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A nice easy 20km with 5km of fartlek type hill work in the second half, should burn a few of the dark chocolate induced calories.
40 minutes easy run along the nearby streets
3h bike session
I will be hopping out to a 5mi run followed up by 25 pushups for every pirce of candy I scarf down…
26.5km Training hike on Sunday morning in preparation for 100km Oxfam Trailwalker in Melbourne kicking off on April 19th
Too many jelly beans calls for a nice 10 mile run after the kiddos go to bed.
“Let me know which workout you’ll be doing in an attempt to override any Easter-associated candy that may be consumed. If for some completely unexplainable reason you aren’t biting the head off of a chocolate bunny, feel free to just pick your Sunday workout (or nearest completed workout). Extra points for listing the Easter candy that put you in this predicament.”
Still coming back from a Soleus persistent injury, I’d like to go for a run bit I’m still resting the leg…soon though! The Kickr would be a perfect addition to my gear!
easy run, while eating some candy!
Planning on a 3.5mi run!
2 mi run sun, 1 hr on trainer mom am, then masters swim mom evening
I have a chocolate bar every Sunday. The rules are that I walk the 3.6 miles to the grocery store to get it. I bring a book. Today was “Iron War”……..
No chocolate for me this Easter! Guess that’s the price you pay for stepping out of mommy’s place…
But my next trainning will be a 10k run on Tuesday!
Tapering week before Milano City Maraton, so one hour at marathon pace
Today’s a rest day for me, but I’m starting a new training plan tomorrow with an easy 4 miler. Looking forward to it.
Happy Easter everyone! He is risen!
The winter is coming here in southern Brazil and these little sweetish animals filled with chocolate seems tastier when the weather is colder. So I swam almost 5K indoors to burn some of the calories I took in this weekend. Talk about guilty pleasures!
Two hour trail run fueled by Reese’s pieces that came in a plastic sleeve to look like a carrot. Which means its basically a vegetable, right?
After the entire week of slacking it was ime to do 72 km on the Bkool. Two laps to the Ecotrimadrid circuit. Tough way to come back, plus we had to move forward our clock so one less our of sleep!
Planned on riding outdoor for the first time this year, since it snowed, I’ll enjoy the xc skiing while it lasts!
There are some remaing chocolates, i’ll try to risist them and do:
– 15 min easy run
– 8 x 1Km A2
– 15 min easy run
Rest day today today but did a 30 mile ride on Friday and brick workout yesterday so I can indulge a little today!! Happy Easter!
“Let me know which workout you’ll be doing in an attempt to override any Easter-associated candy that may be consumed. If for some completely unexplainable reason you aren’t biting the head off of a chocolate bunny, feel free to just pick your Sunday workout (or nearest completed workout). Extra points for listing the Easter candy that put you in this predicament.”
30 minute ride if the rain stops – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!!!
5k morning run followed by 1 hour cycle
Those darn Cadbury Mini Eggs get me every year. Tomorrow I’ll be running a 20 mile trail run to detox my body and to start getting ready for Spring races!
400m sprint 100m walking lunges … rinse repeat. Thank you apple pie!
i run 10k for every lindt chocolate “Goldhase” ….
Result was an 34k run ;-)
~10 mile hike with the dog. He needs it after stealing the kids peeps.
Good 4-5 mile run to burn the candy off.
Eight mile trail run (hard-packed snow really) up Northern Utah’s Mueller Park Canyon this morning. The legs were a bit fatigued after yesterday’s rather spirited 60 mile group ride – first group ride of the year for me. And I’m not much of a chocolate fan. This morning’s run was actually fueled by leftover princess birthday cake.
Starting smooth tomorrow with my to boys (7 & 9 years old) to do some workout for their first 4.2km run in Hamburg 20th of April (so called “Zehntel” which means it is the 10th of am Marathon obviously :-) ). 7 days with really no sports + Easter = highest necessity for a workout (for me, not the boys :-) )
have to run at least 2 10 Ks in order to burn the cals from 2 Easter bunnies ;-)
i had a long day on my bike ;-) 140k
Did a 14k trail early morning trail run in the snow and rain. Followed by eating two 100g bars of swiss chocolate!
I ran 15km, but i don´t think that it is enough to burn all calories. I will be doing a lot of runnings to compensate.
45 minute light run way to full for more.
Well, we had planned to do a 40 mile bike ride this morning but we awoke to thunder and lightning so we went back to sleep. Maybe we’ll take the dog for walk – does that count?
30km cycle this morning (first cycle in 4 months) and a 5km run
Did a 22km LSD today in nice and sunny weather.
10 mile walk with dog, plus a slow 5 mile run should help with all those Easter eggs!
21 km trail running race in mud, snow, slush, cold water, with rain, wind, and fog.
It was my birthday yesturday (30th) so to help burn off the chocolates and cake I had from that and all the chocolate I went through today my friends and I went for our first half century ride today
4 mi easy run during which I will try to figure out a way to dispose of my kid’s candy collection without him noticing.
No Sunday workout for me. 2hrs of swimming on Monday though
Just an easy 5k run followed by yoga class
2 Miles Easy, 4x 6 minutes @ Threshold, 10 Miles Easy, 4x 6 minutes @ Threshold, 2 Miles Easy. I’ll be pleased when this marathon is just done and dusted.
Was supposed to be a rest day, but after how I just ate, I’ve changed to an easy 3 miles
Since I am on Spring Break, my post Easter workout will consist of an easy run and ride in the AM, then copious amounts of beer and sunshine the rest of the day.
My Ferrero Rocher bunny is (was) smiling happily at me, so my 50min bike followed by 20min run was definitely in order!
5k run then boot camp style workout: flipping tires, sledgehammer, battle ropes, speed ladder.
Completed my Sunday LSD run lasting 2 hours.
Off Day today. I’ll run just under 2 miles in the morning, then I’ve got a 40 mile ride planned afternoon(yay no school days!)
I tried to go for a 3-hour ride, but having trained quite hard the last few days (0 easter related activities) I realised I couldn’t do it, and ended up doing 71 minutes, nice and easy, in the Danish winter.
Yeah, I know it’s supposed to be spring, but the weather is still firmly in winter mode here in Denmark, the days are just longer.
Sheringham Park Run – with Easter bunnies – see report on my blog in a couple of days! Ferg
Riding up to Woolies to get 50% off Easter eggs.
5 miles around the neighborhood, light drizzle and 55 degrees F. Preparing for Back Yard Burn at Prince William Forest Park next weekend. No chocolate bunnies were harmed in preparation for this run.
2 hour LSD run, building up the miles (kilometers, actually) preparing for my 43rd marathon
60 min spin followed by 6x1k track; medium pace.
10km run sunday evening, swim monday morning
5 mile easy run = 1 piece of red velvet cake (sortof)
2 hours of squash for something different
Easy base miles/recovery day. It’s rainy, wet, and a bit windy here in central NC, again, so I ended up on the trainer.
4k run to test out a recovering stress fracture and a 2k swim
10 mile run tomorrow ran in a t-storm today
Last long run before Boston (17 miles to combat the 17 Peeps)!!!!!!!!!!!
11 mile trail run….in the rain.
A 30 minute run while eating chocolate bunnies!
Pre Easter 5 mile hilly run at 10k race pace. Then I ate a box of peeps.
A track workout involving speed… My favorite!
1 hour easy run, no goal in particular just for fun. Great site, thanks!
I swam 100m for every jelly bean I ate.
200k ride + 1 hour run, training for IM Brazil. I’m eating chocolate bunnies like crazy now!
No Easter Candy here- I’m still working my way through the Christmas Chocolate! But I did enjoy a nice 3 hour ride yesterday which helped me feel better about eating the eggs Benedict today!
1,500 meter swim! Happy Easter!
Tomorrow I will spend 50 minutes on the spinning bike – today I am busy eating the kids’ mini Easter eggs while they are not looking! Happy Easter!
After being stuffed to the gills with roast chicken, pork and assorted veg, plus several types of cake, and even a bit of the ol grape juice, followed by hiding indoors from the wind and rain at 3 degree C I am keen to work some bit of it off with a 12k run tomorrow morning. After that it’ll be knuckling down to some serious house painting.
NIce gentle recovery 5k on Monday as Ive hurt my knee from doing my local parkrun, managed to completed my firsy half marathon last week so maybe I have rested enough!, no stopping me if I can help it :)
8 miles today in brand new Ravenna 4
15 minutes warmup Z1
20x 10 seconds sprints Z5c with 3 minutes rest Z3
15 minutes cooldown Z1
2100 in the pool; 10 miles on my feet!
Tomorrow: My long run of the week which is 15 km to burn up the calories of white chocolate easter eggs.
10km easy run.
I will be traveling tomorrow, so I’ll try and drop the hammer on Tuesday with a short, 60 min. ride to offset the damage done on Easter!
A nice long walk to the park and around our neighborhood.
I didn’t eat any Easter Candy, but I did have a tasty cupcake and baked a batch of brownies…
I think I’ll be going for a 3+ mile run as penance!
Today I won the annual lamb cake baking contest. In so doing I consumed about a half pound of cream cheese frosting. Then I ran 8 easy to round out my first 60 mile week since having surgery to repair a fracture acquired in a trail race.
4 miles at Race Pace- fun!
I will be doing a 4 -5 mile run mixed with some intervals.
2.5 hour ride (hopefully outdoors). Time to get serious about the Horribly Hilly Hundreds 200K in June.
My usual Sunday trail ride consisting of climbs, technical bits and flowy singletrack. approx 15-20k needed to burn off the honey glazed ham.
I’m a little chubby, specially after easter!
10k run plus a few calisthenics to kick start the week
16k of freshly graded hilly gravel roads in windy conditions yesterday on the CX bike may have offset a portion of my mom’s homemade double chocolate cake with sauce made from homegrown raspberries. Today’s 5k walk/run and 5k mountain bike ride around the construction sites in town probably didn’t come close to offsetting the mini marshmallow/chocolate bunnies and foil-wrapped mini chocolate eggs that appeared in our house today. A combination spin-weights-core class tomorrow and the win-or-die hockey game tomorrow night will help keep the lingering effects of bunnies and chocolate eggs at bay.
Watching basketball, while recovering from a back injury :(
14 miles done on Friday, and another 7 miles done on Saturday.
I did not eat 1010 calorie chocolate bunny, but I did eat more than my share of ham and cheesy potatoes and “easter” cake.
To recover I did this run set:
10 min warm up
2x{
1 mile zone 4
2 minutes recovery
}
30 minutes zone 2
Did a 16 mile easy run (albeit on a pretty hilly course), my last long-ish run before the Boston Marathon. Now for some serious tapering, sans candy of any kind.
6 glorious trail miles before family time.
Well, I ran 6 Kms yesterday. Today we had the “Sugar Shack Easter Dinner” at our place… Tomorrow, I will go for a 6.5 to 7 Kms run, unless my underneath feet pain is back again!
21.2 km Lsd, 0 degrees centigrade this morning in Ottawa Canada.
I ran a harder 6 mile run (1000 feet of elevation gain) in the snow yesterday so I could eat abundantly today. Just went for a 2.5 mile hike (550 feet gain) with 3 of the dogs today.
10km easy run!