Monday: Rest Tuesday: 6 Trail miles Wednesday: 5 miles Thursday: Strength + Swim Friday: Run 10 miles Saturday: Strength/core Sunday: Rest Could the landscape be more grey? It was another one of those super gray, foggy, but mild weeks that seems to be this season’s theme. Kids went back to school. It was time. Although it’s [Read More]
The New Year Unplugged
Except for Instagram, it’s been radio silence on social media here for a few days and ya know what? It felt pretty great! Before we get to the rest of the week’s goodness, here’s how the workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: 6 trail miles Wednesday: Yoga Thursday: 5 miles Friday: Killer strength & swim Saturday: [Read More]
A Marco Island Christmas
I’d tell you how my workout week went like I usually do, but I’m just back from our Florida vacay and not a whole lot of workout tracking was done. The workouts happened, they were just free-form. I ran at least 3x, sometimes on the beach, sometimes not. Sometimes fast, mostly not. I wore my [Read More]
Another Birthday Under Wraps
Before I get to the rest of the shenanigans, here’s how the workout week went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: 8 trail miles Wednesday: Yoga Thursday: 5 birthday miles Friday: Plyo intervals Saturday: Travel to FL Sunday: 4 beach miles Last week was my birthday week. We hit up the Big Bowl where I enjoyed Pad Thai [Read More]
A Festive Weekly Wrap
Total Miles: 14 Monday: Rest Tuesday: 6 miles Wednesday: Yoga Thursday: Strength and Swim Friday: Friday 5 trail miles Saturday: Rest Sunday Strength, Swim, Underground Polar Express 5k These “off-season” weeks are flying. Workout wise, the week was uneventful. Swimming is meh like always. I’m enjoying strength like always, except I’m amazed how busy my [Read More]
Weekly Wrap: Party Edition
Before we get to the highlights, here’s how the week in workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 5 miles Wednesday: Swim and Yoga Thursday: Run 4 mile progression run Friday: Run 8 miles Saturday: Rest Sunday: Strength and Swim It was a busy and stressful week. I was the mystery reader for Thing 2’s 4th grade [Read More]
Thanksgiving: It’s a Wrap
Before we get to Thanksgiving stuff, here’s how last week’s workouts went: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 6 miles Wednesday: Yoga Thursday: Turkey Trot 4 miles Friday: Swim Saturday: Run 6 miles Sunday: Strength & Swim I’ve officially shifted my focus from running to lifting heavy and yes, swimming. So far the swim is kind of sucking [Read More]
Weekly Wrap: Snowpocalypse Edition
Before we get to the fun stuff, here’s how my workout week went: Monday Rest Tuesday Yoga Wednesday Strength/core Thursday 4 miles Friday 5 miles, squeezed this one in after hearing mega snow was in the weekend forecast Saturday 4 miles Sunday: Strength, swim I didn’t do much running this week and that’s ok. Other than a [Read More]
Whip, Nae Nae and the Haunted Hip
It was a busy Halloween weekend. Single parenting made it even moreso. Two sleepovers (one here) a teenager party (not here thank heavens) pumpkin carving, trick or treat and a morning-after Halloween pancake breakfast kept me hopping. The mom taxi worked overtime. This was all compounded by ghastly Halloween weather: Cold, raw and rainy. The [Read More]
To Tri or Not to Tri?
Here’s a look at my no pressure, cut-back, “off-season” training: Miles Run: 17 Miles on bike: 12 Monday: Run 4 miles Tuesday: Strength + Yoga Wednesday: rest Thursday: 5 miles Friday: Strength Training (I’m still sore) Saturday: Bike 12 miles Sunday: Run 8 miles (hilly) Mother Nature has been outdoing herself here lately. We’ve had [Read More]
