Weekly Rundown- Blah.
Well, it’s Sunday again so I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah as usual for the Weekly Rundown! I’m also joining San and fourteen other bloggers for NaBloPoMo– 30 blog posts for the 30 days of November. In addition, San is hosting her annual Secret Santa Mug Swap. Head over to her page before November 17th if you want to participate! Let’s talk about the week. My daughter described it as “the worst week ever.” I wouldn’t go quite that far, but it was pretty frustrating. Here’s how it went: Sunday Instead of a long run, I just ran 5 miles and hightailed it home to watch the NYC Marathon. It was a pleasant run and a pleasant day… nothing special. Monday I’m still working my way through Caroline Girvan’s Iron Series on YouTube. You may remember a couple weeks ago, I hurt a mystery muscle around my ribs/back/side and had to skip Day #14, which was a full body strength workout. Well, that muscle still hurts but I’m forging ahead anyway, so I went back to complete that workout. Tuesday No school because of election day. I ran 4 miles, then did my plyometrics and Planksgiving. Hahahahaha…. who am I kidding. I’m totally not doing any kind of planking challenge- I keep forgetting. I think I did a plank three times this week. Oh well! In the afternoon we got the news that due to Hurricane Nicole, school would be canceled for Wednesday and Thursday. This canceled what probably would have been the two best days of the whole year for my daughter- she was supposed to have a big field trip, AND a rehearsal and performance for a county-wide jazz band. Lots of tears and anger around here. Wednesday Well, we obviously have a major storm heading our way so I better get a run in while I can! Another 4 mile run, then home for a gloomy, rainy day. Thursday Oh guess what- the storm didn’t hit us after all! I started the day with Caroline Girvan Day #19 (continuing where I left off before I went back to make up Day #14) which was another full body strength workout. I left a sullen and disappointed daughter at home while I went to work… where I discovered all my clients had canceled because they thought there was going to be a hurricane. I was in a really bad mood- until I realized how ridiculous it was to be upset that a hurricane DIDN’T hit us. We’re LUCKY. Our house is intact and we didn’t lose our power. Onward! Friday Don’t ask me why, in our red, red state, our kids aren’t off for Veteran’s Day. It makes no sense, but I’ve learned not to question these things. I’m all for honoring our veterans- but I’m glad they had school. We had to get back to normal. I did a 3 mile run, followed by plyometrics and my “poor man’s Planksgiving.” Saturday OFF! Sunday On tap for today- a much needed trail run. Two weeks ago I went 10.5 so I’ll run 11 or 12… we’ll see. I was hoping some cooler air would blow in after our “storm” but so far it’s still warm and muggy here. Whatever! I just need to run. This was a really blah week, with a lot of gloomy weather and canceled events. The two strength workouts I did were good, but it seems like it’s taking me forever to work my way through this series (there are 30 workouts and I’m now on #20.) I’m liking Caroline Girvan, but I have something planned next, which I’ll talk about soon (ooh! Suspense!) How was your week? Were you affected by Nicole? Are you having colder weather? (Please send some our way!)