Weekly Review

I hope everyone had a good week last week!  It was a little strange with a holiday in the middle, but I'm not complaining about having that extra day off work :)  It also helped with being able to get in all my planned workouts.  Here are some details on the week.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday - 3 mile run.  I got off work early so was able to get in my run with some sun set views.  We also had a friend come by our house for a nice, quiet New Years Eve at home.

Wednesday - 3 mile run. New Years Day and a day off work!  We got in our run in the morning so that we could do brunch afterward.  It ended up being a two brunch day, with pajama brunch on our own in the morning at a local restaurant and then going to a friend's house for a brunch gathering she was hosting.  It was a great way to start 2020!

Thursday - Rest day plus 30 minutes on the treadmill desk at work.  And we got together with some friends with a post work happy hour.

Friday - Strength training at home plus a 1.5 mile walk in the afternoon.

Saturday - Yoga plus a 1 mile walk.  I also met up with a friend to watch the new Little Women movie.  We both really enjoyed it.

View from my walk near the movie theater

Sunday - 4.75 mile run.  I meant to go for 5 miles but it was cold and windy!  I would usually run around on the street in front of my house until I hit 5 but I just wanted to get inside and out of the wind by that point.  We also had a friend visiting DC from Ohio so met up with her and her husband for brunch.  This was a brunch heavy week!

So that was my week!  It included lots of fun time with friends and that was definitely appreciated. But now, the holidays are over and it's back to the routine with a full week at work.  Here's the plan for this week.

Monday - Strength training 

Tuesday - 3 mile run

Wednesday - Strength training

Thursday - 3 mile run

Friday - Rest Day

Saturday - Rest Day

Sunday - 5.5 mile run

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!

 

2019 Goals Wrap Up

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's!  I can't believe it's already 2020.  Of course, the start of a new year is a good time to look back on the goals for the past year and work on setting goals for the coming year.  I figured I'd join Fairytales and Fitness for their Friday link up and talk about how my 2019 goals went.

1.  720 miles for the year.  This one did not work out.  I only got 562 miles for the year.  I knew I was behind by 20 miles at mid-year and that gap only grew due to the tendinitis in the Fall.  

2.  Train hard for speed - This is another one that was derailed by tendinitis.  I was happy with the way this goal was going up until then though.  I was close to hitting my pace goal in my June 10k in Annapolis (and did hit the goal if you consider the heat during the race).

 

The Annapolis race is always beautiful

3. Read 6 non fiction books - I actually ended up reading more than 6 this year.  I read Becoming by Michelle Obama, The Incomplete Book of Running by Peter Sagal, Factfulness:Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr, In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, and Bucket to Greece by V.D. Bucket.  The last one was actually three books, and it was an amusing memoir of a British couple that moved to a small town in Greece for retirement. 

                                     

 

4.  Continue cooking at home.  This went pretty well throughout the year.  It helped that we used the instant pot a lot, and worked on a couple simple recipes that we could make quickly on work days.  And lots of soups in Winter!  I was not good at documenting it, unfortunately.  I know there were some recipes that we really liked but I didn't save them anywhere and I'm not sure if Ill be able to find them again.

Veggie Bibimbap from Sun Basket

So overall, it's been a mixed bag for 2019 goals.  The running goals were not met but I knew that was going to happen once I started feeling that pain in my foot again.  And I knew it was better long term to rest until the pain went away so I'm ok with that.  Fingers crossed it's good for gone now and I can work on increasing distance again in 2020.

Weekly Review

I hope everyone had a great week last week, and a Merry Christmas if you celebrate!  I ended up having the whole week off from work, which was a nice way to relax at the end of the year.  And we ended up having pretty smooth flights to Atlanta with no delays so that was a nice benefit as well.  All that time off work meant that I got in all my work outs too :)  Here are the details.

Monday - Spin class at Zengo.  This was the last of the discounted classes I had so I'm not sure how much I'll continue these classes.  I really like the classes at Zengo but they're expensive at full price. I might give the spin classes at the gym another try to see if I like them better with a different teacher.

Tuesday - 3 mile run at home before packing up and leaving for the airport to fly to Atlanta.

Wednesday - Rest day and Christmas with family.

Thursday - Rest day, plus celebrating my niece's birthday.

 

Birthday celebrations included riding the train around the mall

Friday - 3.5 mile run around my motherin-law's neighborhood.  We enjoyed checking out the holiday decorations, even though it seemed a bit weird given the temperatures were in the 60s.

Saturday - Rest day and my niece's birthday party.

Sunday - We had an early flight back home to Maryland.  We did make it to the gym in the afternoon and spent 30 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes with weights.

So that was my week!  This week includes another day off for New Year's Day so that should help with the work outs too.  Here's the plan for this week.

Monday - Strength training 

Tuesday - 3 mile run

Wednesday - 3 mile run

Thursday - Rest Day

Friday - Strength training

Saturday - Yoga

Sunday - 5 mile run

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!

 

Weekly Review

I can't believe it's already the week of Christmas!  This year has really flown by and this month has seemed even faster.  Last week went pretty well as far as work outs go.  I got in 2 cardio sessions and 2 strength training sessions.  Here are the details.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday - 30 minutes on the elliptical at the gym.  Plus, we found out that the branch of the gym we go to is closing :(  There are other branches in town we can go to but this one was the most convenient.

Wednesday - Strength training at home (Squats, calf raises, glute bridges, clam shells, planks, push ups, bicep curls, tricep curls, shoulder presses)

Thursday - Rest day and going to see the new Star Wars movie!  I even wore my Ahsoka Tano inspired dress and ring to work.

Friday - Rest day

Saturday - Yoga with Adrienne.

We also put together a pretty involved cat tree in the evening, but it was worth it since Perry already loves it :)

Sunday - 4 mile run, 2 miles with Mike and then 2 miles by myself.  We also got together with a friend later in the day to hang out and see another movie, Knives Out.  It was really good.

So that was the week.  We're traveling for the holidays this week so that might make things a bit more complicated but it should be fine.  It helps that I ended up getting the whole week off of work. 

Here's the plan for this week.

Monday - Spin class at Zengo (the last of the cheap classes I bought) 

Tuesday - 3 mile run plus traveling

Wednesday - Rest day

Thursday - 4 mile run

Friday - Strength training

Saturday - Yoga

Sunday - 3 mile run and traveling back home

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!

 

Weekly Review

I hope everyone had a good week last week!  Our week did end up being quite rainy and I only got one outside run.  But I was also exhausted for a lot of last week, and I'm not sure why.  There were several times when I took a nap after getting home from work and before dinner.  Hopefully I have more energy this week.  Here are the details.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday - 30 minute run

Wednesday - Strength training in the evening.  We also had our holiday celebration at work and we went out for lunch and to see a fun ice sculpture display.  It was How the Grinch Stole Christmas themed and we had a great time.

This is all made of ice!

Thursday - Rest day.  This was one of those days when I took a nap after work.

Friday - Barre video.  I had initially thought of going for a run but it rained all day.

Saturday - Spin class at Zengo.  I also went out with some friends in the evening for sushi and karaoke.  It was a fun night but way later than I'm used to and more alcohol than I'm used to. I didn't end up going to sleep until 2am.

Bonus photo of my friend's dog being melodramatic b/c no one was petting her :)

Sunday - Rest day.  Given how Saturday night went, I ended up taking another rest day.  I was also sore from the spin class the day before.  I did do a lot of hydrating, stretching and foam rolling and felt better by the end of the day.

Here's the plan for this week.

Monday - 30 minute run

Tuesday -Strength training

Wednesday - 45 minute run

Thursday - Rest day and seeing Star Wars!

Friday - 3 mile run

Saturday - Yoga/strength training

Sunday - 4 mile run

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!

 

Weekly Review

I hope everyone had a good week!  Mine went pretty well and I got most of my planned workouts in.  I got 3 runs, one elliptical session, and 2 strength training sessions.  Plus some fun time with friends!  I didn't get in any yoga but I did do a lot of stretching after my runs and kept up with my PT exercises.  Here are the details for the week.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday - 30 minute run.  Also, Mike is training for his first 10k (the Star Wars 10k at Disney World in April) and this was his first training run.  We're working on base building for December and January and actual 10k training will start in February.

Wednesday - Rest day

Thursday - 30 minutes on the elliptical plus weights at the gym

Friday -  3 mile run

Saturday - Strength training at home.  Plus we went out to a local show in the evening and met up with some friends there.

Sunday - 3 mile run.  I did 1.5 miles at an easy pace with Mike and then did another 1.5 miles on my own with speed work thrown in.  This is the first time I've done any speed work since September.  I did feel it in the soles of my feet afterward but my feet felt ok after some icing and using the foot massager later that night.

I also got together with a friend for a breakfast and Costco date Sunday morning.  Errands are so much more fun when you do them with a friend :)

Unfortunately, it looks like we have a lot of rain in the forecast this week.  But here's the plan.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday - 30 minute run (probably at the gym because of rain) + weights

Wednesday - Rest day

Thursday - Strength training

Friday - 3 mile run

Saturday - Yoga

Sunday - 4 mile run

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!

 

Weekly Review

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We spent most of last week in Ohio with family and I'm grateful that we were able to have that time together.  Of course, the travel put some kinks in my workout plans but I'm ok with that trade off at this time of year.  Here are the details.

Monday - barre video on You Tube

Tuesday - 30 minute run

Wednesday - Rest day and travel to Ohio.  Our flight ended up being a couple hours delayed so we made the most of our time at the airport.

In addition to a couple glasses of wine, I watched Brittany Runs a Marathon since it's available on Amazon Prime now.  I ended up really enjoying it.  I was concerned about the fat shaming at the beginning and what seemed to be a message related to how she would be happy if she just lost weight.  But the movie seemed to correct that message in the end and suggest it was much more about taking control of her life and not about losing weight.

Thursday - Rest day and Thanksgiving number one!  There were 6 of us and we knew we had another day of feasting on Friday so we wanted something that wasn't too heavy.  We had a rainbow carrot farinata and a tarte tatin that Mike made.

Friday - 3 mile run.

Plus this was Thanksgiving number 2 with a total of 8 people.  We decided to make things wasy for ourselves and just ordered food from Whole Foods.  They had a whole vegan menu for Thanksgiving.  We ordered 6 servings, figuring that 8 servings would be too much food.  But even then, we had a lot of left overs.  If we do this again I think we could even do 4 servings for 8 people.  The food was all delicious!  The entree was a mushroom etoufee, the sides were cornbread dressing, collard greens and black eyed pea fritters.  The dessert was vegan pumpkin pie.

Saturday - Rest day

Sunday - Rest day and flying back home.  We had an early flight and everything was on time.  I had meant to get in a run in the afternoon but it pretty much rained all day and I was tired after the travel.  So this was a much needed extra rest day.  It also included a lot of kitty cuddles and a friend who came over to visit later in the afternoon.

Back to the normal routine this week.  Here's the plan.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday -30 minute run

Wednesday - Strength training at the gym

Thursday - 45 minute run

Friday - Barre video

Saturday - Yoga

Sunday -45 minute run

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!