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Trotting Together

Not only did Thanksgiving morning bring me together with local running friends at our annual turkey trot, but I got to “run” with my blogging friends. Kim was kind enough to collect photos from our various runs, races, and workouts and compile them into this fun collage. Do you recognize any of those beautiful smiling faces?

 

Overview of the Week

Before discussing each day’s workouts, here’s an overview of my workouts from this past week. Scroll down for daily details…

 

Sunday

Walking: 1 mile
• Average pace: didn’t record
• Start time: 11:49 PM
• Location: City of Palms, FL
• Weather: 79° and humid with occasional sprinkles
• What I wore: shorts, nice top, and Topsiders

Incredibly, the plumbing quite working at the Airbnb where we were co-hosting breakfast the morning after the wedding, and since our Airbnb was a short walk away I made a few roundtrips walking guests to our place to use the restroom. I ended up with a mile under my belt even though I wasn’t wearing my Garmin (affiliate link).

 

Monday

Running: 4 miles
• Average pace: 9:34
• Start time: 7:18 AM
• Location: City of Palms, FL around our Airbnb
• Weather: 70° and sunny with 100% humidity
• What I wore: shorts, tank, and visor

With a late afternoon flight home to cold Virginia, I had plenty of time to get out and run prior to checking out of our cute little Airbnb. Until January when we return for our bike ride from Miami to Key West, peace out Florida!

 

Stretching: 10 minutes

 

Tuesday

Strength Training: 1 hour of total body

Cycling: 25 miles
• Average speed: 16.0 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 7:20 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

Back home, it was too cold to ride outside 28° (feels like 22°) so I hopped on my spin bike (affiliate link) riding a steady speed while chatting with my mom and then my brother.

 

Wednesday

Cycling: 32 miles
• Average speed: 15.9 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 6:25 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 63°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

 

Thursday

Running: 5K
• Average pace: 7:59
• Start time: 8:25 AM
• Location: Ashburn Farm
• Weather: 30° and overcast to sunny
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, shell jacket, double gloves, ear warmer headband, and visor

 

Walking: 1 mile roundtrip to and then from the race
• Average pace: 15:17 / 18:48
• Start time: 7:50 AM / 9:23 AM
• Location: Ashburn Farm
• Weather: 30° and overcast / 39° and sunny
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, shell jacket, double gloves, ear warmer headband, and visor

Cycling: 25 miles
• Average speed: 16.1 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 9:52 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 68°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

Foam rolling: 10 minutes

Stretching: 10 minutes

Whew, I’m tired just looking back at all of this! Walking to and from the race start is one of the great things about having a race in our neighborhood. Weather conditions were perfect for a fantastic race and I was pumped with my pace even with my shoe coming untied and having to stop and retie it, costing me 24 precious seconds.

After “mayoring” (chatting with all the people I knew), I walked home with my biking friend Betsy who had walked the race with her family. Since Bill was out biking and Thanksgiving dinner didn’t need to be ready until 5:30 PM, I had plenty of time on my hands so I hopped on my spin bike to multitask while editing pictures from the race and playing around with social media.

 

Friday

Strength training : 1 hour of total body

Even though I didn’t do a  cardio workout, I still got in over 20,000 steps since I spent most of the day carrying boxes up and down from the basement while decorating the entire house for Christmas. I ran out of time and didn’t get any ornaments put on the tree, but at least I got the major lifting done.

 

Saturday

Cycling: 28 miles
• Average speed: 16.8 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 10 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

With crazy high wind and ridiculously high wind gusts, Bill and I opted to skip riding with the VeloPigs (Reston Bike Club canceled their group ride due to the wind), and instead, I stayed inside and rode on my spin bike once again.

 

Last Week’s Blog Posts

In case you skipped checking in on my blog this past  week, here’s what you missed…

 

 Questions:
  • • Did you snag any bargains shopping in person or online on Black Friday or Small Business Saturday?
  • • How’s the weather where you live? ~ It was a rude awakening coming home from sunny and warm Florida to so much cold and wind!
  • • Did you run in a turkey trot on Thanksgiving or this weekend?

 

And that’s my rundown… Have a great week!

 

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I’m linking up with Deborah at Confessions of a Mother Runner and Kim from Running on the Fly for their Weekly Run Down. Be sure to check out not only the hosts’ posts, but those of the other great bloggers joining in on the fun!

 

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