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Today, rest day, after yesterday bootcamp class and getting ready for monday crossfit one. But…, there is a carnival party at the gym…, so I am going there too :)
Kiss my pragnent wife in the morning, have some fun with a daughter during the day, have a walk with a family on the sea side in the afternoon and a 5km run in the evening :-) Sounds good enough for me :-D
3 km walk and 1 km swim
A slow 5k parkrun followed by another slow 12k for a lovely long run at a location I’ve never been to before
I’ll get another 2 hrs of sleep from now after changing my little girls diaper and then head out for an indoor spin at my lbs.
14 banal treadmill miles before the next snow storm in new england
Go for a 50km MTB and an 40km water Ski, because, nothing gets in the way of training.
Rest day!
An easy 5km run on a rainy and windy day.
Go for a 40km MTB, because, nothing beats a good day of riding, bike riding that is…
Well my husband is currently out on his 28k run in preparation for his off-season training culmination, the Barcelona Marathon. I can only assume he is taking so long because today he is out there picking flowers for me while I wait for it to be my turn (small kids at home make “turns” inevitable, except I’m not preparing the marathon but upcoming duathlons), or possibly he’s not noticed he’s on km32 already because he is just running along dreaming of me?? Oh wait.. he does that every day anyway… :-D
Easy 15km run after a late night with Afghan Whigs concert yesterday.
I’like be doing ‘Nancy’ and then running 5k in training for a race next week!
My training plan will be a smooth run around the park
Slow and Easy run for 12km in the evening.
joint session on the turbo trainer ;)
A little joint gym session before heading out on a steady 10k run.
A Long run today swinging past Marks & Spencer on the way home for a nice £20 Meal for 2 deal ;o)
Today’s a rest day! Marathon tomorrow.
5km walk with the family around Durbanville racecourse in the PicknPay Women’s Walk for breast cancer awareness.
For S.Valentine only 1h of swimming to forget a long working week…
No time to run. Chasing the Moles out of my garden.
Not necessarily training to stay fit – rather a short run to explore Musanze area, Rwanda. WIll be living for five months in Rwanda, have to wait until july before I meet my girl again! Luckily, the weather and the vulcanoes in the background make up for it (at least, a bit!) :)
Resting! I have a triathlon the following day.
Early 1 h swim and than 1h run (intervals) on the track.
Traning Day: warm up approx 4-5 km, then 3 x 15 min in my 10km pace with 4 min easy jog in between and after jog 4 km. All together 18,7 km.
Haven’t run for seven days,because of footache.
Long run on the beach at low tide.
Spin class, then a circuit training class
I’m just about to leave for a simple long run, something between 10 and 15k.
a long ride and a long lunch…
An easy day. A short swim and then sauna.
Unfortunately a 180km solo ride in the morning, without much interest right now to get it done…
With sun at the sky and love in my heart I will leave for a slow run about 15k
Hill reps. Get those glutes a-burnin!
As it’s a rainy day, pool swim is a good catch : couple 100m repeats, drills and kicks.
though you can’t chat, it’s good to be two on kicks lengths. So boring!
Happy Valentine’s day to all,
Nico & Ce
My training involves watching my man bring me breakfast in bed.
The wife will likely be doing 30mins on the treadmill. I will be corralling the kids. Hopefully sneak in an hour or two on the bike. Aside from riding to work, my free time to go o the long rides has quickly been dwindling as we increase the clan with number on the way ;)
I’ve got a 22 mile trail training run on the agenda for this morning.
Running on a beach in South Africa!
Hello, We are going to play tennis, then rue and bike to close this lovely Day.
2 km swim
Family time in the morning then working all night dreaming of a quiet ride.
No training for me, but lot of training for the son playing both handball and icehckey games today.
But I will move the arms doing a lot of hand clapping& cheering!
Short, easy 2 mile run Saturday in prep for my marathon on Sunday.
A short stroll to the flower shop.
Running 10K in the morning, -22 degree Celcius!!!
A leisure walk together in the warming sun, followed by Yoga for her and 1,5hrs of indoor cycling for me!
2.5 hours on the bike trainer 5x z3/z4 with 5 min recovery.
45 min. In door session on the trainer at 7 months pregnant!
Luv to win 2 of something!!
Kinda a race day with the Cupid undies run in DC
An hour of swimming in the morning and two hours of running in the afternoon.
A long training run so I can eat anything I want at a valentine’s dinner!
5k ‘Parkrun’ (Google it!), chance to get legs stretched a bit harder than my usual jog- fabulous, weekly on a Saturday, free to enter, timed 5k at numerous locations throughout the World. Community/volunteer led, all inclusive from 40 minute run-walkers, with or without dogs, to highly competitive 16 minute track-stars, and a coffee and chat at the end of it. Haven’t managed to entice my better half along yet, so the afternoon will probably be spent together gardening….
A nice long lonely ride in the sub freezing temps.
High intensity treadmill intervals followed by 20 minutes of upper body strength training. Too cold to run outside for me! #Windchill Warning!
Treadmill run for an hour!
nothing, i am ill :o(
but mountain skiing is approching :o)
Walking at work
Some gardening :)
And also some barebell complex, core strength and mobility exercises. Rest day is today :P
Today I am running with my fast friend Lauren!
My boyfriend and I are planning to do a long trail run through the forest — I’m training for my first marathon, and this will be my first run over 15 miles. No better way to celebrate Valentine’s day, running is one of the things that brought us together, and I still credit it for keeping our relationship healthy and happy :)
I plan on having an early morning 5k run before we start our valentines day.
It’s -5 degrees F and snowing. So indoors for 30 min gym, 90 min bike trainer, 60 min run. Followed by 2 hours of shoveling snow!
I’m driving up to the Appalachian Trail to run before I head to brunch with my wife. Going to be very cold!
My workout of the day involves many revolutions of the crank on the pasta maker. Making dinner for the wife; trying to sneak a workout in on Valentine’s day may end in murder. Happy wife = Happy life!
Got day off in Alps. My legs hurt like hell.
Joint first Valentines Parkrun in our new town Bristol, UK! Then coffee and cookies.
I’ll be running a 25k race called Run with the Wind! Really hoping the race directors picked the route direction for a tailwind!
Today I’m going to back to back spinning classes and for a short run after. (I’m only dragging my love to one spinning class:))
Hmmm, I won’t get into specifics but hopefully lots of cardio with the wife
Hopefully a 30 min run before carnival blocks take the streets.
I’ll be doing the 4 mile loop around our neighborhood and some repeats of the infamous Terrace Hill.
Long run in the rain
23k run, in training for Around the Bay 30k and Ottawa Marathon.
We’ve opted for a rest day for Valentine’s ;)
Valentine’s Day equals an early morning on the treadmill for an hour so I can spend the day with my wife.
No training just a day in front of the log burner nursing a case of man flu!!!
2 hour run followed by 2000 yard swim.
Big breakfast followed by a short run!
Easy 10km on the first sunny day in weeks!
The perfect Valentine Day Training was together with my wife, suffering for 1h at 28C on the Bike in the Gym at Silhouete Island Seychelles during our honeymoon
Cross-train today before trail run tomorrow
It is raining cats and dogs here in southern France this weekend, therefore treadmill and swim this afternoon and if the rain lets up a little bit, 76km club ride on Sunday morning.
Hi Ray,
We will be doing a power walk with the spouse and the baby, along the sea in Cascais…
Cheers.
Easy 5k recovery run.
20 km – Slow and Easy. Still recovering.
An easy run on the heath this afternoon.
After a challenging office morning my day will be summed up with a 3x 9min (220m elev. change) interval session at the local hill.
A fitness test on the treadmill….then running around helping get ready for the school’s fundraising dinner-dance!
Intervals today, 8 x 600, good to see weather bit better.
Valentine’s day: struggling with my pair of groin pull. Roar! 12km easy run, on and off tightness and pain from both sides that got better after an hour of running. Sigh! Post-run foam rolling … it is time to rest but my mind was already planning for a trail run tomorrow!
40km bike in the morning then 5km run in the afternoon
Wife: long run day (marathon in March)
Kids: gymnastics (Olympics in 2024)
Dog: laying in the sun (cloudy tomorrow)
Me: strength training and speed work (MLB Spring Training approaching…a guy can
dream)
Strength training shoveling snow…
I’m going out for a short run this morning, probably only 3-4 miles, but my husband has a 16 mile run planned for this morning.
I ran a mile in the Chicago airport, C to F terminal last night, in dress shoes and 75lbs of my life in tow. Made the connection in in about 12 minutes, just before they closed boarding. Getting home for Valentines was enough training for me.
Will have a long walk in town with my husband and little daughter!
Happy Valentine’s Day to all!!! We (our training group) kicks today off at 08:30 with 25 peeps doing 30 of interval training (running or cycling – it is minus 20 here so indoors it is) (1 min reg pace / 1 min full out / sporadic hills) followed by 1 hour of core strength and agility / stabilizer muscle training. We break to eat and then those of us participating in the stair challenge today will head to Mont-Royal to do the 256 stairs as many times as possible. And to celebrate Valentines Day and the love of friendship and community, we all gather for a pot luck dinner where we should be about 50! :) cool! Have a good one!