My Review of Workout Racerback

Originally submitted at lucy

This loose-fitting, light-as-air racerback wicks moisture and sports flat-locked seams to prevent skin irritation. It’s perfect for a summer workout—or layering over another tank for going out on the town.

Workout Racerback

Love it!

By Lizz from Washington, DC on 6/29/2012

 

5out of 5

Sizing: Feels true to size

Pros: Stylish, Breathable, Comfortable, Lightweight

Best Uses: Running, Gym, Warm Weather

Describe Yourself: Gym Rat

Was this a gift?: No

Wore this for a Crossfit workout and run already on a really hot day, it was really comfortable and wicked away sweat but wasn't heavy or bulky. Perfect for summer.

After an hour at the gym and a three mile run

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Yup running in the morning is awesome

Ran the waterfront for 3 miles with Christine Thursday morning, it was great! And we ended at Starbucks. So I went in a got a smoothie and a banana. It took a ton of self control not to get a chai latte. 

The rest of the day was work and more work then I had a cookout on the roof in honor of my friend Nikki who finished an Ironman this past weekend and is pretty much my hero. 

Morning Person?

Two days in a row?!?! Might I be a morning running person? I think the 3 miler tomorrow morning at 0600 will seal it. 


Tuesday was a 4 miler Fartlek, I ran down by the Navy Yard which was pretty cool, the way I wanted to go was closed off so I had to turn around and find a new way around. It was my fastest run yet so that was good. 

After work I went to the "Top of the Town" in Arlington for a WOD with my friend's Crossfit box, it was a Tabata workout with mountain climbers, hollow rocks, pushups, and squats. My "score" was 95, not the worst I'm sure. Then we had a shot of "slim-rita." Low carb margarita? Sure.

This morning was a 5 miler on the mall. The weather in the morning is AMAZING! Absolutely perfect for running. I'm not the biggest fan of getting up in the morning but I just keep reminding myself it will be worth it. 

Tonight I went down to Yards Park for some FREE YOGA! It was very good for the price and reminded me of how much I need to do yoga, far more than I have been that's for sure. 

Actually working makes 8 hours fly by

Work was BRUTAL today! I hate taskers. Hate them. More than black jelly beans. More than stubbing my toe. Hate. But it did make the day fly by. I had to make an effort to get up and move every hour because I was so engrossed (or panicking) in my work. Spreadsheets!

I could not wait to go to Crossfit today. It was a rest day from running... that worked out well. We started with a block run which is about 400m, then back squats, then the met con was 3 rounds of 200m sprints and max effort thrusters (I used 75#, whoa). The WOD only took about 7 minutes but it was killer. Actually sprinting on the sprints made it harder. 

Afterwards I walked back with Christine and Matt because the weather is beautiful today!

Not looking forward to work tomorrow, but I am looking forward to seeing the chiropractor again, working on my functional mobility... then doing a WOD in Rosslyn with my friend Erika!

I've got a 4 mile Fartlek in the morning so I really need to go to bed, but I want to eat some sweet potatoes first, I'm hungry. 

Ah weekends...

We'll start with today, so completely out of order. I got up to catch the train at 0630, I'm never doing that again, I think when I was planning the trip my thought was I would be out of Andrea's hair for the day because I knew she had homework to do, but I really could have used brunch. As it was I had a bagel at the train station with hummus and eggs on it, which was delicious, but would have been more fun with my friend. 

I got home and wasn't feeling stellar, I think I was massively dehydrated from yesterday so I just bummed around and drank water until I thought it was cool enough to venture out from my 7 mile run, which actually worked out pretty well because I got this great picture below and ran into my friend Sebastian! I knew he had moved into town and it was so crazy running into him on the National Mall. We ended up running about 2 miles together, including sprinting up the steps at the Lincoln Memorial, that was killer! All in all the run was pretty good and I'm glad I didn't wimp out. 

I did not however run while I was in New York, I figured there would be enough walking to get me through 3 miles, and I was totally right, we walked the Williamsburg bridge which is about a mile long in itself! 

That was of course after we ate at Schmorgasburg, I had some spring rolls which were amazing and a white peach ginger ale. I could have eaten everything there! 

After that we walked to a bar and had about a dozen margaritas (hence the severe dehydration) they had all kinds, strawberry, mango, coconut, cucumber, jalapeño, we (Andrea's boyfriend) even made one up, he mixed strawberry and jalapeño and it was really good. 

Of course the real reason I went up to the city, SWO friends!

Here's a fun poster I saw on our way to get cupcakes at Sugar Sweet Sunshine (they were probably the best I've ever had) and it made me smile. 

Not excited to start another week at work, but it's not like I have much of a choice. 

It's so hot!

Heat index in the hundreds, yup I should definitely run home from Crossfit, that's a great idea. 


The run was alright, really slow because my legs were pretty tired and I kept my heart rate at about 182 BPM for the whole run. It took me 39 minutes to run about 3.4 miles, not too shabby. 


The WOD was really hard! 500m row, 3 x (3 pull ups, 5 toes to bar, 7 burpee box jumps), 400m run, 3 x (3 pull ups, 5 toes to bar, 7 burpee box jumps), 500m row. I finished in 19:26, not the worst, but not the best. Burpees kill me. I need to get faster at them. 

This is what I looked like after two workouts!

I'm excited for my rest day tomorrow, it will consist of my first trip to the chiropractor and a train ride up to NYC to visit my old friend Andrea, I could not be more excited! Now I just have to get some laundry done. 

Running, running, crossfit

Woke up and went for a run yesterday before work, it felt GREAT! I went 5.6 miles, and once I got back to the apartment realized that I only needed to go 3, so I did three today on the way back from Crossfit, well sort of, it might have been power walking. The WOD today was 5-4-3-2-1 Power Snatches and Overhead Squats and 1-2-3-4-5 "Muscle ups" or for me pull-ups off a box doubled. I got done in 6:29 with 65#. 


I tried to keep my heart hate at 70% (~150 BPM)  it was really difficult and I ran SOOOOOOOO slow. Everyone was passing me. It was easy to keep running though and it's supposed to get easier quicker when you run like that. Here's hoping because I'd really like to finish the marathon and not be taken off the course halfway through.