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Running Blogger Friends
On Thanksgiving Day while running in a turkey trot in my home town with local friends, I was also running virtually with blogging friends from around the world! Thanks Cari for putting together this collage for us!
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
Rest day
Monday
Strength training: 1 hour of total body
Walking: 5K
• Average pace: 14:25
• Elevation gain: 115 feet
• Start time: 3:05 PM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 49° (feels like 45°), sunny, and breezy
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, nylon shell, gloves, mittens, and ear warmer headband
Tuesday
Cycling: 10 miles
• Average speed: 16.7 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 6:49 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 62°
Walking: 5K
• Average pace: 14:01
• Elevation gain: 138 feet
• Start time: 10:07 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 42° and sunny, climbing to 47°
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, nylon shell, gloves and ear warmer headband
Gardening: 2 hours of fall clean-up
Wednesday
Strength training: 30 minutes of upper body and core
Walking: 1 mile
• Average pace: 17:38
• Elevation gain: 32 feet
• Start time: 4:13 PM
• Location: neighborhood trails and fields
• Weather: 56° and cloudy, dropping to 54°
• What I wore: capris, l/s shirt, and fleece lined vest
I started my day early training three clients and doing a scaled back strength training session before starting to cook for the rest of the day. Just after 4 PM I realized that I’d completely forgotten to pick up my race packet for the following morning’s turkey trot so I walked over the river and through the woods (literally) to packet pickup.
Thursday
Running: 5K
• Average pace: 8:41
• Elevation gain: 112 feet
• Start time: 8:25 AM
• Location: neighborhood streets
• Weather: 34° and sunny, climbing to 36°
• What I wore: capris, tank, nylon shell, gloves, ear warmer headband, and visor
Foam rolling: 10 minutes
Stretching: 10 minutes
I had a fantastic time seeing so many friends at the annual turkey trot in our neighborhood. I ran a great race for my age and current training level, but didn’t meet my A-goal of running paces in the low 8’s. These days I run minimally and don’t do speedwork so I’m happy with my time which was good enough to give me a win in my age group of 13 women. I plan to post my race recap on Tuesday.
My husband snagged this picture of me crossing the finish line.
Friday
I had every intention to lift weights, but by 7 AM I was carrying boxes up from the basement to decorate the house for Christmas, both inside and out. Twelve hours later I still hadn’t “exercised”, but I’d put over 20,000 steps on my Fitbit (affiliate link).
Saturday
Strength training: 1 hour of total body
Walking: 2 miles
• Average pace: 14:43
• Elevation gain: 108 feet
• Start time: 1:43 PM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 59° and sunny
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, and visor
Gardening: 3.5 hours of heavy lifting, digging, pruning, etc. completing fall cleanup
Last Week’s Blog Posts
In case you skipped checking in on my blog this past week, here’s what you missed…
- • Sunday – Weekly RunDown: November 13 – 19 / Three Runs, Who Dis?
- • Thursday – Warmest Wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving
Questions:
- • If you celebrate Christmas, do you put up a real or artificial tree? ~ We always got a real tree until the stand broke one year and water poured out of the stand, leaked through the carpet and floor and onto my wedding dress stored in the unfinished part of the basement below.
- • What was your favorite workout of the week? ~ No doubt, my favorite workout was running in our local turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning where I saw so many friends.
- • Did you run in a race on Thanksgiving Day or over the weekend? ~ Yes, I ran in a turkey trot on Thursday!
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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We have an artificial tree too. When the boys were little we always went to a tree farm to cut them down. I’m not sure why we stopped but it is nice to have the tree up all month! Congrats on your Turkey Trot! I ran one too.
Thanks, Wendy! I can’t imagine Thanksgiving without a turkey trot – so many of us run them these days.
No races for me. Just not enough time before we have to leave. Congrats on your AG win — that’s impressive!
My favorite run this week was seeing that Cooper’s Hawk and having him just sit there posing as I took some photos & a video! The run was just ok but that made my day. 🙂
Thanks, Judy! Bummer that you weren’t able to run in a turkey trot. How cool to see a Cooper’s Hawk on your run, and that he was willing to pose for pictures!
Great job on your Trot! I have two trees I usually put up (emphasis on the “I” LOL). Never had a real tree so I’d have no clue how to care for it. Yesterday, I got the “small” 6-ft. tree up in the family room (while watching football) and am going to get the 9-ft. one up today.
Thanks, Kim! Ah, yes, same here with putting up the Christmas tree solo. 😉 Our VT Hokies tree in the basement is small enough for me to leave it decorated and carry it into the storage room for the eleven months it’s not out.
I’d say you run a strong race for any age! Nice job out there. I was sad to miss an official trot this year but our schedule was hectic w travel. I don’t see any races happening until February but that’s ok. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving
Thanks, Deborah! It sounds like you had a fabulous Thanksgiving as well!
You must have a lot of holiday decorations! We actually didn’t bring any over here and am not sure we’re going to buy any at this point, as we don’t have anywhere to store them…kinda sad! I’ll live through others’ pictures of theirs 🙂
Great job at the Turkey trot! Sounds like a fun neighborhood race.
Thanks, Jessie!
HaHa, yes, we have a lot of Christmas decorations and a large house so it seems to take forever to decorate. I’m sure you’ll have no problem finding plenty of pictures of Christmas decorations online to enjoy!
Great finish line shot! Love the early morning sunshine. Winning in your age group with minimal running and no speed work is awesome. Well done!
If the boxes were heavy, you can count it as a strength workout nonetheless!
Thanks, Catrina! I was so happy that my husband stopped by to take pictures and snagged that finish line shot.
Yes, some of the boxes were pretty heavy… 😉
I love our virtual Turkey Trot! I feel so blessed to have connected with so many amazing women throughout the years.
We have always used an artificial Christmas tree. I actually hate the smell of pine and sometimes it makes me sneeze so I might be allergic to real Christmas trees.
We do have an awesome group of ladies, don’t we?
I love the smell of pine, especially when out in the forest and catch a whiff. It brings back childhood memories for me. Based on your sneezing, you just might be allergic.
Congratulations- you did great! I’m not surprised you won your AG with that time.
We always get a real tree- although it’s suddenly gotten REALLY EXPENSIVE. I can envision a time- when both kids are out of the house- where we switch to artificial. That’s quite a story about your stand leaking!
Thank you, Jenny!
The funny thing about the stand leaking is that I kept refilling the watering can to refill the stand, thinking the tree had really dried out and not realizing the water was leaking right through to the basement. My husband just happened to go down to get something and yelled back up that the tree was leaking.
Congrats on your turkey trot win!
Putting up Christmas stuff can definitely be a workout. Especially if you have to go up and down the stairs a lot like I do.
I think we started having an artificial tree when the pre-lit ones cost about the same price as one live one. It took so much stress out of decorating — no feeling like you’re being scammed at the tree lot, no precarious drive home with a tree on the roof, no wrestling with branches to string lights ….
Thanks, Coco!
Yes, lots of climbing stairs while decorating and my glutes were a little sore the next day.
Congrats on your AG!
20,000 steps is a lot of decoration hauling! 🙂 We get a real tree though I’ve been advocating for an artificial one so we can have it up longer without the mess and fuss. My husband and boys are not on board.
Thanks, Michelle! We’ve had artificial trees for so long that I’d forgotten that it’s not safe to leave a real one up as long. Hopefully, you can convince your guys to come over to your side one of these days.
Congrats on your race.
I ran a half on Sunday – miserable! but a fun 10k on Thanksgiving.
I prefer a real tree but with a new kitten… nada this year.
We have had disasters as when the tree was tied to a curtain rod, fell over and torn the rod off the wall
Thanks, Darlene! I’m glad your Thanksgiving 10K wasn’t as miserable as your half.
We started out with real trees for Christmas. We had an automatic water filler (that thing with a 2 liter bottle) and our cats kept knocking it over! I also used to get a rash from the tree needles poking my skin while decorating it, so we gave up on that. It wasn’t worth the hassle!
Christmas trees are like playgrounds for cats. I hadn’t thought of them knocking the water bottle over, but to a cat that would be fun. My friend’s cat completely knocked their tree over last night. Oops!