Weekly Rundown- Brain Fog Edition
Well, hello! Thanks for visiting my weekly rundown. It was a week of running, lots of Olympics watching, and not nearly enough sleep. I’m so sad the Olympics is ending, but I’m looking forward to feeling a little more rested. I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah for this rundown. Here’s how the week went! Monday Usually a day off, but I did some PT exercises on this day. Tuesday Three mile run, hooray!!! I can’t really explain how happy I am to be running again, but anyone who’s been injured knows how I feel. Followed this run with a Peloton class- Matt Wilpers Strength for Runners. Wednesday I’m happy to say this was my only pool run of the week! It was… pretty much the same as every other pool run (other than the one where I didn’t have my headphones, grr!) I “ran” in the water while listening to a podcast. Thursday I did Matt Wilpers Strength for Runners class again, followed by a core class, followed by pushups. Ugh! My upper body has turned to jello this past month. Luckily I don’t really care… yep, I said it out loud. All I really care about is being able to run, so lower body strength is so much more important to me. But I’ll do the obligatory pushups… it can’t hurt. Friday Another three mile run! Followed by a little bit of core work. Saturday And now, for something completely different. I was so tired all week, and it caught up to me today. I was debating between a pool run and another strength class, and I had the sudden desire to do… yoga. I haven’t done yoga in YEARS. Since the Peloton app has tons of yoga classes, I did Aditi Shah’s class to open the hips, and let’s just say my hips did not open. In fact, my entire body felt like it was creaking and crunching throughout the class. But it felt good! I think I’ll incorporate more yoga into my workouts for a while and see how I feel. *A quick time-out* HOW ABOUT MOLLY SEIDEL????????? I didn’t expect that. It was only her third marathon (the Olympic Trials marathon was her first) and let’s be honest… it’s hard for the Americans to hang with the Kenyans and Ethiopians. But she won the bronze medal, which is incredible. Funny thing… after the race and her post-race interview (how touching was that, by the way?) my husband said, “she kind of looks like you.” I had been thinking the same thing! There’s something about her profile and the way she squints up her eyes, that bears a slight resemblance to me. I’ll take that as a lucky sign! My long-lost “sister” Molly won an Olympic medal in the marathon! It must mean something good for my own running coming up. Right? Sunday Four mile run. It was hot- I didn’t get out very early in the morning. But I was just so happy to be running, I didn’t care. I listened to this Strength Running podcast where Jason interviews Brodie Sharpe. One thing they talked about was the concept that there’s no such thing as “over training,” rather the problem is “under recovering.” They specifically mentioned getting enough sleep. If I could have kicked myself while running down the street, I would have. Here I am recovering from all sorts of issues this summer, while at the same time cheating myself on sleep. It’s like I believe in the importance of sleep except when it comes to me. Well, it’s never too late! This week I’m making sleep a priority. Did you watch the Olympics? – I have a post coming up on Wednesday, “So What Did We REALLY Think of the Olympics?” Get ready for a teensy bit of snark- I have things to say! How has your sleep been? Do you think you’re getting enough?