Last week I read an interesting article on usatoday.com about the importance of stretching when exercising. Contrary to everything I’ve ever been told, this article said that for a better workout you shouldn’t stretch before exercising. The information made sense but I wonder if anyone else has heard this? I’ve been told in the past that stretching after exercise is just as important if not more important than stretching before. Take a look at the article and let me know what you think: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-15-stretching-muscles_N.htm?csp=usat.me
Today I went running again. It was hard because I haven’t done much this week with being sick. I struggled to run 3.5 miles but I made it. I can’t slack this week because the Cherry Creek Sneak 5k is next week. This will be my first race in 20 some odd years. Scary as it may sound, I’m actually looking forward to it.
Breakfast
Crispex cereal with skim milk
Coffee with creamer
Lunch
Double cheeseburger (not a good choice, but we were running errands and needed to feed my daughter)
Iced tea
Snack
½ of an ice cream cone at Dairy Queen
Dinner
Left over stroganoff
My wife had a baby shower to go to today so I ended up taking my daughter to the park. We played for about an hour on the swings and the slides. While we were there the ice cream man came by. Ice cream sounded so good that when we were done playing, I took my little girl over to Dairy Queen where we shared a small ice cream cone.
Activity
3.5 mile run
1.25 Walk/Play
Ice cream without me... :(
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling better! Good luck with the 5K! I am excited for our race! I've been running a treadmill for the past couple weeks, but yesterday I thought I would run outside...YIKES! It's a whole new ballgame, so I commend you on all your hard work, especially after being sick! You deserved an ice cream! :-)
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