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Working and Working Out
After a week home and settled, we hit the road again to visit the farm for a long weekend with my brother, nephew, and his little ones. We were supper busy all weekend, but I still found time for some workouts.
Overview of the Week
Before getting into each day’s workouts, here’s an overview of my workouts from this past week. Scroll beyond the infographic for daily details…
Sunday
Cycling: 15 miles
• Average speed: 15.3 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 12:58 PM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65° in basement; 60°, sunny, and blustery outside
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra
I could have ridden outside, but didn’t feel like fighting with the wind whipping my bike all over the place so I stayed inside and rode my trusty spin bike (affiliate link).
Monday
Strength training: 1 hour of total body
Back to the grind and with a full day of clients, I didn’t make it out for a late afternoon walk as planned.
Tuesday
Cycling: 32 miles
• Average speed: 13.8 MPH
• Bike: Specialized Roubaix Comp
• Surface: paved
• Elevation gain: 1,214 feet
• Start time: 10:39 AM
• Location: W&OD Trail Ashburn/Hamilton loop
• Weather: 57° and sunny, climbing to 71°
• What I wore: bike shorts, s/s jersey, arm sleeves, and fingerless gloves
It was great to meet my friend Mary again for a ride after several weeks of not seeing her. Luckily, we were both able to meet later in the morning after the temperature had warmed from an early morning low of 37°. We mistakenly thought we’d be warm enough without jackets, but were cold the first half of our ride.
Wednesday
Strength training: 1 hour of total body
Thursday
Running: 5K
• Average pace: 10:41 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 130 feet
• Start time: 6:02 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 47° and clear
• What I wore: shorts, s/s t-shirt, and gloves
Walking: 2 miles
• Average pace: 16:06 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 74 feet
• Start time: 6:47 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 46° and clear
• What I wore: shorts, s/s t-shirt, nylon shell, gloves, and mittens
Gardening: 2 hours
It was great to get back out for a virtual workout with Kim after a two-week break while on vacation. It had been over two weeks since I’d run so I kept it at an easy conversation pace. Who am I kidding, all of my runs recently have been at conversation pace. LOL No track work, hill repeats, tempo runs, etc. because other than an upcoming turkey trot I’m not training for anything so why risk injury to my delicate back.
Friday
Strength training: 1 hour of total body
Walking: 2 miles
• Average pace: 14:36 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 101 feet
• Start time: 8:14 AM
• Location: neighborhood streets
• Weather: 57° and sunny
• What I wore: shorts, s/s t-shirt, and gloves
Balance and stretching: 45 minutes
Drive to farm
The beautiful colorful leaves on the maple trees along the parkway, aided by the cool crisp air, screamed fall and my walk flew by as I took in the sights.
Saturday
Walking: 3 miles
• Average pace: 15:38 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 422 feet
• Start time: 9:04 AM
• Location: country gravel road
• Weather: 56° and partly cloudy
• What I wore: shorts and s/s t-shirt
The day was all about family time and checking a bunch of cool projects off the list so I made sure to fit in my walk on the earlier side of the day. As an added bonus, I saw one of my uncles while out on my walk!
Cycling: 1.2 miles
• Average speed: 7 MPH
• Bike: Life Salsa Warbird
• Surface: gravel
• Elevation gain: 58 feet
• Start time: 4:20 PM
• Location: country gravel road
• Weather: 75° and sunny
• What I wore: shorts and s/s t-shirt
Like an idiot, I used up all the eggs for breakfast and lunch without saving one for the brownies I was making for dessert so I hopped on my bike and rode up the gravel road to borrow eggs from my dad’s cousin.
It wasn’t the first time I’d hauled eggs on a bike because as a little girl I’d ride to my great-aunt’s house to get her milk pail to take to the dairy barn for my dad to fill with fresh milk. From there I’d deliver the milk back to my aunt by carefully hanging the covered pail on my handlebars, and pick up eggs (and carry them in my wire bike basket) to take to back home. We had dairy cattle and my great-aunt and great-uncle had chickens so both families always had fresh milk and eggs.
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: October 8 – 14 and October 15 – 21 / Leaf Peepers on Two Wheels
- Tuesday – Exploring Mohonk Preserve with a Few Wrong Turns
Questions
- • As a child did you run errands on your bike for your parents? Do you use a bike to run errands still today? ~ All the time as a child and occasionally today
- • Which workouts were your most enjoyable, toughest, and/or memorable? ~ I love spending time with friends so my favorite workouts were Tuesday’s ride with Mary and Thursday’s run/walk with Kim.
- • Did you run in 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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Yes please don’t risk injuring your back.
Yes I would ride my bike all over. We had a market across the street. Don’t recall errands though.
Favorite workout was yesterday because I was running with friends. That is always fun.
No race until next Sunday. Yikes!!!
It’s always fun working out with friends! Good luck and have fun running the NYC Marathon on Sunday!
That photo of the colorful trees against the blue sky is gorgeous. Yes, I’m sure you enjoyed that walk!
We rode bikes all over when we were kids. I don’t recall actually doing errands, but we did ride to the library. So that probably counts as an “errand!”
Sounds like you had a great week. Glad to see the Thursday workouts with Kim have returned!
Yes, the trees are beautiful at home, but mostly faded and dropped at the farm where it’s at significantly higher elevation.
Picking up books at the library would definitely count as running errands for a kid. 🙂
Gotta say, my toughest workout was Thursday morning AFTER the run/walk with you. The bike’s resistance knob had been rotated all the way around (more than once, LOL), thus upping the resistance by the billions. It’s all better now 😉
That had to have been a really tough three miles! Glad to hear your spin bike’s resistance knob has been fixed.
Yay for farm time! You had such an idyllic childhood, Debbie!
And I love your beautiful autumn photos. You caught the light perfectly.
As a kid, I did everything on my bike. Even today, when in Zurich (which, like most European cities, is very walkable and bikeable), I do everything on my bike. We don’t have a car because it is much easier to get around by bike!
I love how much you ride your bike for day-to-day life. We American adults seem to mostly use our bikes for recreational purposes.
Oh my gosh, we used to ride our bikes everywhere! My grandma’s farm was just down the road and my cousins and I would ride there to play all the time. When we got older, we would ride our bikes ‘to town’, about 5 miles from my house. Just for fun, not for errands or anything.
My favorite workout this week was my IAT trail run on Sunday. Perfect weather, my legs felt good, the colors were beautiful.
It was very similar for me. I lived just down the road from my granddad and loved when my cousins visited him (they didn’t live nearby) so I could ride my bike to his place to play with them.
Your IAT Trail runs look and sound wonderful!
We rode our bikes everywhere as kids to the movies and to our friends’ houses. Do kids still do that? Love that you got your eggs on the bike and transported them safely home. Hope everyone appreciated your brownies!
My kids did some, but their closest friends lived so close by that they just ran to their houses.
And yes, the brownies were a hit and are all gone now.
Like I say on almost all your recent Instagram posts, I adore those autumn colours you have there. Just gorgeous! I agree with Jenny, the picture with the blue sky and the autumn leaves is fantastic.
I think my most memorable workout last week was the walk up to the top in Penne, simply because I remembered it as so hard (even before I needed to worry about foot injuries) but it wasn’t. My husband pointed out also that it’s a difference now that both of us have so much better cardio fitness.
We were seeing beautiful fall colors at home, but they’re farther along and a lot have fallen here in the higher elevation at the farm. 🙁
It feels great when previous tough workouts seem easier due to improved cardio fitness. Congrats!
Lovely week for you!
I will use my bike for some errands, but I don’t really live where it makes sense to do so. Same as when I was a kid. I love that you were able to work it out.
No races this weekend but next weekend yes!
Jenn recently posted…When Fall Returns To Summer
We would only ride in the neighborhood when I was a kid, not really to stores. I love that this worked out for you.
I love seeing all your gorgeous fall photos – they are just so lovely.
You had a great week. I’ve got a race next weekend and I can’t wait!
How fun that you’ve got a race coming up – can’t wait to read all about it. Good luck!
Holy moly, that is a big skeleton! I love how much people get into the decorations!
Great week, fun fall pics. You fit in a lot of activity into a week!
That particular neighbor has two of those huge skeletons. They’re crazy big, right?
You are wise to not risk. I have learned too late this lesson.
I use the bike for my daily purposes.
Great pics.
Thanks, Stefano.