Weekly Rundown- Wait… What Happened?
Hello! Once again I’m linking up with the esteemed Kim and Deborah for this weekly rundown. Boy, if I thought I had brain fog LAST week… this week doubled in craziness. Getting my son ready for college, preparing for our road trip (he and I will be driving to Texas on Tuesday!) and, oh yes, I still have a daughter who has her own needs- she started seventh grade this week and had all sorts of extra things going on, like a trip to the orthodontist and before-school band rehearsals. I’m so frazzled that my memory literally doesn’t extend back as far as Monday, but luckily I wrote it all down, so here we go: Monday Monday used to be my day off, and someday might be again… but this morning I did Kristen McGee’s 30 minute Morning Yoga Flow class on the Peloton app. I liked it much better than getting up and doing nothing on a Monday! Tuesday I did a 40 minute pool run in the morning, and another 30 minute yoga class in the afternoon. Strangely, I haven’t done a yoga class in years, and here I am suddenly doing it every day. I just need something different to calm down my brain. Wednesday 3 mile run!!! Ah, running… how did I ever survive without you. Thursday I did Matt Wilpers Strength for Runners class, again. Followed up with Runners Touch exercise. This is such a great exercise- it works your glutes, hamstrings, and it’s single leg so is good for balance. At night I did Chelsea Jackson Roberts’ 30 minute Evening Yoga Flow class, hoping to clear my mind before bed. In spite of all my best intentions, I still didn’t sleep enough this week. But I tried! Friday Another 3 mile run. Funny how that used to be a short run, but after not running much this summer, and in this heat, running for thirty minutes seems like a nice workout. Saturday I did Matt Wilpers Strength for Runners class AGAIN. I know- this is getting insane. I literally have hundreds of classes on the Peloton app to choose from, and I keep doing the same ones over and over again. I just don’t have the time or energy to find another class and figure out what weights I need… I will at some point, but not this week. Followed Matt’s class with Becs Gentry’s 10 minute Core for Runners. I’ve also done this class before (of course. ) These two classes combined tired out my muscles perfectly, without making them too sore. Maybe I could be challenging myself more, but once again this was perfect for this week. Sunday 5 mile run, hooray! I’ve been missing my long runs so much, so I took a route I normally use to go long- I just turned around much earlier. Two things made this run hard- one, the water fountain I planned to stop at was turned off (darn!) and two, because my eyes have been itchy lately, I’m wearing my glasses today instead of contacts- which means I had no sunglasses. I wore a visor, but when that sun came out from behind the clouds, it was BRIGHT, and made it seem much hotter. But that’s okay! I wanted the last mile to feel hard. I have a crap-ton of laundry, cooking and cleaning to do today, but I’m planning to squeeze in another yoga class later on. Ah, such an exciting time!!! I’m trying to appreciate every day now, even though they’re busy, because it’s my son’s last week at home. I’m excited about our road trip, but every time I think about the fact that I’ll be leaving him in Texas, my eyes fill with tears. But no time for crying now (I’ll save that for the long drive back by myself.) Onward! Anyone else have kids start school yet? Was it an easy transition? Is it cooling down at all yet where you are? – We’ve got quite a while before it’ll cool down here.