Weekly Rundown- Plates on the Bar
Whew, what a week. I’m sure it was an unusual week for most people. Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting the weekly rundown. And thanks to San for organizing NaBloPoMo– we’re in the home stretch! Here’s how the week of workouts went down… Sunday Ugh. My son got home late, late on Saturday night and I didn’t get to bed until after 1 am. I woke up to a rainy Sunday with a headache. I wanted to stay home and make a big breakfast…. but I HAD TO get out and do some sort of longer run. I did 7 miles, and never felt good for the whole run. Of course I was thinking, “How am I going to run a 50K in April if I can’t even run 7 miles now?” Oh well- I got it done, and returned home to find both kids still asleep. Monday Day off! I got eight hours of sleep and it felt amazing. Tuesday I did a 4 mile run, which felt great except that my stomach hurt. I can tell every run from now on will be accompanied by thoughts like this: “How am I going to run a 50K if my stomach hurts?” Ha ha… this is going to be a long four months. Wednesday It was the day of the BIG TRIP TO THE GYM! Remember how my son and I were going to go together? Here’s the timeline: 9:00- wake up son. Remind him that we’re going to the gym at 10:00. 9:20- check on son. Son mumbles sleepily. 10:00- enter son’s room wearing gym clothes. Threaten to leave without him. Son mumbles incoherently again. 10:20- leave for the gym alone. YES. I went to the gym all by myself! Not only did I work out, but it turns out I haven’t been there in so long, I get a free complimentary training session, which is scheduled for next Wednesday. Ironically, the trainer’s name is Paul, the same as my son. Noon: return home to find Paul (my son) JUST GETTING OUT OF BED. When I told him I have a session with my new trainer, Paul, next Wednesday, he said “Oh, I see I’ve been replaced!” Well, yes- if you’re not going to come to the gym with me, I’ll find a new Paul! Thursday Turkey Trot! It was a 5K and I also ran a mile to warm up. It was possibly the slowest 5K I’ve ever “raced,” but that’s okay- I just tried to enjoy it. It was also possibly the hottest Thanksgiving ever- I think the heat index was in the upper 80s by the afternoon. Sigh. Friday Woke up with sore legs- not sure if it was from the race, or the squats I did at the gym on Wednesday. I didn’t want to run, and I didn’t want to do any strength work because the plan once again was to go to the gym on Saturday. I ended up walking for two miles, and then doing a Caroline Girvan 15 minute abs workout. And, we decorated the tree and are in the process of Christmas-ing up the house! Saturday Okay, who are we kidding. We’re not going to the gym. I worked in the morning and then neither of us felt like it. But we have big plans for Christmas break! My son will be home for a whole month, and we’ll be going to the gym together then. I hope. Instead I did Day #24 in the Caroline Girvan Iron Series- it was a full body workout. I actually- temporarily- skipped over Day #23 because it was glutes and hamstrings, which seemed a little too intense for the day before a long run. There were legs in this one, but at least it wasn’t ALL legs. Sunday Boy, we really nailed the worst travel schedule ever this time. My son arrived home late at night last weekend, and this morning his flight leaves at 6 am. My husband will take him to the airport, but I’ll still be up at 4 am to make his breakfast and see them off. But a long run must occur! I have to make it happen, especially since I didn’t do it last week. This week was both festive and a little frantic- I’m torn between feeling sad that it’s over, and relieved to get back to a normal schedule. I only went to the gym once, but I did go- and I’ll be back next week for my training session. It’s a start! How was your week? Did you keep to a workout schedule, or have to modify because of the holiday? Are you happy or sad that Thanksgiving is over?