Recuperation is KEY

Not able to catch my breath yesterday, but it still felt pretty good! 

Hey Jen!

  Where are you??  What are you up to?  I'm dying to hear your updates!!  I'm still so happy about the race last Sunday.  I've never finished so strong or felt so proud.  Usually I am so worn out and exhausted that it takes me a year to even consider doing another.  Well, Sunday night I googled a bunch of upcoming races and have already registered for next months (and planned out the next 6 months of races too)!!  

  I started the week with some major recuperation.  Monday I went to an amazing yoga class.  Sometimes the teacher just hits every spot I need and this teacher was incredible.  For anyone in or near Hudson, NY, go to Gaura's Monday night Community class at Bodhi.  I mean, AMAZING!  Then on Tuesday I went to Bodhi for an 1.5 hour massage.  Whoa, I paid a pretty penny, but when I woke up on Wednesday all the kinks were gone and I felt incredible. (shout out to Ellen, who was strong enough to get into my excessively tight muscles!)   I didn't run again until yesterday- I just didn't feel my body telling me I was truly ready until yesterday.  I was short on time so I just did 3 miles.  Every once in a while I just can't catch my breath.  It was like that yesterday.  I'm not sure why really.  But my times were pretty cool: Mile 1- 9:19, Mile 2- 8:35, Mile 3- 8:25.  

  I saw a pic of you and your bike on FB and am anxiously awaiting the story that goes along with it.  Can't wait to read your update!

xo

Jeni 

Concert festival body

Hey Jeni!

Happy Bike Month! I'm so glad your bike is working out for you. A good fitting bike is so important! I will keep you updates about the Tour de Cure training!

While I am training I am also thinking of another thing I am prepping for- Rock Werchter in Belgium! It's a concert festival. I'm sure that you are aware of the festival fashion, but I see a lot of fitness blogs posting about festival workouts and getting fit for festivals. At the surface it seems a little silly, then you check the fashion forecast and it's crop tops and short shorts! Oh ok!

This is a cropped top and shorts I got at a local boutique, thread. 

I continue to work on my core strength to support cycling and tone up for the summer and vacation! I rode 43 miles on Sunday, stretched out with yoga on Monday, kicked up the cardio on Tuesday with Zumba and took a core class with Meghan at the gym!

This core class is pretty awesome. Every week the class changes. This week we did a lot of planks variations. I was pretty happy with how the class went. I think to the first few core classes I went to and how hard they were. Now I am able to take some of the harder variations! Core work is really important for cycling and overall stability. I also a fan of the toning benefits :-)

I took tonight off so I could recover from all of the activity. Tomorrow I am hoping to take Jungshin before heading to a Tour de Cure event. Then let's hope for good riding weather thing weekend!

I hope to try the punkie cakes this weekend when I have some time to cook. I can't wait to hear about your weekend fitness exploits. Do you have any core tips for me? Have you learned anything on your new bike?

Xoxo
Jenne