Already getting tired of this...

Today I was so tired. Granted it is always bad at the end of the week - I'm run down simply keeping up with life. These children of mine wear me out! Anna Kathryn had an allergic reaction to a corn muffin last night and was a grump all day today - which is what I'm attributing it to. When she is like that, it just beats me down. I ran a mile and a half and walked another 20 minutes just watching TV. I blew off body pump which is bad since I didn't go last week. BAD ME! It is getting hard with Eva's nap schedule too. I hope I can work out a better routine before I have to get really serious.

In other news, I have come up with what I think is the perfect post-run stretching routine. It is based on yoga sun salutations. I find that a lot of the poses provide really great stretches of the calves, hammies, and IT band. It doesn't really do a lot for your quads, but you can just stretch those with the whole heel to butt thing. Really, if you do a couple of sun salutations, triangles and proud warriors, you can strech most everything.

Here is what I do - 1) Stretch up to the ceiling (Urdhva Hastasana) 2)reach down and touch your toes or floor (Uttanasana) for a really good stretch in the hammies 3) step back to a lunge with left leg (stretch calves) 4) then down dog 5) lunge with the right leg 6)proud warrior one 7) triangle bending forward to touch the floor 8) proud warrior one on the other side 9) lunge with other leg 10) down dog again or touch toes again. Probably doesn't make a lot of sense if you can't see it. But it works for me!

Happy trails!