Warm Weather = Hot Oatmeal and Hiking (duh)

Happy Tuesday lovelies! How goes it?

I had a fantabulous weekend! Of course, any time with the sun shining is a great time for me. Especially after the Snowpocalypse!

I preach about how much I love winter, but I'm so over it at this point. I love being outside, so the warm weather made me a bundle of happiness this weekend.

Of course, hot oats still aren't off the menu.....

I had gotten out of an oat kick (remember my oat bakes/pancakes/french toast ordeal? Brief but definitely happened), but I'm totally back into them. It's still freezing when I wake up, so I guess it makes sense.

Saturday, my friend and I decided that it was the perfect day to hit the trails! Woo I have missed hiking so much!

I wore a pullover because there was a slight breeze, but I honestly did not need it. I got a little red-faced but refused to take it off because I didn't want to carry it!! I guess I could have just tied it around my waist....whoops.

I love doing active things with my friends! It's so much more fun doing stuff with a buddy! We hiked the trails for about an hour and a half, and I'd say we covered around 3.5 - 4 miles. My Garmin died 10 minutes in, go figure.

Sunday consisted of shopping, shopping...and more shopping. I didn't take any pictures because..well, I just forgot.

Oh hey I did find this one!

Seriously my life motto.

Aaanndd yesterday I began my 5k "training." I'm not really considering it training, because I'm not training in a traditional sense. I mean, I know I can run 3.2 miles without stopping quite easily. I just wanted to add a few runs back into my current exercise routine - which isn't really a routine because I just do whatever I feel like.

That's always been my preference anyways. So I'm being super flexible.

Anywho, the run was fantastic and the weather was gorgeous. Like, insanely gorgeous and I wanted to stay out there forever. And ever.

The first run on my "plan" was an easy 3 miles, plus strength. For strength, I did an arm workout that consisted of 20 reps each, repeated 3 times of:

Bicep Curls
Hammer Curls
Tricep Extensions
Tricep Kickbacks
Overhead Presses
Side Lateral Raises
Bent Dumbbell Rows

I upped the weight to (and please don't laugh at me if you lift heavy...I'm just a mere strength-training beginner) to 8lbs and I finally got some burn! Those 5lbs were not cutting it any more, and I was really happy to challenge my muscles. Believe me, burn was felt. Like, I could hardly lift my arms. Cha-ching.

And then for abs, Morganne's 300-Rep Workout:

25 each of:

Crunches
Left Crunches
Right Crunches
Reverse Crunches
Bicycle Crunches
Toe Touches
Russian Twists
Crunches
Scissor Kicks
V Crunches
Roll Ups
Single Leg V Crunches

Holy. Sore.

Today, I was supposed to do a circuit workout (I replaced the speed work for circuits), but low and behold - in the middle of third period, I got a terrible, terrible migraine. It lasted through lunch and into sixth period, when my mom picked me up.

Seriously, during algebra I had to bury my head in my hands to keep the light from making it worse, and to keep myself from throwing up/crying. It was for realz. I signed myself out, got home, promptly crawled into bed, and slept for 3 hours.

So yeah. Workout was not happening today. I looked up symptoms of a migraine, and I have no doubt that that's what I suffered from - it was so bizarre. There are also lots of causes of migraines, and I think mine was probably dehydration/lack of sleep. Clearly I still need to work on those two things.

^^^^P.S. That is precisely the reason I did not post my "training" schedule - because my life is so crazy busy and unpredictable at the moment that I'm sure I would not follow through with everything. It's kind of really frustrating for a gal like me who likes structure, but when everything settles down I'm definitely training for a 10k!

Gotta hit the sack! Have a lovely evening, darlings.