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Leaf Peeping and Lobster Eating

After reading Leave Only Footprints by Conor Knighton (affiliate link), visiting Acadia National Park during autumn became a bucket list item. Yes, I wanted to be a leaf peeper. Once we learned that Bill’s brother and our sister-in-law planned to spend a few weeks in New England this fall, Bill and I started planning our trip. Coincidentally, two of our Dawn Patrol cycling friends were also planning to visit Acadia the first week of October which helped us nail down a date and prompted us to drive rather than fly so we could bring our gravel bikes.   

This coming week promises to be filled with lots of cycling, hiking, socializing, and of course, eating lobster.

 

Overview of the Week

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

 

Sunday

Walking: 2 miles
• Average pace: 16:38
• Start time: 6:20 PM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 70° and partly cloudy
• What I wore: shorts and s/s shirt

After a hard workout at the 65-mile gravel grinder the day before, this was a recovery day. Later in the day, I multitasked and called my mom while I took an easy walk around the neighborhood.

 

Monday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

 

Tuesday

Cycling: 10 miles
• Average speed: 15.7 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle spin bike
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 3:44 PM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 68°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

Hiking: 2 miles
• Average pace: 16:16
• Start time: 4:49 PM
• Location: neighborhood trails
• Weather: 68° and partly cloudy
• What I wore: shorts and s/s shirt

In preparation for our trip and on the recommendation of Cari, I bought Merrell hiking shoes (affiliate link) a couple of weeks ago with plans to break them in on a couple of hikes while at the farm. A busy schedule precluded me from hiking so I decided I’d better take them out for a spin before the trip. I stayed local and walked on the grass, dirt, and rocks running parallel to the paved trail. The shoes are extremely comfortable and I expect they’ll do great on our trip.

 

Wednesday

Running: 5K
• Average pace: 9:22
• Start time: 6:04 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 46° and clear
• What I wore: shorts, s/s shirt, gloves, and mittens

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Foam rolling: 10 minutes

Stretching: 10 minutes

Yes, you read that correctly, I was quite comfy in my shorts and short sleeved shirt, but needed gloves and mittens to keep my fingers warm.

 

Thursday

Cycling: 10 miles
• Average speed: 16.3 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle spin bike
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 6:01 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

Stretching: 10 minutes

 

Friday

Drive to Maine

Strength training: 15 minutes of core

 

Saturday

Cycling: 23 miles
• Average speed: 12.6 MPH
• Bike: Cannondale Topstone
• Surface: mostly paved, some gravel
• Elevation gain: 1,079 feet
• Start time: 11:17 AM
• Location: Portland, Maine
• Weather: 54° and overcast, climbing to 58° and mostly cloudy
• What I wore: bike shorts, s/s jersey, arm sleeves, light jacket, and fingerless gloves

Cycling: 7.42 miles
• Average speed: 12.3 MPH
• Bike: Cannondale Topstone
• Surface: gravel
• Elevation gain: 151 feet
• Start time: 2:43 PM
• Location: Portland, Maine
• Weather: 59° and partly sunny
• What I wore: bike shorts, s/s jersey, arm sleeves, light jacket, and fingerless gloves

Bill and I started our vacation with a fun six-lighthouse bike tour, followed by a jaunt around the lake on Back Cove Trail. It was nippier than I’m used to for cycling this season and I was a little nervous that I was underdressed, but ended up being just fine.

 

The highlight of the evening was a quick little blogger friends meetup with Deborah and Darlene! They were in town for the Maine Half Marathon and it worked out for us to meet in downtown Portland near the waterfront around dinner time.

 

Last Week’s Blog Posts

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

 

Questions:
  • • Have you had any impromptu meetup with friends when you just happened to be in the same town at the same time? ~Twice this weekend… with Deborah and Darlene last evening and our cycling friends later today.
  • • What was your favorite workout of the week? ~ It’s a tossup between Wednesday’s run in the nippy 46° where I felt like I was floating and could have run forever and yesterday’s lighthouse bike tour.
  • • Did you run in a race this weekend? ~ No

 

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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