AFX and Running

HI Party PEOPLE!!! I am in the works of being a part of a  new running club with Agility! Here I am rockin' my new AFX shirt - which stands for Agility Fitness Experience.

As you can see - Teddy Bear is super excited about this shirt too! =D
DOWN BOY!!! lol

Sooooo - I'm all about my new Nike Plus Running app for my iPhone. I was using the Sportstracker app previously, but got annoyed with the frequent glitching and incorrect data. I've been running in the Morning Tues and Thurs with my friend and the other running club person -- yes I said OTHER- as I think its just the two of us - perhaps two others but we aren't that organized yet.  Also Weds and Sat I'm running.
- I'm not fast at all. . . but! -
I'm getting faster =D
This is what is so neat about the app- it shows you on a map your run and it travels the route in a line that changes colors. Green and yellow mean you are zooming!! orange is like sloooooow jog and red is flat out walking. It also alerts you to your pace nad will play whatever playlist you have lined up!!

I'm so excited about my friend at Agility who is designing our team shirt!!! SO far it has the AFX logo - with a running figure behind it - and under says -- I RUN with AGILITY!
So COOL!!

Well- as you can see below we had a great time at the last 5k! - Now for the NEXT 5k!!! The FROSTY 5k !!!
Here is the design for the shirt! - because . . you know me and shirts . . lol.

Annnnnd finally for the last race of the year -
The Jingle 5k !! Which will be an evening race.

There is so much going on - I'm pretty much having a blast and soaking up all the fun races while the weather is nice!! As soon as spring arrives we will sink back into that horrid Floridian FUG of heat and humidity. Yuck!

So - Running tues weds thurs and sat has proven to be more challenging than expected. As you know - I adore my Agility classes. It took me some time to build up enough OOMPH to withstand 4 days of Agility. I tried for 5 but I just felt broken . LOL
So 4 it is.. . . As all the races are happening well . .. I need to get my ass on the ROAD!!!! When do I run? YEP - BEFORE AGILITY CLASS.
YIKES!

Now- I wasn't originally planning for that schedule - actually I'm hardly planning much - just kind of going with the flow. . . but here it is.
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I was going to only run on the days I'm not doing Agility because I thought OHHH a 5k run would be a perfect workout and I will be too tired for much else .. . then comes the TURKEY BURN.
- Remember in my previous post? 5k run followed by hard and brain melting CORE FIT !

Well after completing that day of pure energy - I realized that HEY I can run and do Agility back to back. . . .
And so the journey began. I run walk jog sprint my way through 2.24-3.16 miles  - followed by .50 of a mile and then full Core Fit or Cardio Sculpt.
Its mind blastingly difficult. I lasted up til today. TODAY WAS THE FLAKE OUT.
- And it is because of yesterday.
Yesterdays Core Fit felt like dragging my body through mud. It felt like every single activity was asking me to use my legs . I mean OMG - how can I use my legs when I blasted myself out sprinting?
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Yeah- It just wasn't happening this morning so I went to Agility with full on freshness and actually really enjoyed the class again! - I think mostly because I was RESTED! Even the .50 mile warm up I did much faster than usual.

Running really is a metaphor for life - you really do get out what you put into it. I think Oprah said that .. I agree. It is the great leveler of the ego! It is my quiet time- and dreaming time. I have said all of my sorries and forgiven myself of regrats and mistakes never to be repeated. It all is left on the pavement and washed away. - From MY Psyche.

Either way - I need to find a balance of Running and Agility.
I want to run but not feel broken for my Agi class. I want to improve - without breaking my body.
- I can feel that I need to back off. I'm basically bathed in biofreeze and spend each late afternoon stiffly hobbling around my home.
No one but Matt sees this part - but its seeping more and more into my morning classes as the total shock to the system of run/corefit is representing itself in the fact that I can barely do several activities- especially anything that is asking me to do tuck jumps or deep knee bending. I need to REST this weekend.
- I will keep you posted.
There is a balance.
I will find it.
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