T25 Total Body Circuit and it's baaaack

Welcome back to my life KT Tape. You really are miraculous.  Calf strains have nothing on me.

Friday night was my third day of T25.  Total Body Circuit on slate.  I did a little bit of strength training earlier in the day, but mostly just hobbled around and tried to ease the horrible cramped pain in my left calf.  I was nervous to do the T25 workout, but threw on some Pro Compression sleeves and went for it.

Barefoot.

I did some research on the best shoes for T25/Insanity, and I know this is a big discussion.  Shaun T himself recommended the barefoot approach, or minimalist shoes.  I had done my first two days in clean Wave Rider 15s I had in my treadmill room, and I think that play a part in my calf tightness.  I really loved being barefoot as opposed to the clunky shoes.  I am considering getting a pair of minimalist toe shoes, just to prevent slipping around, but the yoga mat and my rug on the floor seemed to work well.

The Total Body Circuit was an absolute killer.  I had to stick with the modifier in several points.  Part of me was being over cautious on the calf front, but mainly it was just a butt kicker.

Running Wish List

After reading Janae’s post this morning about winning a Boston Marathon treadmill!... I got to thinking about what would be on my ultimate running bucket/wish list.  If money (or real life aka work…) was no object, what would I want most…

Dream treadmill – Woodway.  If the amazing Emz can run on one for 22+ hours, I think I could handle a long run or two on one!  A close second in the dream tread category would be the Boston treadmill.  How cool would that be.

 

Dream races – If I had all the $$ and time in the world to be gone from work, I would for sure do one of the runDisney races.  Probably the Tinkerbell half marathon!  
A Rock N Roll Series race is on my “real world” bucket list.  I hope to get one of these in within the next year or two.  I love country music, but I hear Nashville is on the hilly side?  

Gear – I shell out plenty of dollaz on my gear, but I would have an endless drawer of Pro Compression socks and sleeves and now their new arm sleeves! As Nebraska winter approaches, I will need to stock up on lots of cold weather gear to do as much outdoor running as possible.  I would have an endless supply of Nike Tempo shorts as well.  Some days I think I already do though…

Compex and 110% Play harder capris.  I am all about my recovery tools. These are just a little bit out of the price range I can justify, but they sure would rock!