walkers walk… but runners fly

Weekly Rundown- Tampa!!!

Woohoo!  This week was our now-annual trip to Tampa for FMEA (Florida Music Educator’s Association, otherwise known as All-State.) My daughter was playing in the band, my husband attended professional development seminars, and my son and I were along for the ride.  Workouts continued to be minimal- I’ll get back on track next week.  Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting the Weekly Rundown- let’s get into it!

Sunday

Since my strength training was sketchy last week, I vowed to do SOMETHING on this day, and I did- my hip stability exercises.  Better than nothing!

Monday

4 mile run to start the day.  It was the last day of winter break, so I got to run in the daylight once again, woohoo!

Tuesday

UGH.  School started again, which meant getting up at 5:30.  That was painful.  I did an upper body workout and the Caroline Girvan deadbugs.

Wednesday

12 mile long run!  I ran partially on the road and partially on trails.  Good run!

It was cold though- in the 40s when I started, which accounts for the odd attire.  I wore a hat and gloves, and long sleeve zippered sweatshirt.  I eventually unzipped but kept the hat on for most of the time.

In the afternoon, we left for Tampa!  Glad I got that run in before sitting in the car for four hours.

Thursday

No workouts!  This was a super busy day, and- it’s a long story, which I went into in my last post, which was a whine-fest- but I had to drive my daughter to and from her rehearsals (in other years it was a short walk from our hotel.)  I did do a lot of walking, so it was a good day.

The Riverwalk- partially under construction after damage from the hurricane.

Friday

Again, it was an early day and I had to drive my daughter to her rehearsal.  Since the Riverwalk was not a great option for running, I took it to the hotel gym.

The treadmills were a little too smart for me, and I didn’t have time to figure out how to set them the way I wanted, so I just went by time.  I did ten minutes of walking, 3 mph at a 12% incline, and then ran for 30 minutes at a 1% incline.  Done!

Saturday

The past two years, there was an FMEA 3K race, but they didn’t have it this year (not sure why.) I decided to run my own 3K on the treadmill!

I figured out how to program it for a 6K workout.  I warmed up for 2K, ran a 3K “race” and then cooled down for the final kilometer.  The only thing is, after all these years I still can’t convert kilometers to miles, so I didn’t know how to set my pace.  I did run the 3K at a “hard for me” pace, and increased it a bit at the end for a final kick.  I thought I would get my stats from my Garmin, but failed to realize I needed to calibrate it for treadmill running.  Technology fail!  Or, me fail.  If I had had more time I could have figured everything out… I did have a good workout though, and finished with a little core work.

My daughter’s concert was at night, and then we drove home.  Oof- very late night.

Sunday

Back to reality-sigh.  Some sort of strength work must happen today!

How was your week?  

Do you keep up your workout schedule while on vacation?

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