Weekly Rundown- The Curse of the Pumpkins
Well, I’m not gonna lie. September has been a tough month! My sister and I were all excited to start celebrating Pumpkin Palooza, but the month has not felt very festive. There was my car accident which put my car out of commission for weeks, my sister and her husband both got Covid (after avoiding it for the past two and a half years), my daughter had a stressful incident (and believe me, when a thirteen-year-old girl is stressed out, the family suffers), my husband got hit by a car while riding his bike to work, then when my sister recovered from Covid she had a tooth emergency, and then yesterday her elderly cat had to go to the vet (coincidentally also with a tooth emergency.) Everyone has survived these issues, but instead of a festive Pumpkin Palooza, we’ve decided it is more like the CURSE OF THE PUMPKINS. But all curses have to lift sometime, right? We’re anxious to move forward and put this unfortunate month behind us. And oh yes… there were plenty of workouts this week! Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting the Weekly Rundown! Here’s how the week played out. Sunday Now that I’ve switched my long(er) runs to Wednesdays, I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing on Sundays. Last week I took the day off but ended up feeling too blah- so this week I did a 30 minute glutes and legs strength class, with my favorite instructor Matty on Peloton. Monday Okay, let’s get this week started right! I did a 3 mile run followed by a Peloton core class. (Side note- yes, my hamstring is still bothering me. I’m ignoring it! That always works, right?) Tuesday I did two Peloton classes- upper body and core, and then Runner’s Touch exercise. Once again, this helps me so much but I STILL forget to do it. Why??? It felt good to get back to it. Wednesday After dropping my daughter off at school, I went to a park where I used to do my long runs, back in the day. It’s a really nice park and I was happy to be back, but man… the heat. I’m not sure this schedule is working. I just can’t get started early enough on a Wednesday morning, and these runs have been hard. Most of the paths in this park are paved, but there’s a cross country trail as well and I ran a loop of that at the end. I ran 6 miles total but it felt like 16. I’m going to try to hang onto this running schedule until the weather cools down… we’ll see if I can make it. Thursday I stacked three Peloton classes- glutes and legs, upper body, and core. I like Peloton, but I’m toying with the idea of trying something else. GASP! I know… blasphemy. I haven’t been doing yoga (trying to heal up a nagging wrist pain), I don’t do any of the cycling or running classes, and well- there’s a bunch of free classes on Youtube. Just something I’ve been thinking about. Friday 3 mile run, and this felt about 1000 times easier than Wednesday’s run, because I got out just as the sun was rising. Saturday Ah, running is funny. Today’s run was also early in the morning, but felt waaaay harder that yesterday’s. What the…? Oh well, I slowed my pace way down and got it done. Any running is better than no running. Followed this 3 mile slog with another core class. In other news… my frickin’ car is FINALLY FIXED. Here is the text exchange my husband and I had while I was at work. So, after four “short” weeks, my car is done but ironically we couldn’t get it, because by the time I got home from work my husband had to leave for his job. But my husband isn’t working on Monday, so he’s going to get the car. Just in the nick of time, because there really is a hurricane heading our way. The weather this week will not be conducive to bike riding! Sunday On tap for today… probably some less intense strength class, like barre, and possibly runners touch again. And football watching, obviously! How has your September been? Were you affected by the Curse of the Pumpkins? If you do strength classes other than Peloton, can you recommend any to me?