Weekend Recap...Training, Lifting, and Relaxing

My kiddos went back to school today. Am I sad, not really, lol! Is that bad? I mean don't get me wrong I miss my kids, but I also enjoy my time. Call me selfish!

My kids enjoy school so I enjoy them going.

My baby started kindergarten today, he was so excited.

My daughter is in the 2nd grade and my son is in the 5th grade. This will be the only year they are all at the same school:)

My afternoons are busy too, filled with homework, soccer, football, and gymnastics. Its about to get crazy.

I got to spend some girl time with the bestie this weekend. She is a personal trainer and owns Rock n Body bootcamp here in Mobile. We laughed at the fact that putting on makeup and doing out hair is like a luxury now and takes a lot longer than it used too. We live in running shorts and tshirts. LOL

I got some quality gym time in this weekend and this morning. I have been loving my Gripad lifting gloves. I have had these for over a year and they are still my favorite lifting gloves I have ever owned. My hands sweat and I hate my fingers being restricted in most style gloves. I can wear my rings wings these gloves and it doesn't bother them. Also they are so light weight its like wearing nothing. You do have to use them a couple of times so that they form to your hands, but I am telling you they are well worth the money. If you receive Runners World magazine, they almost always have an ad in the back for a percentage off. Check them out; GRIPAD

i have also been conditioning my legs, I have the Marine Corp marathon coming up, but I also have the Spartan Sprint 2 weeks after the MCM. So I have been doing more weight training in the gym. I am sure a lot of you runners out there are like me and get to running so much when training that we forget about the other strength exercises we need to be doing. I was surprised at how hard it was to do the squats and lunges, that used to be easy for me.

Here is the flyer for the Spartan race coming in November. I am so excited to FINALLY have a big series race here on the Gulf Coast. I am very grateful for David and Red Creek Off Road for working there tail off for this to come here.

I just did a little mud run at this site a couple of weeks ago, and I am telling you it is a fantastic area for off road, trail races. if you are affiliated with one you should check them out.

So to close out my weekend, I worked out, ate great food, hung out with a great friend, got my kids ready for school, and drank a couple glasses of fantastic wine...

WHAT DID YOU DO THIS WEEKEND?