Weekly Rundown- Forward Motion!
Welcome once again to the Weekly Rundown! It was a good week of workouts, and I got much more sleep than last week (phew.) Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting! Here’s how it all went down. Sunday Easter Sunday! It was a little complicated, but I was able to pop out for a 3 mile run mid-morning. All my runs this week incorporated intervals of 4 minutes running/1 minute walking. I actually don’t think my ankle needs this anymore, but I’m just being cautious- I don’t want anything ELSE to get injured, especially since I was limping around for a month. But everything feels good! Monday Oof, this morning had a lot of moving parts. My daughter had school, which meant a 5:30 wakeup. And my son was flying back to Texas. One of my husband’s best qualities is his willingness to drive to the airport, no matter what time of the day or night (seriously- this is what you want in a partner.) So he was driving my son, but I wanted to see them off, so it was an at-home workout day. I did the Caroline Girvan Deadbug Workout, Bulgarian split squats, and the Knees Over Toes exercises, which coincidentally involve ankle-strengthening as well. Tuesday Caroline’s Deadbug Workout again in the morning, and in the afternoon (gasp! I never run in the afternoon!) I ran 4 miles. Wednesday Gym day! I warmed up on the stairmaster, then did squats, deadlifts, and Knees Over Toes exercises. The one thing that’s still so hard for me on the injured side, is single leg heel lifts. Oof- it still hurts. I finished with the Cool Blogger’s Workout- 3o minutes on the treadmill, 12% incline, 3 mph. Thursday Up early for a 3 mile run, followed once again by Caroline’s Deadbug Workout. Friday I started at home with the deadbig workout, then went to the gym for benchpress, reverse fly, and overhead press with dumbbells. Saturday It’s come to my attention that I’m running a 50K at the end of May, so I better start increasing my distance. This run was 5 miles, and felt pretty good. Of course, 5 is a lot less than 30… but I’ll get there. The other thing is, my race is on a TRAIL, and right now I’m avoiding the trail for fear of hurting that ankle again. But I’ll get there as well! Sunday On tap for today…. OFF! Sleeping in, waffles… you know. The usual Sunday activities. How was your week? Did you have spring-like weather? – We actually had a little cooldown- so unusual for April- which is why Saturday’s photo shows me running in long sleeves! Top photo by Frederik Löwer on Unsplash