National and Global Days for the Fitness Enthusiast
On my post this past Tuesday about Global Running Day, Catrina asked if there as is a Global Cycling Day – little did I know, but Global Cycling Day had been the previous day. Catrina got me to thinking so I did a little research and came up with the following national and global days worthy of celebrating by us diehard fitness enthusiasts…
National Personal Trainer Awareness Day – January 2nd (my favorite day)
National Walking Day – first Wednesday in April
National Bike Month – May
National Ride a Bike Day – first Sunday of May
National Fitness Day – first Saturday in May
National Bike to Work Day – third Friday of May
World Bicycle Day – first Monday of June
Global Running Day – first Wednesday of June
Global Wellness Day – second Saturday of June
International Day of Yoga – June 21st
National Weightlifting Day – September 23rd
National Hiking Day – November 17th
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: 27.14. miles
• Average speed: 12.1 MPH
• Bike: Salsa Warbird
• Surface: gravel
• Elevation gain: 1,906 feet
• Start time: 9:36 AM
• Location: Historic Goose Creek Bridge loop
• Weather: 69° and sunny, climbing to 75°
• What I wore: bike shorts, s/s jersey, and fingerless gloves
My husband and I met our Gravel Rat friends for a delightful gravel ride starting and ending at the historic four-arch bridge over Goose Creek, the location of the Battle of Upperville during the Civil War.
Monday
Strength training: 1 hour of full body
Walking: 2.07 miles
• Average pace: 15:19 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 94 feet
• Start time: 8:43 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 76° and sunny
• What I wore: shorts, s/s shirt, and visor
I didn’t realize (until Tuesday) that Monday was World Bicycle Day or I would have gone for a short ride around the neighborhood.
Tuesday
Cycling: 30.52 miles
• Average speed: 13.5 MPH
• Bike: Specialized Roubaix Comp
• Surface: paved
• Elevation gain: 1,467 feet
• Start time: 9:49 AM
• Location: W&OD Trail Ashburn/Leesburg loop with Thomas Mill and Woodburn climbs
• Weather: 83° (feels like 86°) and sunny, climbing to 89° (feels like 91°)
• What I wore: bike shorts, s/s jersey, and fingerless gloves
I loved having my husband join me for my bike ride, and loved even more that we were twinning in our 2023 Reston Century jerseys. We have the same Roubaix Comps, too, just different colors.
Wednesday
Strength training: 1 hour of full body
Walking: 3.02 miles
• Average pace: 14:40 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 107 feet
• Start time: 5:48 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 70° and cloudy with 100% humidity
• What I wore: shorts and tank
Running: .3 mile
• Average pace: 10:52 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 1 foot
• Start time: 6:38 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 70° and cloudy with 100% humidity
• What I wore: shorts and tank
Even though I’d been released over a month ago by my doctor and physical therapist to do whatever activities I wanted, I hadn’t run since my back pain reared its ugly head in late January. However, the only proper way to celebrate Global Running Day is to go for a run, so I gave it a try! I ran less than a half mile, feeling great while running, but as soon as I stopped my right foot started tingling and I felt mild nerve pain on the lateral side of my lower right leg. It just goes to show that listening to your gut instinct is usually right and that’s why I hadn’t started running again. BTW, the tingling and pain had gone away by the following day.
Thursday
Walking: 4.02 miles
• Average pace: 15:30 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 180 feet
• Start time: 5:30 AM
• Location: neighborhood trails
• Weather: 73° and partly cloudy
• What I wore: shorts, tank, and visor
Cycling: 22.43 miles
• Average speed: 14.6 MPH
• Bike: Specialized Roubaix Comp
• Surface: paved
• Elevation gain: 679 feet
• Start time: 10:41 AM
• Location: W&OD Trail Ashburn/Leesburg loop
• Weather: 78° and cloudy with a few rain drops, climbing to 82° and partly cloudy
• What I wore: bike shorts, s/s jersey, and fingerless gloves
It was another beautiful, albeit humid day to get outside early for a virtual walk with Kim. I left my little neighborhood to walk around the pond that’s not much more than a half mile from my house. Kim also found a pond in her new neighborhood for our collage.
Collage credit: Kim
It was raining when I wrapped it up with my last morning client so I assumed I’d have to ride inside on my spin bike. After examining the weather app and map a little more closely (there was a 30% chance I wouldn’t get rained on), I decided to chance it and other than a very few rain drop shortly after I started, the weather held out and I stayed dry.
Friday
Strength training: 1 hour of total body
Balance and stretching: 45 minutes
Walking: 2.01 miles
• Average pace: 15:08 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 96 feet
• Start time: 10:34 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 83° and sunny with low humidity
• What I wore: shorts, s/s shirt, and visor
Saturday
Walking: 1.05 miles
• Average pace: 17:35 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 43 feet
• Start time: 1:57 PM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 85° and sunny with low humidity
• What I wore: shorts, s/s shirt, and visor
This was supposed to be a rest day for Sunday’s big cycling event, but after I saw my MRTT friends posting that they’d earned this wellness badge, I went out for a 1-mile walk (and added Global Wellness Day to the list at the top of this post).
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: May 26 – June 1 / Cruising Through a Gorgeous Week
- • Tuesday – Global Running Day Through the Years and What’s on Tap for This Year
- • Friday – Catching Up Over Coffee: Honey Stinger, Wild Hair, and Cute Hats
Questions:
- • If you run, did you celebrate Global Running Day? ~ yes
- • Are you motivated by Garmin, Strava, Peloton, etc. badges? ~ yes
- • 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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That’s a lot of special days to remember! I’m sure there’s a calendar I could use ….
I hope today is going great!
I need to add these dates to my calendar or else I’ll never remember them all.
I keep trying to post…
As Coco said, everyday is a special day.
I even forgot Global Running day.
Glad you do listen to your body and are taking it easy… hope you can eventually run pain free.
No race this weekend and it’s raining today!!
fun 5k next Saturday.
Thanks, I hope I can eventually return to running, though I’m not very confident about it.
Enjoy your upcoming 5K!
Hmm, so you can walk and cycle pain free but not run…. I wonder what’s going on in your back when you try to run?? Well, it sounds like you’re thoroughly enjoying the other activities you do.
Thanks for the heads-up on the National and Global days. All the good ones have past for this year, haha… i’ll try to remember National Weightlifting Day in September.
Plain and simple, it’s the pounding. 🙁
I plan to repost the national and global days early next year so we can remember them. I also plan to add them to my calendar.
Oh wow, who puts the World Bicycle Day and Global Running Day so close together? However, that way, it’s easier to remember, ha!
Thanks for the list, Debbie!
Kai and I sometimes accidentally wear the same running t-shirts at Crossfit. Our involuntary matchy-matchy look has become the running joke among the other Crossfitters now… 🙂
I was surprised to see those two days so close together, too.
Matchy-matchy is fun!
I feel as if there’s a day for everything, so no surprise there’s a Global Cycling Day! Surprising that it is so close to GRD, tho. I didn’t really celebrate because I had to work. But I ran, so there’s that.
I didn’t race today but I volunteered at a race! Does that count: :p
Yes, there seems to be a day for everything. My birthday is on National Pickle Day, LOL.
Running is celebrating!
Ugh sorry about your nerve pain – but glad it seemed to feel better later? I did run during Global Running Day – I got in a long (for me) Run early in the morning to celebrate! Our local GRD celebrations all happened after work and I didn’t have time to attend with everything going on with my kids.
Thanks, Melissa!
Glad you could run on GRD!
There were so many days this week! I got Global Running Day, but missed Global Wellness Day! Dang it!
I love the little badges, but I use my Apple watch more than my Garmin, and they don’t give out quite as many. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I do miss collecting the digital badges.
I did race this weekend in Orlando! It was wonderful.
I only got the Global Wellness Day badge because I saw running friends in my MRTT group posting about it.
Glad you had fun at your race!
oh what fun! Love all the holidays celebrating various parts of the health and fitness industry.
Sorry about the nerve pain 🙁 You’re totally right to listen to your gut.
Thanks, Jessie!