The Running Home: Doing It Together: We're Talking Couples Workouts

“You guys must run together all the time.”

Unfortunately...not.

In the past, it wasn't that we didn't want to run together. We did occasionally get to have a “Running Date Morning”, which follows a “Date Night,” courtesy of the Grandparents. Our kids are blessed to have kick-ass grandparents.

Most of the time, between having to balance kids, all their activities, work, and the seemingly unending mountain of laundry that is our lives, we just never found the time. Generally, we play Tag. One of us goes first, then we Tag at home. Tunnel Tag would have been fun! We should try that. Oh, but we're getting off track.

Have you been hearing lately about “couples workouts?” There are a bunch of videos on Youtube of "Hot Couples Workout" videos, like this AMAZING COUPLE. Oh, and Pinterest has more stuff, too.

Mmm...yea. We aren't quite like that. Plus, we aren't going so far as to try these sexy and steamy workouts, like the ones you might read about in ladies' magazines. That just ain't our thing, as in, it ain't happenin', Bro. But, whatever floats your boat, right?

But, during this last training cycle (Melissa training for the Boston Marathon and Scott training for the Vernonia Half-Marathon), we have scrounged around and found some time to train together, like when the kids search in the dark corners of the house looking for extra money for the ice cream truck.

Here's what we've managed to get done as a couple:

Track interval workouts while the kids play or walk on the track with us.
Short recovery runs
P90X Yoga...Namaste.

Reverse Warrior: we should probably be a little lower, but we're runners not yogis.
Lifting weights 'near' each other at home