Weekly Rundown- Just the Usual Ups and Downs
Hey there! Welcome to the Weekly Rundown, hosted as always by Kim and Deborah (thanks, ladies!) Also a big thank you to San for being our fearless NaBloPoMo leader! I had a pretty great week- well, there was one little snafu, but I mean… I’m me, so it’s to be expected. Let’s just see how it all played out… Sunday 15 mile long run on my favorite trail. Most of this run felt great- I had a low point at mile 12, but got a second wind and finished feeling strong. Hooray! Monday I woke up feeling good- a little soreness in my quads, but nothing major. I started the morning with Adriene’s yoga for lower back pain.. Then, I was at work and suddenly out of nowhere, my foot started to hurt. It was one of the craziest things that’s ever happened to me (and I’ve had some crazy things.) One moment my foot was fine, the next moment there was a very distinct pain. It was like my body said “What? Nothing hurts? Let’s fix that.” It’s always something. Tuesday Yep, my foot still hurts. I started the morning with Caroline Girvan’s deadbug workout., and then, grudgingly, went to the gym and got in 45 minutes of cardio, the hard way… Wednesday Leg day at the gym, plus hip stability exercises! Here I am at the squat rack, as usual. Thursday Okay, let’s try running. 4 miles, and the whole time I was thinking, “Do I feel my foot? Is that pain, or is it my imagination?” Finally I told myself that if I couldn’t tell if it hurt or not, it’s probably fine. At night I did yoga for lower back pain again. Friday Caroline Girvan abs workout, and then upper body strength. And, yoga for lower back pain at night. Saturday It was a double workout day! In the morning I got out for a 5 mile run… … and later in the day, my daughter was going to the gym so I went as well and got in another lower body workout. When I go to the gym in the morning, it’s so crowded. Luckily there are eight squat racks so I always get one, but there are people on either side of me. If I try to take a video I feel like a jackass. It was less crowded on Saturday afternoon so I got a rare action shot! By the way, if you’re looking at my running photos and thinking, “it looks kind of warm there” you’d be right. I’m not loving 88 degrees in November… but you can see we have a cool front on the way! Sunday On tap for today… yoga! Other than that, a day off. From now on, I’m on a 10-day cycle for my long runs, so the next one will be Wednesday. How was your week? Would you trade your weather for 88 degrees?