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Missed Social Events

I just happened to be out of town both weekends that the Run With Santa 5K and Frosty 5K races were held. Also, we missed the two Christmas lights rides which were held on Thursday and Friday evenings of this past week. Our plans changed and we didn’t leave for the farm until Friday so we could have made the Thursday night ride, but with leaving super early Friday morning, I needed to do laundry and pack rather than socializing on my bike. Both evenings were quite warm for December, making me even sadder to miss the group rides.

Feeling FOMO from missing out on so many fun events with my friends, I signed up for a New Year’s Day 5K and organized a hot chocolate/coffee date afterward!

 

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

Cycling: 20 miles
• Average speed: 17.2 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 9:36 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 67°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

Despite riding a road half century the day before, I hopped on my spin bike (affiliate link) to pound out a few miles while watching church virtually and before getting started on a busy day of catch-up.

 

Monday

Strength training : 1 hour of total body

Running: 5K
• Average pace: 9:34
• Start time: 5:26 PM
• Location: neighborhood streets
• Weather: 46°
• What I wore: capris, l/s shirt, mittens, and ear warmer headband

Foam rolling: 10 minutes

Stretching: 10 minutes

I got my strength training session in at 5:30 AM so I’d have the day for my legs to rest before my planned early evening Christmas lights run (many lights are turned off during my 5 AM runs). What I hadn’t expected to do was spend 2.5 hours gardening and winterizing just before leaving for my run. I felt a little fatigued as I started out, but warmed up and fell into a decent grove. The lights were beautiful and I was happy to have gone out even though I really don’t normally like running later in the day.

 

Tuesday

Cycling: 32 miles
• Average speed: 16.5 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 7:40 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

 

Wednesday

Strength training : 1 hour of total body

Walking: 1 mile
• Average pace: didn’t track it
• Start time: 9:19 PM
• Location: neighborhood trails
• Weather: 45°
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, velour jacket, and mittens

We picked up Pablo from his condo and brought him back to stay with us while his humans stayed behind for the movers to pick up their stuff the next day. By the time we got home and I took Pablo for a walk, it was late, but he had pent up energy. He did a combination of sniffing and running, him leading the way except for when my headlamp picked up two eyes watching us from the woods and then it was I who started sprinting! LOL

 

Thursday

Cycling: 26 miles
• Average speed: 16.3 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 6:25 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

Immediately after my spin, I took Pablo for a quarter-mile walk, but it was too short and too slow to really count as a workout. We saw a few Christmas ornaments and bows tied to trees along the trail which was really cool.

 

Friday

Travel day

Once again I left early for the six-hour trip to the farm, this time with my favorite sidekick driving.

 

Saturday

Running: 4 miles
• Average pace: 9:38
• Start time: 7:37 AM
• Location: country roads
• Weather: 49° and cloudy
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, mittens, and visor

Walking: 1 mile
• Average pace: 15:22
• Start time: 8:17 AM
• Location: country roads
• Weather: 51° and cloudy
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, mittens, and visor

Foam rolling: 10 minutes

Stretching: 10 minutes

I beat the rain by heading out for my run a little earlier than I would have had rain not been in the forecast. The day prior as Bill and I drove up the lane to the farm, we saw a rafter of about twenty turkeys in the field I’m running past in the picture. For the first time out in the wild, I saw a gobbler with his plumage all fluffed up. He was strutting his stuff before taking off in an incredibly fast run. Who knew turkeys could run so fast?

 

Last Week’s Blog Posts

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

 

 Questions:
  • • What was your favorite workout of the week?
  • • Have you come across Christmas ornaments along any of your running/walking trails?
  • • Did you run in a race 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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