Chicago Next Week

I am so excited to be in Chicago next week, I have been waiting for about 4 months to do this SFDC training and they have cancelled it 3 times in Atlanta. Lucky me they had it scheduled and confirmed in Chicago for next week and my boss thought it would be a great idea for me to attend! So travel arrangements are made and I am registered for this developer training which will weigh so much on my resume!

On top of that I get to be at my BFF's first Crit race which for me is a pretty big deal, I haven't seen her since Thanksgiving and even though I speak/text with her daily I miss her so very much. We will get a ride or two in and I will get to run in my favorite city :)

The food? I might have to behave as I have been doing Paleo and the results are unbelievable, the goal? my abs by June... I definitely see the difference and how I am getting leaner. This promises a long weekend trip with my Boo who is in the same path both displaying our new accomplishment. Hot pictures you ask? Most definitely, he's such a HOTTIE!

I am definitely going to enjoy my Chicago visit, besides Kosti is pregos and I will get to see her, her princey poo and her bump! I'll catch up with my friend Chris and I get to stay at Hotel 71 with amazing view of the city!

I can't wait to get there and run by the lake front, have a glass of wine with Shannon and just enjoy the city that I love with the company of my friends.

That's it for now!

CM

Challenge of the month!

So people on Twitter/Facebook have been doing monthly fitness challenges which is a great idea not only to motivate others but to keep yourself accountable. So I am stealing the idea and using it to keep me on my toes! I've been running but the last couple of weeks I have only done long runs and skipped most of my shorter weekly runs, so my March Running Challenge will be to run EVERY DAY at least a mile.

This is great to get you out there even if you are on a tight schedule and most likely once you are out there you will end up running more than just a mile. My friends who have done it got a lot faster with this challenge, I guess it works a bit like speed work (shorter/faster runs) so i am looking forward to this. 

My other March challenge is 100 Squats a day. I need to target specific areas of my body that will make me a stronger runner and this is definitely a good one... On top of making my behind nice and perky for bikini season.

On top of that I am focusing on a LEANER diet to get those abs out, AB RipperX 3 times a week, a few pole dancing classes and silks which should take care of the upper body strenght since I'm already in Level 2 (Climbing and out of the Hammock!).

Add to this a swim a week and maybe next month I will start cycling again... Oh lord, talk about packed schedule! The first few days of the month will be challenging, heading to California today for the IIN Mega Conference... This will definitely get me motivated but since its a Girls Trip, it will be hard to not fall of the wagon when it comes to going out for drinks and prioritizing my workouts. The up side to it? 100 squats and a mile run take very little time so at least with those two things I can keep me on track!

That's it for now, I will be posting some silks and pole pics when I come back from Cali!

XOXO
CM