Happy New Year friends! The last week of the year was all about trying to resume some semblance of “normal” after our Christmas house guests departed. While it eventually warmed up, the week started in the single digits, and I opted to keep our walks short and many of my workouts indoors. Monday: Walk 1 [Read More]
Winter Runfessions
Hello winter! I hope your stay is brief and you spare us some of your icy wrath. You sure arrived with a doozy of a storm. That said, let’s open the runfessional one last time for 2022. Let’s get started so we can begin 2023 with a clean slate. Winter Runfessions While my actual time [Read More]
Running Into Winter
This week was all about playing cat and mouse with old man winter. Lots of planning, rescheduling flights and squeezing in my workouts before the winter storm took place. With work in high gear and holiday travel/prep, let’s just say the workouts were on autopilot. Our walks took a hit too, cuz -37 doesn’t feel [Read More]
A Most Unwelcome Visitor
Covid finally paid our home a visit. I felt “on the edge” for awhile and yep, I slipped down that ugly path of body aches, chills and extreme fatigue. Caveman and Thing 2 followed and it’s been a tough couple of weeks here. Although I do have some lingering chest congestion, I was able to [Read More]
Reindeer Games, ColFluvid and Holiday Chaos
I so wanted to regroup and decompress after Thanksgiving and all the wonderful food! I swear its the leftover food and snacks that hang around for days after a holiday that derail me. Instead, work is off the leash, I’m doing my best to ditch the colds, flu and Covid (ColFluvid) that everyone seems to [Read More]
Age is Just a Number…Right?
Well here we are folks. The final month of the fastest year ever is upon us. It’s time to sit down with Deborah, Coco and you one final time before we plunge into the rest of the holidays and the end of the year. Age is Just a Number…Right? Over coffee I’d tell you it’s [Read More]
Thanksgiving Week Rundown
Thanksgiving week was a blur. Tons of work, interspersed with holiday prep, as well as my best effort to enjoy having everyone home. Here’s how the workouts went: Monday: Walk 4 miles, Trail Run, I don’t even remember how long it wasTuesday: Walk 4 miles, Bike Tabata, StrengthWednesday: Walk 4 miles, Bike Bootcamp, Upper body [Read More]
Black Friday Runfessions
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! These months seem to go faster and faster as we near the end of the year. It’s time once again to open the Runfessional so we can greet December with a clear conscience. Let’s get started, shall we? I runfess I need another drinking vessel like I need [Read More]
Holiday Prep and a Blanket of Snow
This post contains affiilate links. It was a busy week up in here. Work was nuts, home was nuts and I barely ran at all, nor did I do any Thanksgiving prep. Whoops! Here’s how the workouts went: Monday: Walk 4 miles, Early work, that is allTuesday: Walk only 2 miles, cuz woke to wet [Read More]
Blood Moon Rundown
It was all fun and games until Old Man Winter came to visit. We enjoyed record heat, a beautiful Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse and then? Here’s how the week in workouts went: Monday: Walk 4 miles, Trail Run 4 milesTuesday: Walk 4 miles, Bike Bootcamp, Upper Body Strength+CoreWednesday: Walk 4 miles, Trail Run 4 milesThursday: [Read More]