Let’s get started! Shall we?
Day 1 – Sunday, March 15, 2020
What a day! The second Half Marathon of 2020 was today and I nailed it.
Also, people are told to be self-quarantined starting tomorrow, so today was the last day people could safely enjoy their lives without risking of catching the germs.
So, I had 11 miles planned in my schedule, but, as always, the Michigan weather helped me tremendously to push myself for more and I could easily finish the Half Marathon distance.
Before starting with the run, I did prepare myself a good and healthy breakfast. I tried to recreate my Saturday brunch dish with a cup of coffee, a side order of sausage and bacon. Two not-so sunny side up eggs and a serving of hash browns. It turned out really good and I loved it.
This was really good fuel for the Half Marathon run.
During the run, I never fell short of breath and could easily finish the Half Marathon. I think the biggest trick that worked for me was to take things lightly and slowly at the start of the run. I told myself to go easy on the run and tried maintaining the same pace throughout the run. I found out that the 11’15” to 11’20” pace works the best for me during this run. With this pace, I observed I could finish the run without any sore muscles and pain, key to my ultramarathon preparation.
Here’s my Apple Watch after the run!
After the run, I had to recover myself and what a better way to do that other than ice bath. This ice bath crushed me as I poured two bags of ice. I stayed in the water till the ice disappeared and it was worth it.
And what a better post run fuel than my usual turkey sandwich and my favorite fruit.
It was a Sunday well spent!
Day 2 – Monday March 16, 2020– Quarantine Day 01
CORONAVIRUS a.k.a. COVID19 made us work from home and self-quarantine ourselves until the further notice. The Governor of Michigan ordered all public places i.e. restaurants, gyms, schools, colleges to be closed, therefore, we could not go to our gym for the bootcamp workout and had to come up with some innovative way to keep our body in shape.
So, I decided to do push-ups, sit-ups, and russian twists daily to keep myself in shape and healthy.
I ended up doing
– 100 Push-Ups
– 100 Sit-Ups
– 100 Russian Twists
and really loved doing those.
You can check it out in the video below.
Day 3 – Tuesday March 17, 2020 – Quarantine Day 02
Today was the Day 02 of the quarantine and it was a run day.
Though quarantined, I could go out for a quick 5 mile run. This run was really good, because I realized my comfortable pace for the run and was happy to stick with it. During the second mile of the run, even though, I wanted to go slower, my body couldn’t control it and scored the fastest mile during this 5-mile run.
Here’s the Apple Watch.
It was a good pace of just over 11’.
Apart from the run, I did finish my 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 100 russian twists.
Please check out my VLOG for this day below.
Day 4 – Wednesday March 18, 2020– Quarantine Day 03
The third day of quarantine and no CrossFit today. I miss running too! 😰
Keeping myself fit and healthy with some home cooked fresh food and the daily fitness regime. I did 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 100 russian twists.
You can check out this day’s vlog below.
Day 5 – Thursday March 19, 2020– Quarantine Day 04
The fourth day of quarantine and the weather doesn’t look good to go out for a run! So, I will have to skip my run today and take care of myself with my daily fitness regime.
I did 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 150 Russian twists today. It was fun doing this workout with my friends Monika and Anupam.
You can check out the vlog from this day below.
Day 6 – Friday March 20, 2020– Quarantine Day 05
The fifth day of the quarantine due to #covid19. It was a rest day in my schedule, but I felt bad missing out on the run yesterday and doing nothing the whole day except to sit home and work. Well, it was Friday, so not that much work, ha?
I made sure I put in some efforts today. The weather was just a little bit better than yesterday, I went out for biking with my friends, Monika and Anupam. It was chilly, but an hour of biking helped us to keep our body warm.
We did around 7 miles of biking in an hour or so, before finishing up our daily 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 290 Russian twists. We are getting quite good at it now!
The view was really good at one of the spots during biking.
Day 7 – Saturday March 21, 2020– Quarantine Day 06
Damn, this virus taking over lives now!!! Desperate times called for Desperate measures!
I think, I will have to discontinue my Marathon training for a few weeks now; but, that doesn’t mean I cannot take care of my health and fitness. I have been doing 100 push-ups, sit-ups, and Russian Twists at home, so, this day was no different.
Apart from the 8 Mile bike that I did with friends, I could do 100 push-ups and it was a refreshing feeling to go outside after spending almost entire day at home quarantined!
Hope we all survive to see the next few weeks!
Take care, everyone!
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