Good morning and happy motivation Monday! I hope you had a fun weekend! I spent mine recuperating after my wisdom teeth extractions on Friday morning. Sounds great, huh? I’m still sore (especially if I don’t keep up with pain management) and I can’t wait to eat something crunchy again! With that said, this upcoming week is going to be pretty busy and I need to buckle down and focus on my workouts – which is why I’m writing this post.

Whether I like it or not, I’m going to be doing a lot of running this week! I have a 5K coming up on Saturday that I am nowhere near prepared for. I would blame it on getting my wisdom teeth removed this past Friday but let’s face it, I hadn’t done much preparation up to that point either. Whoops! This 5K is close to my heart and I will finish it. You would think signing up for a 5K would be motivation enough to start running more but did that happen? LOL. No, of course not.

The weather is supposed to be amazing this week after a pretty cool weekend. I’m very much looking forward to sun and sandal weather again!

Motivation Monday: Running My Butt Off - via LiftingMakesMeHappy.com

This week’s workout plan

As I’m sure you can tell by the title, this week’s workout plan will include a lot of running. At least, that’s the plan. Not a lot of running by a runner’s standards but definitely a lot of running by my standards. :)

Monday: Chest + jog at least 20 minutes
Tuesday: Back + light jog
Wednesday: Legs + rowing machine
Thursday: Shoulders, Arms + light jog
Friday: PiYo Upper and Lower + light jog
Saturday: Lace Up for RAINN 5K + Yardwork (start planting a butterfly garden!)
Sunday: Active rest (continue working on butterfly garden!)

FitBit Blaze Goal

I will get at least 10,000 steps in per day – every day this week!

I have a 40 minute commute one way and a desk job so I’m sedentary for a good chunk of the day. This means I need to be pretty active after work to get all those steps in. With a busy sports schedule this week it’ll be a challenge but I’m up for it!

I hope you have a happy, productive week!

xo Mindi