Today marks the last day of a glorious week off! It was super low-key, providing the mental break I seriously needed. I’m now feeling refreshed and ready to take on some new goals for the month. But first, here’s how the past week’s workouts played out.
Monday — 4 miles. My right hip was feeling pretty wonky after just 2 miles so I was pleased to eke out 4.
Tuesday — Rest to give my unhappy hip a break.
Wednesday — Peloton 25-minute ride, 15-min Bodyweight Strength & 10-min stretch
Thursday — 3 miles. And with this run, I wrapped up 2020 with 646.4 miles. I also had a deep tissue massage which did wonders for my hip.
Friday — 2.3-mile walk and 20 min slow flow yoga
Saturday — Zoom ride with blogger friends followed by 30-min full-body strength & 10 min yoga for glutes. Thanks to Kim for organizing the ride!
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Sunday –– I chose to sleep in this morning and as I sit here lingering over coffee I still haven’t decided what I will do today. The only thing I’m certain of is that there will be movement and yoga…as you’ll see in my goals below.
January 2021 Goals
Given all that took place in 2020 and all of the uncertainty that remains, I am reluctant to set any big running/fitness goals for 2021. Thanks to the ZOOMA Run Club, I have set a run/walk mileage goal of 750 miles – that’s 62.5 miles/month which feels doable, especially without any big races to train for. I have always liked to set monthly goals to help keep me accountable and provide a focus, and that’s how I plan to continue to roll in 2021.
So here’s the plan for January:
— Daily yoga
— Peloton Winter Launch Challenge (1 class/day)
— 62.5 miles
— Return to mindful eating and leave the deserts alone
In the closing weeks of December, I really let all forms of recovery slide so the return of a cranky hip on Monday’s run was not a complete surprise. I’ve often toyed with the idea of daily yoga and now feels like a perfect time to give it a go. Some sessions will be longer than others, but I look forward to seeing how I feel with some focused effort on my mat.
Any suggestions for online yoga classes? Have you set any goals for 2021?
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Daily yoga sounds like a great plan for this month! I have completely slacked on yoga and I just don’t have the motivation to get back to it. Glad the massage helped your hip! Great job this week!
I’m so “off again, on again” with yoga – hopefully, this will help me to build some consistency.
I am trying to do daily stretch and or yoga Peloton classes. I love chelsea’s yoga and all the stretch classes are pretty solid. So many fun Peloton challenges this month to do. Take care of your hip!
I’m a fan of Chelsea’s classes too! I’m working on exploring more of Peloton’s stretch classes.
Happy New Year! It was so much fun riding with the group virtually yesterday. I hope we can do it again soon.
I love the goals that you’ve outlined. The Peloton challenges will definitely keep us busy this month!
It’s great that Peloton has always got a couple of challenges going!
The virtual ride was fun – definitely hope we can do it again soon 🙂
Have you done the Peloton yoga workouts? Those were my favorite part of the app.
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I’ve done some of Chelsea and Denis’ classes but need to check out the other instructors. I’m hoping there are enough 10 – 20 min. long classes to help keep it interesting.
Sorry about the hip. Glad the massage helped.
I like yoga but I always put it on back burner. I heard that Adrienne has online yoga classes for runners and it’s very good. Maybe you can motivate me to start.
But now I have a bike – so exciting. I plan to ride 30-45 min on non-running days. That could be a lot if we have a snowy icy winter.
Happy New Year. I think you are gong to crush your goals.
Thanks Darlene 🙂
I keep hearing about Adrienne and keep saying I’m going to check out her classes. Thanks for the reminder!
So happy to hear about the addition of your bike!
I’m having some crankiness in my right hip too and along with my SI joint dysfunction, I have no choice but to work on recovery. I just may go see a pelvic health specialist this year–yes there is such a thing. Supposedly she can do wonders for old ladies who have SI joint dysfunction.
You’ve got some nice goals. You should have no trouble conquering them!
I had no idea there was such a thing as a pelvic health specialist! With the mild arthritis detected in my right hip, I really have to commit to recovery work. I’m sorry your hip’s giving you trouble too. If you decide to see the specialist I’ll be really curious to hear what they have to say.
Although I’m doing more stretching than in the past, daily yoga sounds like a great goal (I just might piggyback on that). All the extra cycling really seems to keep my legs loose, so “M thankful I now have an indoor option for that. And to think, this indoor option has been there for several years and I chose to ignore it. It was so nice “seeing” you yesterday for our ride!! I hope we can do it again 😉
Never too late to jump on this yoga bandwagon with me 😉
Thanks again for organizing the virtual ride! Definitely need to do it again.
Daily yoga sounds intimidating, but if I can do daily core, I’m sure you can do daily yoga. 😉 Sorry your hip is cranky, but yay on the massage. My massage place closed earlier this year because the landlord wouldn’t give them a break on the rent. I’m not ready to try a new place yet.
Getting up with my alarm is going to be tough tomorrow!
I’m aiming to keep the yoga sessions to 10 – 20 minutes with maybe one longer class each week so it doesn’t feel like too much. We’ll see how it goes. I’ve been lucky that my massage therapist was able to re-open a few months ago – I’m sure my hip would be in worse shape without her! She’s actually the one who gave me the idea for this little yoga streak 🙂
I am also interested in good online yoga classes. I like Yoga With Adrienne, but she has so many classes, it gets a little overwhelming to choose. I hope to do a 30 Day Flexibility Challenge in February so am happy to see what you come up with!
I hope your hip starts feeling better soon!
Oh I like your idea of a Flexibility Challenge! I will definitely let you know what classes I end up using.
I feel the same way- it’s too hard to set goals for the entire year right now. I’m just going month by month!
I too have “hip crankiness” so I’ll be interested to hear how your month of yoga goes- I hope it helps!
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Thanks Jenny!
Well of course there’s my YouTube Channel. Sorry, you asked!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV7g9S4rvfEo2YxarOmTqcQ
I have quite a few practices aimed at runners, and they vary from really short to longer. I add new videos weekly.
There are so many great channels, though. I hope you find one you love — it’s the first thing I do every morning (although sometimes I do some myofascial release before my yoga). It’s made a huge difference for me.
Your mileage goal sounds totally doable. Glad you have that to motivate you! Happy New Year!
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There are so many channels – it can be overwhelming! Thanks for sharing yours 😉
Glad you enjoyed your week off. It is hard going back to work. I struggled a lot yesterday.
Daily yoga sounds like a good plan. I have a goal of running 1,200 miles for the year but I like the idea of setting monthly goals.
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You’ve been so consistent with your running! I bet 1,200 miles is totally doable for you!
Sorry about the hip, and daily yoga sounds a great idea. Happy New Year!
Thanks Liz! Happy New Year to you too!