As I runfessed on Friday, I allowed myself some much needed down time after we got back from Vegas. So this week was about slowly finding some mojo…
Monday: Strength session with Trainer Stacy. Nothing helps to knock the rust off faster than an intense hour working on core, hips and shoulders!
Tuesday: Well, I got a little overambitious with Monday’s workout so a little gentle yoga was needed.
Wednesday: 7 hrs of travel in a car – thank goodness for compression sleeves!
Thursday: 3 easy miles on the hotel treadmill before Thanksgiving festivities.
Friday: 6+ hours of car travel followed by some much needed rolling!
Saturday: Cardio by way of leaf raking. (If I never see another leaf again I’d be ok with that!)
Sunday: I laid in bed for a long time listening to the wind whip around the house and debating a run. I opted for a strength workout following the new plan Stacy created for me.
So yeah…finding that mojo was a little slow going. The goal for this upcoming week is simple – get some miles in. I’d really like to up my strength training during this “off season” so Stacy and I worked out a plan that should have me in the gym 3x’s a week. That still leaves 3 days to run and a yoga/rest day – at least that’s the plan.
As always, I’m linking up with Tricia and Holly for the #WeeklyWrap. Head on over and check out all of the great ladies sharing weekly training, life happenings, motivation and encouragement!
Ugh, leaf raking! I bought a leaf blower, haha! Looks like you had a nice peaceful week – well deserved!
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We have a leaf blower which helped, but I still felt like we were raking forever! LOL!
OMG…just looking at those leaves and I get a headache!!! My parents house used to be an annual Thanksgiving raking before dinner…uugh! So glad that tradition died!! lol!!
Wow-I have never even thought to wear compression sleeves for a long ride!!! Thanks for that!
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I always say that I am going to increase my weight training during the off season….this is the 1st time I am actually sticking to it (so far!) Good luck!
I say it every year about the strength training, but at least this time I have a plan. Hopefully, I’ll stick to it!
I’m right there with you on the leaves. Ugh. And it’s just started around here. I wore compression sleeves under my jeans all day on Thanksgiving including the travel time. They really seem to help. It sounds like you got a good plan going! Thanks for linking, Michelle!
The funny thing is when we first moved into this house I actually said to my husband that I was concerned that our backyard wasn’t big enough – now I’d take a postage stamp for a backyard just to avoid the leaves!
Oh, it’s hard to get out of bed when the wind is whistling – let alone get out the door. It was windier on our bike ride today than we expected — luckily we didn’t find out until it was too late to back out! i should focus on strength now, but I’m juggling two indoor cycling studios and OTF as it is!
P.S. The Cherry Blossom lottery opens Thursday ….
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I just got an email about Cherry Blossom. One of these years I’m going to get there! Gotta check the boys lacrosse schedules.
Aww look at all those pretty leaves! I actually never had to rake leaves in my yard, I do have to fish them out of my pool though!
I wouldn’t want to get out and run in the wind either!
Oh sure they’re pretty as long as they stay on the trees LOL 🙂
Yes to compression sleeves for a long car ride 😉 I wore them both to/from Tulsa last weekend (8-hr car ride both ways). And leaves…ugh! We got most of ours done a couple weeks ago, but round two is about to commence….
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I swear I’m still seeing leaves in my sleep! 😉
Way to go with the leaf raking! I’ve got the runstreak to keep me motivated but I still hope to get more strength training in. Always a struggle for me to get that in.
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That’s great – How long are you run-streaking?
Ugh, the leaves! I couldn’t wait until my boys got old enough to take over that task! I am loving my strength training these days and really really hope to keep it up even after I’m back to running more. It’s so hard to choose anything over running though! 🙂
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I know what you mean – it was nice to have our boys help out more this year!