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Wrapping Up 2023

Based on my Strava, I spend 495 hours, 12 minutes (or 20 days, 15 hours, 12 minutes) participating in my 4 favorite types of exercise during 2023…

  • • Cycling – 3,415.7 miles in 247 hours, 56 minutes
  • • Running – 142.6 miles in 24 hours, 5 minutes
  • • Walking – 292.2 miles in 77 hours, 56 minutes
  • • Strength training – 145 sessions in 150 hours, 15 minutes

When do I find time for this? Much of it is while other people are sleeping. An early bird, I’m up by 5 AM most days and in my gym for my own strength training session by 5:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays before I start my workday at 6:30 AM. Most of my cycling and running happens on the weekends, or Tuesdays and Thursdays because I’m fortunate to work part-time and I keep those days light intentionally. I fit walking in whenever the time and mood allows.

For the upcoming year, I’ll try to keep doing the same. Here’s to a healthy and fit 2024!

 

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: 26 miles
• Average speed: 15.8 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 10:39 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 64° in basement
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

Walking: 2 miles
• Average pace: 14:50 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 61 feet
• Start time: 12:59 PM
• Location: neighborhood streets
• Weather: 52° and mostly cloudy
• What I wore: capris, s/s t-shirt, and jacket

Up early, we hit up Wegman’s before the crowds got too crazy – we’d gotten home from the farm the day before and I still had to shop for our our own feast. Later, after church and shopping, I hopped on my spin bike (affiliate link) to knock out a cardio workout. And then before spending the rest of the day cooking, I walked over to the nail salon to get two nails repaired that I’d chipped.

Once home, I spent that afternoon cooking, and then cooking some more.  😉

 

Monday

Rest and fun family day

 

Tuesday

Cycling: 30 miles
• Average speed: 16.2 MPH
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 7:06 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 62°
• What I wore: bike shorts and jog bra

A rainy and dreary day, I kept my cycling inside once again. I was bummed because it was relatively warm out and with only one early morning client I had plenty of time to ride.

 

Wednesday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Walking: 1-¾ mile in ~ 50 minutes

During the afternoon we watched our Virginia Tech Hokies win the Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD in the pouring rain, thankful we hadn’t bought tickets and were watching it from the comfort of our cozy basement family room.

 

Thursday

Running: 5K
• Average pace: 11:16 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 151 feet
• Start time: 6:20 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 50° and mostly cloudy with full moon peeping through
• What I wore: shorts, s/s t-shirt, light shell, ear warmer headband, mittens, and visor (took shell off almost immediately)

Walking: 1 mile
• Average pace: 15:12 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 59 feet
• Start time: 7:31 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 48°, mostly cloudy, and breezy
• What I wore: shorts, s/s t-shirt, and light shell, ear warmer headband, mittens, and visor

After getting up at my usual time and feeling absolutely fine, I started having stomach issues (if you get my drift) and couldn’t get outside to join Kim until 20 minutes into our scheduled virtual cardio workout. Yes, I risked going outside to run and did fine with only one trip back into the house for a potty break. It wasn’t until about an hour after getting back inside that chills and wave after wave of nausea hit me. I slept for over four hours and woke up with a headache and body aches. Tylenol fixed most of the achiness by the time I went to bed.

 

Friday

Balance and stretching: 45 minutes

Cycling: 10 miles
• Average speed: 11.7 MPH
• Bike: Salsa Warbird
• Surface: paved
• Elevation gain: 476 feet
• Start time: 2:22 PM
• Location: neighborhood streets loop
• Weather: 51° and mostly cloudy
• What I wore: bike shorts, l/s jersey, jacket, earflap hat, and gloves

I woke up feeling 100% normal, but with no appetite and that lingered for most of the day. I played catch up on some of the things I’d hoped to do the previous day, but carved out enough time to go our for a short chill bike ride. BTW, are these bike socks I received for Christmas not perfect for me?

 

Saturday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Cycling: 12 miles
• Average speed: 13.0 MPH
• Bike: Salsa Warbird
• Surface: paved
• Elevation gain: 551 feet
• Start time: 3:42 PM
• Location: neighborhood streets loop
• Weather: 49° (feels like 45°) and partly cloudy with a beautiful sunset
• What I wore: long bike pants, l/s jersey, jacket, earflap hat, and gloves

Up early to see Pablo and his humans off after having them visit for the week, I opted to skip going on a longer gravel ride with friends to rest my legs for my upcoming New Year’s Day race.  After a day of non-stop laundry, writing thank you notes, and tidying up the house, I finally headed out for a shorter solo ride much later than planned and got to enjoy a beautiful sunset as I neared the end of my ride.

 

Last Week’s Blog Posts

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

 

Questions:
  • •  What 2024 fitness goals have you set? ~ Once again, my goals are simply to maintain my current level of  fitness and do my best to avoid injuries.
  • • Have you seen any beautiful sunrises or sunsets recently? ~ Yes
  • • Did you run in race this weekend? ~ No, but I have one tomorrow morning!

 

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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