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Happy Monday Morning FitFam and welcome to April!<\/p>\n

I got so much positive feedback about #MyMarchMaddness<\/a>\u00a0that I’m thinking about making it an annual thing?!? Well,\u00a0we’ll see\u00a0what next year brings….?
\nSo a couple\u00a0of weeks ago I started training to run a 10K in the 2016 Calgary Mother’s Day Race<\/strong>.\u00a0I have been following the Nike Running App <\/strong>training\u00a0program and have been really enjoying it. However, I found out this weekend that I won’t be able to run that particular race because of a scheduling conflict. I plan to keep on training and do another race in May or June. I\u00a0did not run or workout this weekend,\u00a0and was able to REST<\/strong>, REGROUP<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0REFOCUS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

REST<\/strong> is so good for the body, mind and soul! I try to be very careful in my fitness regimen not to over train or over exert myself, because I don’t want to\u00a0get injured and be forced to\u00a0be out of the game for an extended period of time. It’s a testament to this that\u00a0since I started on this journey over a year ago, I have not sustained\u00a0a single injury! As hard as it is for me I know\u00a0that I\u00a0have to consciously take time off<\/strong> in order to maintain balance! I spent a lot of time<\/b>\u00a0with my kids this weekend just having fun and not rushing through anything it was so refreshing!???<\/p>\n

To REGROUP<\/strong> I spent a good chunk of time this weekend meal prepping<\/strong>. Even though I have been training pretty hard, I haven’t been eating very well lately because I haven’t been making the time to meal prep properly.\u00a0Meal prepping is honestly so important because there’s\u00a0no point\u00a0in putting in all the\u00a0effort at\u00a0the gym or on the track if you’re not putting the right things into your body!???<\/p>\n

To REFOCUS<\/strong> I spent some time analyzing my current training program\u00a0and decided to change it a bit\u00a0in order to establish\u00a0a more sustainable rhythm for myself going forward.\u00a0 I really love Running<\/strong> and want to run more races\u00a0but I also really love my HITT\u00a0Workouts<\/strong>\u00a0and Weight Training\u00a0<\/strong>and don’t want that to suffer every time\u00a0I’m training for race – so\u00a0I’ll be doing more of a\u00a050\/50 program<\/strong> going forward. I will run at least 3 days a week and cross-train at least 3 days a week. I plan to maintain this regimen for the\u00a0month\u00a0of\u00a0April and will give a review on it at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

The picture below is not a very clear picture but I just had to share\u00a0it along with a quick story\u00a0because I am SO PROUD of my progress. I have not been able to hold a proper side plank since having my baby last year. I honestly don’t even know when my core strength came back because I have avoided this particular exercise for months! But the other day I\u00a0decided to attempt it\u00a0and was ELATED to find that I was able to hold it! It’s things like this that encourage me to continue in this lifestyle,\u00a0when\u00a0I see that all my hard work is not in vain!
\nI hope this encourages you to NOT GIVE UP<\/strong>!
\nHave\u00a0a FABULOUS<\/strong> week!<\/p>\n

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