Happy Sunday!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. It was so nice to have this week off from work, to have my college boy home for a few days, and to spend time hanging (and eating!) with family. My heart is full and I am thankful.

As always, I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah for the Weekly Run Down link-up so here’s a quick look at my week in workouts.

Weekly Run Down – Thankful

Monday — Strength for Runners, Core, Peloton Low-Impact Ride & Stretch. The Strength for Runners classes have become some of my favorite classes on the Peloton app – so much single-leg work.

Tuesday — 3.3-mile run & Core. Despite the wind, this run felt really good – was it the switch to 5:1 intervals? was it the new shoes?

Trying out the Brooks Ghost

Wednesday –– 2.5-mile walk & PT exercises.

Thursday — 4-mile run, Core & Stretch. Thankful to virtually trot with these ladies!

Thanks to Kim for the collage!

Friday — 1-mile walk otherwise rest. This was a super lazy hangout day, but I did get 1 mile in for Day 2 of the #FFHolidayChallenge of 30 mins of movement a day from Thanksgiving to New Year’s.

Saturday — 4.2-mile run, Core & Stretch. The wind was just rude and made this run feel really challenging.

Sunday — 3-mile walk & Yoga.

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Happy Sunday!

That sound you hear is me exhaling after a very busy week. With a staycation on the horizon, I knew work this work would be extra crazy, but then throw in my youngest son home sick for a couple of days, parent-teacher zoom conferences, and life in general, and yeah I’m ready for some downtime. On the workout front, this was definitely a “do what you can, when you can” type of week, here’s how things played out.

Weekly Run Down – Running into Thanksgiving Week

Monday — Upper body strength and core courtesy of raking the never-ending collection of leaves in my yard. I woke up feeling sluggish so I opted to pass on an early morning workout. Nothing like old-school yardwork to work the arms, shoulders, and back.

Tuesday — Peloton Ride, Lower Body Strength, Core & Stretch. Robin’s live DJ ride offered a fun playlist.

Wednesday — 3.1-mile run & Stretch. Everything about this run felt hard…no particular reason why. As I posted on Instagram, some days you are the windshield, and some days you are the bug – this was a bug run.

Thursday — Rest Day. My schedule was cray cray, and I kept pushing my workout later and later, and eventually just waved the white flag.

Friday — 3-mile run, Core & Stretch. Wrapped up work early and took advantage of the mild mid-afternoon temps – this run was a nice bounceback after Wednesday’s rough run.

Saturday — 4.25-mile run, Core, and a couple of hours of yard clean-up/leaf-raking.

Sunday — 2-mile walk, Core, & Yoga. I woke up feeling every bit of yesterday’s rolling hills run and the yardwork, but a little movement always helps.

For the week ahead, I am so looking forward to having time off from work, to the college boy coming home, and to enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday with family.

What have you got planned for Thanksgiving Week?

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I’m back from our road trip. We saw family members we haven’t seen in ages so it was nice to catch up, despite the circumstances that brought us together. After all of the driving to and from upstate New York both this weekend and last weekend, I’m looking forward to not being back on the road for a while.

I have the NYC Marathon on the DVR and have managed to avoid any coverage on the socials, so before I plant myself on the couch, here is a quick look at how the first week in November fitness played out.

Weekly Run Down – Week 44

Monday – Hello November! 3.1-mile run, Core & Stretch

Start of a new day, new week, new month.

Tuesday – 2-mile walk & Core

Wednesday – Lower Body Strength, Core, Peloton Ride, & Stretch. This was a great stack that I definitely plan to repeat!

Thursday – 3-mile run followed by a sports massage!

Friday – 2-mile walk, Core & PT exercises

Saturday – 3-mile run. After 7 hours in the car on Friday, this run felt so good. Our hotel was just a short drive to Lock 32 State Canal Park, so it was a brisk (27 degrees!) run along the Erie Canal.

Sunday – Another long car ride…there may be yoga later, but I may just become one with my couch.

November Goals

The mini-goals I set for the post-race weeks in October worked so well that I’m putting them on repeat for November (minus the 2-week sugar detox!). My hip continues to feel really good so why mess with a good thing, right?

There were so many races this weekend – congrats to all of the runners, including Weekly Run Down link-up hosts Kim and Deborah.

Is it just me or was this quite the week?! Everything felt just a little…off? I’m going to chalk it up to the full moon… or perhaps the effects of my sugar detox (more on that in a minute). First, here’s how the week’s workouts played out.

Full moon spotted on Thursday morning’s walk.

Weekly Run Down – Week 42

Monday — Lower Body Strength, Core, Peloton ride & Stretch. Out of curiosity, I tried one of the Barre classes on the Peloton app as part of my strength workout. I did not love it. Thankfully, I picked a short class.

Tuesday — Day 2 of the sugar detox and I hit the sugar wall (at least that’s what I’m calling it)! Felt really sluggish and had a withdrawal headache. This combine with a cray cray workday that left me spent…I took a rest day.

Wednesday — 3-mile run, Core & Stretch. Mother Nature finally hit the switch on the fall weather, my energy level bounced back, and I couldn’t have been happier!

Thursday — 2.5-mile walk & PT exercises. Another nutty workday so I was super grateful to have a sports massage scheduled at the end of the day.

Friday — 1-mile walk, Full Body Strength & Stretch.

Saturday — 4-mile run, Core & Stretch. More 50-degree perfection and this run felt so good!

Sunday — 3.5-mile walk, PT exercises, & Yoga.

Just 2 runs this week and felt great on both. Slow and steady progress!

Sugar Detox Week 1 Done.

Going into the sugar detox I had been warned of possible withdrawal side effects — headaches, sluggishness/low energy, muscle aches — check, check, and check. I definitely rode the roller coaster of these effects with Tuesday being the worst of it.  My energy level kind of ebbed and flowed so I let how I felt dictate whether I walked or ran. By Saturday I woke up with some pep in my step and that’s carried over to this morning as well. Week 2 of the detox is on deck.

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