Weekly Rundown- Another Week Older
I have a 90-year-old client who I see once a week. She’s in pretty great shape, although she does have her aches and pains (as we all do.) This week when I asked how she was, she said “Oh, you know- another week older.” For some reason that cracked me up. So here we all are, another week older (and wiser!) I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah as always for this weekly rundown. Let’s just see how it went! Sunday Because it was Easter, I did my longer run the previous day so I could be home in the morning with my daughter. We slept late and made waffles, which was nice, but as the day went on I felt more and more blah. Lazy days are always better in theory than in practice… know what I mean? In the afternoon I did a 20 minute lower body strength class and a 10 minute core class on the Peloton app with Ben Alldis, then did my pull-up work. Full body strength- I felt much better! Monday Very exciting day- Marathon Monday! I had finagled the day off of work, and had the perfect morning. I did a 3 mile run, followed by a 10 minute core class. After I took my daughter to school I sat down happily to watch the Boston Marathon. Congratulations to everyone who ran this year!!! I enjoyed watching, tracking, and then reading race recaps throughout the week. Tuesday It seemed like forever since I had done yoga, and there was a reason for that. My left hip has been bothering me and last week I did a lot of yoga… and I think it made it worse. I was doing a lot of hip focus flows, and they all seemed to involve pigeon pose. When my hip is cranky like this, pigeon actually makes it worse. SIGH! I really missed my yoga though, so this morning I did a 30 minute twist focus flow- as always, on Peloton with my favorite instructor, Denis Morton. I really love this class, and there’s no pigeon. Later in the day I did lower body strength, not with a class but on my own. And I did core work on my stability ball. I just didn’t feel like doing a Peloton class for a change. Wednesday Another 3 mile run! Later in the day I did a 10 minute core class, and worked on my pull-ups again. In addition to my usual warmup and activation moves, I did 15 negatives- 3 sets of 5. The way I do this is- I pull myself up assisted with a band, then slip my leg out of the band and lower myself down, very, very slowly. 15 negatives is a lot for me. Thursday In the morning I repeated the same yoga flow from Tuesday. I was surprised that I wasn’t sore from the pull-up negatives when I woke up. But, as the day went on the DOMS kicked in- ouch. Later in the day I did a 10 minute core class. Instead of sticking only with Ben Alldis, I’ve been just logging onto Peloton and picking the first ten minute core class that comes up. This one was Daniel McKenna, and it was fine. Friday It was a running day, and just to mix things up I did a 10 minute strength for runners class with Matt Wilpurs as a warmup. It was all bodyweight, and mostly lunges. There were plyometrics at the end, which I ignored- I just did squats. It was a good pre-run workout. Then a 3 mile run…. And later in the day a 10 minute core class. Saturday In the morning I did a 45 minute yoga flow, and had every intention of doing a core class later in the day. But… I got very involved in acquiring our two newest family members! Over the years we’ve had many guinea pigs (it never ends well.) At one point we had five at once. We were down to two, and since the kids are getting older I was thinking of phasing us out of guinea pig parenthood. But on Thursday one of our girls died (so sad!) and I couldn’t just leave her sister all alone. Guinea pigs are very social creatures and they need guinea pig friends. In Switzerland it’s actually against the law to own just one guinea pig (I wonder how often that law is enforced.) Anyway, I fully intended to get ONE guinea pig but apparently I’m incapable of such a thing, and came home with two little sisters for our girl. I’m aware that I’m caught in a vicious cycle here- unless all our guinea pigs die at the same time, I’ll constantly be getting a new one (or two.) Oh well- who can resist these cute little faces? Sunday On tap for today…. a trail run! I’m planning to go seven miles, and because it’s pretty hot I unearthed my hydration vest- it’s been quite a while since I used it. I can’t wait! How was your week? Do you do well with lazy days, or do you get restless? – I like to do a hard workout or long run, and THEN be lazy. Have you ever had guinea pigs? – They’re really easy to take care of, and believe it or not they coexist happily with cats!