To read this journey from the beginning, go to the first post.
Hi there, Mrs. 1500 today.
This week was 3 workouts of 90 seconds running and 2 minutes walking. Various kerfluffles womped up my schedule, and I wasn’t able to stick to working out with the girls exclusively.
Fast forward to this weekend, and I spent it with The WoWs (Mr. and Mrs. Waffles on Wednesday if you recall from last week’s update.) We went to several delicious breweries in the Northern Colorado area, but I limited myself to just a taster at each so I could still drive.
Our friends B and L hosted Friendsgiving on Sunday because they’ll be out of the country for actual Thanksgiving, but still wanted the meal.
So that’s a bit of a negative, although I was conscious about what I was putting on my plate.
Motivation was down this week. Several unexpected things happened in my regular life. Sunday’s run was definitely the worst of the week. It’s more fun when I can run with the girlies at 100-Mile Club.
While the Waffles were here over the weekend, we threw around a bunch of other half marathons in different cities, so I’m still undecided which run I will do. Suggestions are happily accepted – I’m looking for as fun a run as you can get when you must run 13.1 miles around May 2019.
You know what’s even more boring that working out? Reading about someone else working out.
I squeezed in an extra workout during Week Two, and Week Three is looking much the same. I prefer to run at 100-Mile Club (shoutout to Mr. Finn for being there every single day!) and the girls will run with me a bit, then fall back or go with a friend. I just keep plugging along, and sometimes Gail runs with me. (Thanks for keeping my mind off the run, Gail.)
The app only has the allotted days in it, so I simply run the same day again. IDK how long this will work for, maybe as the weeks progress I get more days to workout.
One of those unexpected things that happened in my regular life freed up some time next summer, so I guess I’m riding RAGBRAI with a bunch of people next year. (You always ride with a bunch of people, it’s a bicycle ride across Iowa with 20,000 of your closest friends.)
If anyone is interested in participating in this, let me know. It’s a super-fun ride that we’ve done 5 times in the past (including once when I was pregnant.) Iowa is NOT flat – you’ll find some hills no matter what the route. But you are THE BIGGEST THING that is happening in every town you arrive in, so literally everyone comes out to greet you.
Church ladies in Iowa bake THE BEST pies, and every town is having a fundraiser when you ride through. You can eat your way across Iowa and never have the same pie twice!
Anyway, maybe I should stop talking about pie…
- Weight: 178.0 (down 2.6 overall)
- Workouts Complete: 9
- Workouts Enjoyed: 0
So I’ve been bouncing around weight-wise. I weigh in on Tuesday morning for these posts, but somehow on Wednesday I’m down way more than on Tuesday. I was pleasantly surprised when I weighed in below 180 for the first time during this adventure. Doubly so since we had a brewery tour with the Waffles and Friendsgiving.
We shall see what happens next week. Stay tuned…
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