletes, this week has not been a walk in the park on the fitness front. It has been so inspiring to have people 20+ years older than me kicking my butt in every fitness category. What a great reminder that age is but a number!

Sunday: I led the spine stretching and strengthening yoga flow for some of our camp attendees! It will be on the blog soon!

Monday: My favorite 3.75-mile run ever!

Tuesday: The Squat-tastic workout followed by this Lesley Fightmaster's yoga flow for runners.

Wednesday: An isometric ab workout you will see on the blog soon :) Seriously, this is the stealth kind of workout where you feel fine till two days later and suddenly unable to laugh due to core pain.

Thursday: One last run to my favorite bagel and coffee shop. It ends up being about 4.7-miles and at the end we met up with family and friends for some coffee, sweet rolls, bagels, and a few good byes!

Friday: Hitting the road!!

Weekly Workout Goal

Almost all of next week will be filled with camping followed by one day at Disney World! Because of this, I am keeping my workout goals pretty relaxed. Some of the things I would love to do are do some camp-style yoga, hike some of the Appalachian Trail, see a waterfall, and run some of those incredible Disney running paths. If this week turns into a massive s'mores and sleep fest, I am happy with that as well.

Happy weekend! I hope yours is filled with a bit of R&R as well :)

This Week in Workouts: Injuries, Blogs, and New Goals

This week was both a fantastic week in workouts and a not-so-great one. First off, I accomplished my weekly goal of doing yoga at least once per day. You see, last week I realized that my yoga routine had taken a major back seat to jogging and not working out. This left me feeling groggy throughout the day and my balance, coordination, and athletic abilities were suffering as well. The goal of completing more yoga more often was also spurred on by a bit of a running injury.

You may remember me talking about the run where I knew my shoes bit the dust on last week's TWiW; well, turns out that it got that pesky plantar facialis all kicked up in both my feet. The kicker though was when I got a bit over-excited about some new running shoes and went on a 4-mile run the next day. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Needless to say, this week has had a bit less running and waaay more strength and stretching in its schedule.

The daily yoga has massively helped my plantar facialis and my overall fitness. The injury has also helped me remember that sometimes we need to give our bodies a break. These things do a lot for us and listening to our bodies and our pain is super important. Too bad about that hindsight thing, not running those 4-miles could have saved me some serious pain and inconvenience.

Sunday: Easy bedtime yoga flow

Monday: 4-mile jog that k-i-l-l-e-d me toesies and footsies followed by an old routine but favorite, the Twist and Detox Flow by Yoga Journal.

Tuesday: Baron Baptiste's Standing Hip Opener Flow that I soooo needed!

Wednesday: This Strong Yoga Flow that I will definitely be doing again. Also, is anyone else noticing handstands and headstands are becoming a serious trend for every yoga class? I am loving all these inversions!!

Thursday: 1.5-mile warm-up run followed by this Yoga For Runners flow by Lesley Fightmaster. I loved this flow and would completely recommend it to any runner out there.

That night I also did a super awesome yoga flow for spine flexibility and strength. This spine flow will definitely need to be shared soon- I felt like I had just been to the chiropractor and masseuse when it was done!

Friday: Tum, Tush, and Legs Interval Workout. Yoga flow for flexibility.

Saturday: In the morning I did this Bum and Thighs Yoga Flow with Adriene. It was ok, but not my favorite. Before bed I did the Lesley FIghtmaster Yoga Flow for Runners again!

Blog Housekeeping

Now, for some housekeeping! I wanted to give a quick update to a new, weekly, installment we will be having on the blog. Since so many people are finding out and following P+K daily, it just made sense to me to start doing a Throw Back Thursday for the rest of the summer. This means that once a week (on Thursdays) P+K will be showing one of its most popular blog posts from the past. Since P+K has been going strong for about 2-years now and many posts in that time were pretty informative, it just makes sense to share them again.

From next week until the first week of September, Thursdays on P+K will be a total walk down memory lane that I am soooo excited to share with you!!

Also, I have been in the habit of making a weekly fitness goal every Sunday and think it would be nice to share on these TWiW's as well. Below is this week's workout goal :)

Weekly Workout Goal

Run 12-miles and continue my goal of doing one yoga flow per day! Also, go to one hot yoga class this week.

12-miles over a week may not seem like a lot, but I want to get back into jogging slowly to avoid any more unneeded injuries. The yoga has also been such a great help that I do not know why I would not continue it. I have also been seriously missing hot yoga and found a good place for it in Grand Rapids. That is a must for this week!