Weekly Rundown- Sore Legs and a Mini-Monsoon?
Hello! Welcome once again as I join Kim and Deborah for the Weekly Rundown. It was a weird week with heat, rain, wind, and lots of sore muscles. Let’s just see how it all played out… Sunday Well, best long run ever!!! I was scared, because when I started it was 72 degrees with 93% humidity- and the temperature climbed steadily through this run. But I felt AWESOME. 18 AWESOME MILES! I’m not sure exactly what to attribute it to, but I will say a truck should be arriving any day now with my lifetime supply of Tailwind. I used the raspberry flavor on this run, which contains caffeine. I strongly suspect that it was the Tailwind that made me feel incredible. Yes, I know it’s a little hard to drink- you get sick of it. But it’s worth it. Monday I was sore today, but got out for a one mile walk and then 3 miles of running. Once I got started it wasn’t too bad. Tuesday Gym day! My legs were STILL sore, so I didn’t want to do squats or deadlifts. I started off pushing and pulling the sled: … and then focused on upper body. I did bench press (which I’ve been neglecting lately) and overhead shoulder press with dumbbells. I followed everything up with some work on the ab machines. Wednesday Now my legs are feeling better, but my arms and chest are super sore from the bench press. 4 mile run… …followed by dead bugs, where I could barely extend my arms above my head because they were so sore! Sigh. This was also the day our “mini monsoon” started. It was windy and rainy all day, and into the next day. The county next to us actually canceled school, but luckily our schools stayed open. It felt like a mild version of a tropical storm- weird. Thursday Leg day at the gym! Sled pushes and pulls, squats, deadlifts… And then I made my way over to the machines. My right knee has been troublesome lately. Nothing terrible- sometimes I’ll feel it when I’m walking, and then in the first couple steps of my runs I’ll feel a jolt of pain. I don’t feel it for the rest of the time I’m running, but I don’t like jolts of pain. I figured the muscles around the knee needed some extra attention, so I did the leg curl and leg extension machines. While I was there I admired this guy’s t-shirt: Friday Oof. Following the laws of working out, since I did something different at the gym, today I was super sore. 4 mile run with heavy, tired legs. Sheesh! I need a day off. Saturday Oh, guess what it is- a day off! I was able to sleep in a little before work. And then in the afternoon, my son arrived home from college!!! Hooray! Best day ever. Sunday On tap for today- 10 mile run. Now that my long runs are entering the “actual long” category, I’m not going to do them every single week. This week is a “short” long run. I’m excited to run without sore muscles screaming at me for a change. How was your week? Are you ready for Thanksgiving? Do you have extra time off this week? – I’ll have Wednesday and Thursday off, but have to work on Black Friday. My daughter is off of school all week so that feels like a little vacation to me!