Weekly Rundown- Oof (the Fun Kind…)
What a week. There was a lot of Christmas prep (yes, I did get my outdoor lights up last Sunday!), concerts, a VERY BIG FOOTBALL GAME, and of course, workouts as always. Thanks to Kim and Deborah for hosting this Weekly Rundown. Let’s start the insanity… Monday Ha- my arms were sore from putting up lights on Sunday! I guess that was a good thing, because- spoiler alert- I didn’t do any other upper body workouts this week (oops.) I started the day with a 3 mile run… …followed by the Caroline Girvan deadbug workout. There were many of these this week! Tuesday Another confession- I didn’t make it to the gym this week. As a matter of fact, I can’t remember the last time I was at the gym. I did hip stability exercises and the CG deadbug workout again. Then I was able to knock out several errands before work- phew. Wednesday 7 mile run! This run was hard. After last week’s beautiful weather, today we were in the 70s and the humidity was back- ugh! And, somehow I lost track of the miles. I thought I was done, stopped running and was about to save the workout on my watch, when I realized it said “6.07” WHAT. ARRRRG! I started it again and ran the last mile. Grr. After this run, I spent a couple hours wrapping presents and mailed some packages. Then at night, we had the winter band concert at the high school, always my favorite concert of the year. Thursday 3 mile run… and CG deadbug workout again! My back has been feeling okay this week, and I want to keep it that way. Deadbugs really help. Friday I did a leg workout at home, including squats, Bulgarian split squats, hip stability exercises, and then once again, the CG deadbug workout. THEN… State Championship football game today! The band, the cheerleaders and the team (ahem, obviously) all traveled to the game. Buses were also provided for any other students who wanted to attend. For the students who chose not to go, the game was live streamed in all the classrooms instead of regular curriculum. Have I mentioned that this has never before happened in the history of our school? I have to say, it crushed my soul a little to miss this game! I’ve attended every single home game this season, and every playoff game so far. But this one was during the day, and I had to work. I resigned myself to my fate. BUT THEN… My last client DIDN’T SHOW UP, so I rushed home and watched the last hour of the game via live stream. The live stream coverage was amazing! Like a professional game, with commentary, great camera work, and replays. Very fun in a different way from being there in person. AND WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an end to an incredible 15-0 season. And what a fun thing for the entire school! They’ll never forget this experience. Saturday 4 mile run before work, with some speed work thrown in! My legs were a little sore from the workout yesterday, but the run felt pretty good. At night we went to Tuba Christmas- a concert of Christmas music played by a band made up entirely of tubas. My daughter had some friends who were playing- she wasn’t playing herself, of course (is there such a thing as a piccolo Christmas? If so, I don’t want to hear it.) Fun night! Sunday On tap for today- a cookie baking extravaganza. I’m planning to knock out four batches of cookies, including two different cutout cookies. The days are just careening at full speed to Christmas. Slow down, time! How was your week? Did you wrap presents? Bake cookies? Attend a Tuba Christmas concert?