This past week…
Monday
I was pretty surprised on Monday that my calves were still sore from our trail run on Friday. I walked around a bit gingerly, lifted weights, and rolled out my legs.
Tuesday
I met my MRTT friends on Tuesday morning at 5:30 for a 5-mile run at a 9:30 pace. Since the time had changed over the weekend, we brought up the sun, rather than finishing our run in the dark.
I got home from my run just as Bill was heading out to run and vote, so I took off with him. We took the long way to our voting polling place. After we voted I ran home (2.3 miles round-trip), and Bill continued on with his run.
Wednesday morning I lifted, and then had a crazy busy day spread out between client appointments and a dentist appointment. That evening, my MRTT buddies started posting on our Facebook group about the next morning’s looming rain storm, and wondering if we should meet. Once Amanda, posted this eCard, we all became a little more focused on getting out on the trail the next morning!
Since it wasn’t too terribly cold, I met Erin and Kelley for 5 miles at a 9:16 pace in the pouring rain. The old Debbie didn’t care how cold the rain was; as long as it wasn’t icy, I’d get my run in. These days, I prefer to cross train on my bike when the temps drop on a rainy day.
Friday
Bill and I woke up a little dejected on Friday because we weren’t planning to run to the top of a mountain like we had the previous two Fridays.
Saturday
It was quite the honor to run 11 miles with Ellie as part of her W&OD Trail 44.5-mile ultramarathon on Saturday when Bill and I joined her about 9 miles into her run. She had friends spaced out along the course, and only had to run a half mile alone. I’ll have a complete recap of her run tomorrow.
Sunday
Rested
Total weekly workouts:
Running – 23.3 miles
Lifting – 2 hours
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- Questions:
- I saw on social media this past week that a lot of people ran or walked to their polling place to vote. Were you able to?
- Would you attempt an ultra that wasn’t part of an organized race?
- Who raced this weekend?
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Tina@GottaRunNow recently posted…Your Race Recaps! 11/6
You’d love them then, because they are very comfortable!
The pic of the sunrise is beautiful! What are you doing for our birthday??
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…5 Fab Fall Fitness & Beauty Finds
We are going out on Saturday night with the kids for my birthday dinner. We’ll probably just chill on Friday evening. We might have some friends over for drinks. What are you doing for your birthday? 🙂
Great job this week! And I am so excited to read more about joining your friend for her ultra 🙂
Amy recently posted…Another Liebster
Thanks! The ultra recap is up now!
Sounds like a great week of running! Is your foot still 100%?
Cool that your friend did her own ultra, and that people joined up with her for parts of it!
Abby recently posted…Last hike of the season
My foot is doing great, and I consider myself very lucky that it recovered so quickly! I posted a recap of Ellie’s ultra this morning if you’re interested in reading about how she did.
We had dinner plans with friends, so we drove to vote, but it’s close enough I absolutely could have run. That’s not a bad idea for next time. 😉
Courtney @ Don’t Blink. Just Run. recently posted…Face The Music Friday #58
I’ve been running to vote for a number of years now, so it’s become a fun little tradition.
Although I hate the earlier sunset, it’s really nice to see the sun a bit earlier in the morning 🙂 I don’t mind running in the rain and I will run in any weather condition for a race. But I have a really hard time getting myself to go out and run when it’s barely above freezing and raining. That is by far my least favorite type of weather. Snow is much better!
Meagan recently posted…The calf who thought she was a dog
I get so much colder than I used to. Last Thursday I had on a short sleeved shirt, super thin jacket, and capris the whole run (same as what I wore in the Hokie Half). Only a couple of years ago, I would have been in a short sleeve shirt and shorts! Cold rain is no longer my friend!