7 Day Challenge - Abs (Day 2)

Day 2 is always the hardest, right?

Oh man...it was a challenge. Here is what I did:


Foot to Foot Crunch – 30 reps
Alternating Curls – 30 reps
Recovery – 30 seconds
Push Through – 30 reps
4 Time Abs – 30 reps
Recovery – 30 seconds
Arm Reaching Crunch – 30 reps
Leg Up Touch Crunch – 30 reps
Recovery – 30 seconds
Cross On Crunch – 30 reps
Double Crunch – 30 reps

Time: 10 min

The rest/recovery was nice for the 2nd and last set, but the for the other two, it did not seem like I needed it, but I know that my abs did. I really suck at abs, so the fact that I'm even doing this is pretty awesome of me.

Here was the rest of my workout:
25 min on treadmill
5 min of stretching

I got a late start this morning. I set the alarm for 5:15am and finally got out of bed at 6:15. My first thought was, "I'm late. I can't go," but I knew I needed to go and that I wouldn't have anytime later today to do this. I really wanted to do 50 min on the treadmill, run through the ab routine twice and 10 min of stretching, but oh well. I was proud that I went to the gym and did it =)

For the treadmill...ugh. I have a love/hate relationship with it. Hate because I get bored with it really quickly, but love since I can train to keep at a particular pace and learn to focus on the music when I am getting tired. Usually when I am on the treadmill, I do interval work to help me keep focus and not get bored with what I am doing. Today, I was working as I was training for a sub 1:30 half marathon. Haha...I would never get to that type of time since that requires a 6:52/mi pace for 13.1 miles, but it doesn't hurt to try, right? So, on the treadmill, I ran my first mile at 8:30/mi, and then after the first mile, I ran 0.5 at half marathon pace (HMP). I was really surprised that I ran a half mile at that pace. I was only anticipating 0.25, so I surprised myself. Then I turned it back down to 8:30/mi until mile 2 and repeated. I only ran to 3 miles due to time, but I thought it was a great start. Maybe doing this speed work will help me get to a faster pace which would be awesome.

Anyway, can't wait to keep this ab party going with tomorrow's workout!

My Half Marathon Race Results

I just wanted to take the time to post my race results before they disappear forever :)

Long Beach - Oct 2012

Half Marathon

Runner Details	Race Results
Bib: 16150 Name: Monique Boone Gender: F Age: 28 Hometown: Long Beach, CA	Overall: 6789 out of 11267 Women: 3335 out of 6589 F 25-29: 587 out of 1005 Age/Grade: 41.69% Place: 7090 Finish: 2:37:56 Pace: 12:03 Tag Time: 2:37:56 Gun Time: 3:08:39
Split Times
5 Km: 33:10 Pace: 10:41 10 Km: 1:07:48 Pace: 10:55 10 Mile: 1:54:37 Pace: 11:28 10.9 Mile: Pace:

Huntington Beach - Feb 2013

Half Marathon

Runner Details	Race Results
Bib: 21746 Name: Monique Boone Gender: F Age: 28 Hometown: Long Beach, CA	Overall: 4628 out of 14792 Women: 1984 out of 8860 F 25-29: 299 out of 1236 Age/Grade: 51.75% Place: 4945 Finish: 2:07:14 Pace: 9:43 Tag Time: 2:07:14 Gun Time: 2:52:08
Split Times
3 Mi: 29:58 Pace: 10:00 6 Mi: 1:00:04 Pace: 10:01 9 Mi: 1:28:38 Pace: 9:51 11 Mi: 1:46:22 Pace: 9:41

OC - May 2013

Half Marathon

Runner Details	Race Results
Bib: 5985 Name: Monique Boone Gender: F Age: 29 Hometown: Long Beach, CA	Overall: 1819 out of 10069 Women: 613 out of 6041 F 25-29: 126 out of 1006 Age/Grade: 56.48% Place: 1808 Finish: 1:56:35 Pace: 8:54 Tag Time: 1:56:35 Gun Time: 2:12:46
Split Times
5 Km: 28:05 Pace: 9:03 10 Km: 53:32 Pace: 8:37 11 Mi: 1:37:56 Pace: 8:55

It's amazing to see that I definitely got faster. And yes, each race is different and unique, but I know that I am faster and feel much better when running longer distances. Haha...Long Beach, I stopped at 11 miles. I had hit a wall. And then my goal for Huntington Beach was to not stop. And I didn't. For OC, my new goal was to be under 2 hours. I beat that goal by almost 4 minutes. From Long Beach to OC, I have improved my time by almost 40 minutes. It's amazing to see what I have accomplished. Sometimes it just makes me speechless...