Workouts last week

This past week was not stellar when it came to my workouts.  I had great intentions at the beginning of the week, and my plan consisted of:

Monday - Run (4 minutes running, 1 minute walk x4), Weights (upper body)

Wednesday - Run (4 minutes running, 1 minute walk x4), Weights (lower body)

Friday - Run (4 minutes running, 1 minute walk x4), Weights (upper body)

Here's what actually happened:

Monday - Run (4 minutes running, 1 minute walk x4), Weights (upper body) - Run was a lot harder than expected, since I didn't think that sking, snowshoing and walking through the snow on the weekend had tired out my legs that much.  Upper body went well, but I used really heavy weights and since it was my first time doing weights in about two weeks that wasn't the wisest choice.  My chest muscles were still tight and sore on Sunday.

Wednesday - No run.  I did my lower body weight workout first, and as soon as I started doing lunges my quads felt like they were pulling and sore.  I should have stopped right then, but instead choose to continue and as a result I ended the workout with very, very sore quads.

Thursday - Every step was painful.  My quads were definitely sore, and my glutes were even a little sore (which doesn't happen often).  Didn't do anything except go to work, and get my hair done.  While at work I tried to get up from my desk and walk around more than normal to stretch out the muscles while they recovered.

Friday- Quads and glutes were still sore, but felt I really should run as I only ran once the week before and I really didn't want to get too behind in my schedule.  I thought the running might help with the muscle soreness, and I'd also be at the gym and could stretch and use the foam roller after.  So I ran...and it was tough!  I managed to run 4 minutes, rest 1, run 2, rest 1, run 2, rest 5, run 4, rest 2, run 2, rest 1, run 2.
So in spite of my sore legs I managed to get the minutes in for my run, just not consecutively, as I should have.

By Sunday, the legs were still sore, but only when I bent them to move up or down stairs, or squat.  Each step was no longer painful, so I decided to get that third run in at the gym, plus some stretching and foam rolling.  The run went a lot better than my other two, but I did end up taking two water breaks, plus a 30 second break during my last 4 minute stretch.  Even with that though, I felt good afterwards.  Like I set a goal and managed to mentally push through without giving in to the desire to stop and rest.

My hope is that this week will go much, much better both for my runs and for my weights.  I'm going to attempt the same schedule as last week.