With this week came the end of my staycation and the return to school for my youngest son. Everything felt a little out of kilter including the weather as we teeter tottered between humidity one day and fall-like temps the next. I never really found my workout groove…here’s how the week played out.

Monday — Labor Day and the last day of my staycation. I’ve been enjoying the combo of a short run and strength work.

Tuesday — Powerwalk & Upper body & core work. As expected the first day back to work after a week off was a l-o-n-g day! I runfess I thought about just phoning it in, but knew I would feel better if I got some sort of workout in.

Wednesday — 3-mile run & core work. The humidity returned with a vengeance and this run was hard!

Thursday — Rest day – I woke up with a migraine that just never let up 🙁

Friday — Another couple of miles run plus strength training. I had heard a lot about Jess’ classes but had yet to try one so it was an all Jess workout!

Saturday — 4-mile run & core work. The weather was gloriously cool with no trace of the mid-week humidity. A house along my route had a number of painted rocks along their stone wall – I just loved seeing these words of wisdom!

Sunday — Today will be all about hanging out and enjoying some football. I will probably get a walk or short run in and some core work to keep this week’s core streak going.

I’m happy to say that my son’s return to school was relatively smooth. His school is going with a hybrid approach so he has in-person classes every other day. It will definitely take us a bit to find our new rhythm…but then again, isn’t that the story of this year?!

How was your week? Does it feel like fall where you are?

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It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I sit here on my deck embracing the peace and quiet. It’s a far cry from what continues to play out on a daily basis all around. Each week I hope we’ll collectively be able to catch our breath, but it has yet to be. I am tired y’all…just plain tired.

As I have said so many times since March, my workouts help to keep me sane. And this week was no different…here’s a quick recap of my workouts.

Sadly this was an August with no beach time 🙁

Monday — Strength training. I loved this upper body and core combo!

Tuesday — Yoga. I may have gotten a tad ambitious with Monday’s workout because DOMS caught up with me with a vengeance. Time on my mat provided some relief.

Wednesday — 3 miles with temps in the 50s! I will admit I came very close to hitting the snooze button and skipping this run, but I knew I would regret missing this cool morning. Turned out to be a decent run.

Thursday — 1.75 miles and strength training. I decided to revisit Monday’s strength combo along with a short warm-up run. My appointment with the massage therapist for later that afternoon was perfect timing 🙂

Friday — Rest day. I took full advantage of my day off by sleeping in a little and then lingering over coffee far too long before meeting a friend for a long outdoor lunch. Perfect day, but no workout and I’m okay with that.

Saturday — 3 miles. With thunderstorms threatening I took my run to the mill. Running with one of my favorite instructors and The Weekend soundtrack was the perfect antidote to the treadmill.

Sunday — 3 miles. Saturday’s rain cleared out the humidity and it was another beautiful morning.

Like last week, I had both Thursday and Friday off this week – and let me just say that having 4-day weekends is something I could get used to! LOL! With Labor Day on the horizon, I’m looking forward to being off from work starting on Wednesday and giving myself a nice little 6-day staycation. It will be a good way of getting September off on the right foot – hopefully Mother Nature will play nice.

Are things cooling off where you are?

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Happy Sunday!

It was another busy week here as moving my son back to school took center stage. I’m happy to say the move-in went smoothly and I was relieved when he FaceTimed me to show me his room all set up (Parents were not allowed in the dorms). Senior year officially begins Monday! We’ve now got a couple of weeks to soak in the last of summer before we take on “back-to-school” part 2 and my youngest starts high school.

I’m also happy to say that my right hip was feeling much better this week. Here’s a quick peek at my week in workouts:

Monday — Strength training. Started the week off with a trio of Peloton workouts. Coco had suggested Matt’s Strength for Runners class and it was a good one – reminded me of many of the exercises my PT had me doing.

Tuesday — Rest day.

Wednesday — 3 miles. Mother Nature served up a beautiful 58-degree morning!

Thursday — 2-mile power walk with my husband and the pup along with another excellent Strength for Runners class (this time with Becs) and the Prince Core Strength class again. It was another sub-60 degree morning!

Friday — 45 min. Peloton boot camp. I finally tried one of the Peloton boot camps – It gave me a little of the feel of an OTF class with a nice mix of running blocks and strength training.

The soundtrack for this class was on point!

Saturday — 3 miles and yoga. I took Matt’s Classic Rock Run and followed his advice to follow-up the run with some yoga. I tried Kristin’s 20-min. yoga flow: lower body class, which I found to be very challenging. But, I cannot deny that my hips appreciated the work.

Sunday — As I sit here writing this with a coffee mug in hand I’m still on the fence between a run or a walk. I do know that I will be opting outside for a few miles. Mother Nature has offered up some beautiful weather this week, but with the forecast showing another possible heatwave coming up, I want to get out and enjoy it while the humidity is still relatively low.

Another added bonus of this week was having both Thursday and Friday off! I am planning to do the same for this upcoming week and may look to do the same the following week as well. Things continue to be fairly hectic at work, and with nowhere to escape to for a week-long vacation, I figured some extended long weekends were a good compromise.

How was your week? Do you have any planned time off?

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So I blinked and half the month is gone. Am I still working out? Of course, just haven’t been feeling as inclined to sit down and blog about it. The reality of my oldest son returning to school hit me square in the face at the beginning of this month, and so I have been juggling all that goes into getting him ready to go back to campus (hello COVID testing) with a couple of crazy weeks at work, while trying to soak up all the family time possible.

After completing the 4th and final week of the Pelothon 2020 challenge last week, this week felt a little random as I didn’t plan my workouts and just kinda took each day as it came. Also, my cranky hip reared its ugly head last Sunday so had to take that into account as well.

Here’s how the week played out…

Monday — I’ve been sticking to my #nevermissamonday goal and eased into the week with some much-needed yoga.

Tuesday — 2-mile run & Peloton strength.

Wednesday — Peloton strength. This was a great combo that I definitely plan to repeat. I had never taken one of Tunde’s classes since most of hers are on the bike – I absolutely loved her energy! And Chase is always a fave.

Thursday — 3-miles and a massage! Mother Nature finally gave us a break from what felt like the never-ending heatwave.

Friday — Had a full schedule (including a hair cut! yay!) and my hip was actually a little sore from the massage so I took a rest day.

Saturday — 3-mile power walk with my pup plus core work. I had originally planned to run, but I woke up with zero motivation. So I opted for a hilly power walk and enjoyed another cool morning.

Sunday — 4 miles including a Prince-themed Peloton run. As I said in my Instagram post – is there anything better than having the streets to myself and listening to Prince’s music?! Of course, I wore purple for the occasion.

While summer temps will be returning this week, the mornings look like they’ll be relatively cool – perhaps that will help my lack of running mojo…if not, I’ll keep up the power walks. Truthfully right now, I’m enjoying strength training so much more…and I’m ok with that.

Do you find your running mojo ebbs and flows? How is August treating you so far?

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Happy Sunday!

Did you have an enjoyable 4th? Mine was very low-key. After completing the June Summer Streaker Challenge (1-mile run or 20-minute workout each day), I took my first complete rest day. I did nada, nothing….it was a gloriously lazy day hanging with the family, capped off with a big lobster dinner on the deck. And, dare I say that I didn’t really miss seeing fireworks this year.

Here’s how this my week of workouts went down…

Monday — 1.25 mile run plus a couple of strength workouts via Peloton.

Tuesday — 1- mile run plus Peloton flow yoga for hips

Wednesday — 3-mile run

Thursday — 1.25 miles plus PT exercises and core work

Friday — 3-mile run

Saturday — Rest!

Sunday — 5-mile run

In my efforts to find my next summer challenge, I embarked on a mini run streak this week (actually from last Saturday through Friday). While I’ve done workout streaks or run/walk challenges, I have never attempted a run streak – so I tried one on to see how it would feel. The result? It was fine, but not inspiring enough in and of itself to continue. I crave variety in my workouts and the thought of “I have to run today” to keep a streak going just didn’t do it for me. One good take away from this little experiment was my dedication to daily rolling. Knowing that I was going to run every day really motivated me to hit the foam roller – that’s a habit I want to keep up!

How was your week? Have you ever tried a run streak?

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