Weekly Rundown- It’s Halloween!
Happy Halloween!!! I hope everyone is having a spooky day! I’m linking up as always with Kim and Deborah for this weekly rundown- here’s how it went. Monday I started the week with a 45 minute slow flow yoga class on the Peloton app with Denis Morton. I see a lot of Denis these days, and for the month of November I’ll be seeing him even more! We’ll get to that later. Tuesday Early morning three mile run! It was dark when I started, but getting light as I finished. I was really happy I got this run in, because I had an 8:30 am appointment to get my second shockwave treatment on my foot. OUCH. This one definitely hurt more than the last one, but that’s okay. No pain, no gain- right? Last week I went for a run in the afternoon after my treatment, but I couldn’t even imagine doing that this time. My foot was really tender. I did do a 20 minute yoga flow in the afternoon (a hamstring focus) and even that bothered my foot a little. Wednesday All was well! My foot felt pretty good (I mean… all things considered…) and I did a 45 minute power yoga class. In my training log I just wrote down “the hard one” because this is the hardest yoga class I’ve found so far. I described it last week- it involves Warrior 3, pistol squats, and one legged bridges. It’s possible I gave the impression that I was absolutely nailing this workout, because in the comments people were complimenting me on my pistol squats. Ha! I’m really struggling through this, using yoga blocks to assist me (which even Denis says are essential.) But I’m determined to get better at it, so you’ll be seeing “the hard one” come up a lot. Thursday Another early morning three mile run, and this time I was treated to this sunrise. When I started this run, my knees were a little achy. It went away quickly, but I still had a few moments of worry and stress. Then I put two and two together…. those pistol squats. I think I’m not really strong enough for that workout yet, I’m pushing myself anyway, and my knees were letting me know. Duly noted, knees! I’m going to continue to work at it, but I’ll modify the squats more for now. In the afternoon I wanted to do a yoga class, but I was so tired when I got home from work that I took a nap, and when I woke up from the nap I was groggy so I just sat on the couch and ate pretzels. Hmmm. This will not be happening next week, when my November yoga streak begins. Friday Yoga today and no excuses. I did a 45 minute slow flow class. Originally I was going to do “the hard one” again, but I decided to give my knees a break, just in case. I’ll hit that class again next week. Saturday In the morning I did an “express workout:” One mile walk, one mile run, and a quick 10 minute yoga class focus on hamstrings. On the run I used my Metrotimer app to work on cadence a little. I got home from work in time to see the second half of the Baylor football game- which turned out to be the good half, because Baylor came from behind to win! We enjoyed a Halloween “charcuterie board” while we watched.. I almost hesitate to post the picture, because I know certain people who actually take classes on how to prepare a charcuterie board (hi Jenn!) and I just throw some vegan cheese and crackers on a board, add some olives and call it a day. It was yummy though! Later in the afternoon I did a 30 minute power yoga class. As I mentioned, all my yoga classes this week were on the Peloton app with Denis Morton. He’s the best! Sunday We were expecting a cooldown today, but it only got down to 66 with 87% humidity. So I won’t be getting out my parka quite yet. Still, 66 is better than 86… or 96. I did a five mile run, and wore my orange tank top for Halloween. And now- October is almost over, which means November goals start tomorrow! I’ll be posting every day in November as part of National Blog Posting Month, and doing a yoga class every single day. And running of course! It’s hard to make any concrete running goals, but right now my goal is to stay on my feet and be able to run a Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. Hope everyone is having a great Halloween! Do you dress up for Halloween? – I like to decorate and eat Halloween-themed foods, but I don’t dress up. Are you excited to start November? – I’m excited for the holidays, and I can’t wait to see my son at Thanksgiving!