How was your weekend? It seems that the month of June is flying by quickly! As each week passes, I get closer to official training for the Philly Marathon. For now, I’m building up my mileage and keeping track of my progress each week!
I’m linking up with Hoho Runs and Miss Sippi Piddlin for the Weekly Wrap! It’s a great way to see what your favorite health and fitness bloggers are working on!
I’m also linking up with Annmarie, Nicole, Jen, and Michelle for Wild Workout Wednesday! It’s my go-to linkup for finding new, challenging workouts to try – be sure to check it out!
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Weekly Wrap
This past week was such a blur since it was so busy! The days at work have been long and full of meetings, and I went out a couple of nights after work. On top of that, I’ve been packing, packing, packing…in just a few short days, the apartment life will be over!
Bowling with the Engineers
We have a Technical Association at work and they coordinated a bowling event on Wednesday at North Bowl, a fun spot that has great food and drinks. We didn’t have a huge turnout, but we played a battle of the sexes and had fun beating the guys. It was nice to have a couple of the engineering interns join us. I’m not a great bowler, but I always seem to get in a good groove at North Bowl and I scored 111! We made the guys do a ton of pushups to make up for their deficit, too bad I didn’t take a picture of that!
Networking with PHLBloggers
On Wednesday night, the PHLBloggers had a social event at The Baker’s Jar, an adorable bakery that has all kinds of varieties of cake made in mason jars! There were so many to choose from, but I went with carrot cake, which was really good! I was so glad to attend the event because these ladies are so FUN to talk to! I even met a fellow blogger, Njeri, who had questions about running, and it was great to feel like I was providing helpful information!
Packing for the Move
It’s hard to believe that I’m finally coming upon closing day with our new home! Of course, the hardest part of moving is packing, and it has been SO stressful for the past couple weeks. I have been pretty grumpy about the whole thing and not the easiest to be around, but most of the hard work is done. We were able to take a lot of stuff to Goodwill over the weekend, which helped declutter, but I still have a lot of paperwork and toiletries to go through! My biggest source of stress is deciding whether I will get my sectional disassembled again or try someone to hoist it down from the 3rd floor. Either way, it won’t be cheap.
My sister was actually in town for a few days for a work conference and stayed with us. I was able to drive her over to the house, but she wanted to get a little bit too close to the action. We ended up going near the steps so she could take some pictures and before I knew it, the sellers were pulling up so I scurried away! I’m so awkward sometimes, lol.
Workouts for the Week:
Monday 6/13: I had boot camp class after work and Vince really worked us out! We used dumbbells most of the time, doing squats, lunges, and lots of curls. And of course, we worked our core at the end! When I got home, I went for a 3-mile run. I kept it very slow and thankfully had no calf pain!
Tuesday 6/14: Softball game. Bret finally came out to see a game since we played at 7 pm. We easily beat the other team and I had fun running the bases! I’m pretty awful in the outfield though, lol! Bret gave me some pointers on my hitting, and since we have playoffs coming up, I want to get to the cages and practice my swing! It would be awesome if we won the league this year.
Wednesday 6/15: I went for a run at 5:30 in the morning before work! The plan was to run 5 miles and 6 strides but I only had enough time to do 4.35 miles and 4 strides, but I was happy with that! I did the Sabre Warmup from Strength Running, which is only supposed to take 10 minutes and took me at least 15! I was really surprised with how my body felt on this run – a nice slow start and I just kept going faster! Great way to start the day, I guess the warmup worked!
Thursday 6/16: Full rest day!
Friday 6/17: I spent most of the day packing for the move, so I didn’t go for a run.
Saturday 6/18: We went for a run with the Running Club, just a little bit under 5 miles. We were celebrating the 5 year anniversary of the Running Club that I started up at work. Unfortunately, only one of my coworkers was able to join Bret and me. We had a good run, I just wish we had more people!
Sunday 6/19: I finally went for my first long run since the 1/2 Sauer 1/2 Kraut Half Marathon, 9 miles. I did the Sabre warmup from Strength Running then headed out a little later than I planned. While my legs felt fine despite some soreness in my right knee, I was surprised at how I felt so out of breath and overheated! I made sure to walk whenever I took water and took advantage of the little shade I had on the trail. It was in the low 80’s but felt like it was pushing 90 degrees!
Week 2 Report Card:
After having a very disappointing week 1 of marathon pre-training, I am so pleased with my progress this week! While I still want to get up to running 5 days a week, all of my runs were quality and that calf pain is history! Listening to your body is SO important. I’m glad that I took those days of rest because clearly my body needed it.
However, I do need to do a better job of being consistent with my additional workouts. When I complete a run, sometimes I’m too tired to work on my core or my lower body, but I have to make it a routine! I’m optimistic that I can turn things around this coming week!
How was your week? How has your running been going in the heat?
Sounds like a great week of training! Glad you’re finding your mojo, even in the heat of summer. That’s the hardest part about fall marathon training!
I love bowling. Kind of funny, I do all kinds of sports physicals for my job, and it always cracks me up when I have to do one on a girl who’s on the bowling team! I’m sure bowlers would be mad at me for saying this, but is bowling even a sport? lol
Thanks Wendy! Oh yes, it’s a sport! My Dad is actually a really good bowler and was on TV for competition several years ago! When I was less in shape I used to get sore from bowling haha!
You had such a great week. I totally understand the whole packing/anxiety and stress that goes along with a move. Hopefully your sectional makes it into your new house in one piece. So glad your calf pain is gone and great job getting in your training for your big race.
It sounds like a good week overall. LOL at the names you used for the bowlers! I want to know more about Wife. Was Husband on the other team? Packing takes a lot of time and energy!
One of my crazy coworkers made up the names. Yes, the husband was on the other team, I think he bowled over 150 but the rest of the boys stunk!
Packing is always the worst part about moving. I always find things I don’t use, so then I have to decide whether to bring it, in case I use it, or get rid of it. I’m in my third apartment and I keep acquiring more things.
Packing has been driving me nuts, lol! It’s just a long process and I want to get rid of all the clutter. I really don’t have that much stuff, but it’s still enough to be a big pain! Thankfully, this will be the last big move for quite some time (I hope!)!
Oh, I hear you about all those pesky after run things we SHOULD be doing. I’m pretty good, but I do skip it occasionally.
I always think something is better than nothing, so I think you did great even though you had to cut a run short. No point burning yourself out this early in the “race”!
We’ve been very lucky with our moves — most were paid for by my husband’s companies, and not only did they pack us up, they unpacked. Some things, anyway. You could barely move for the boxes when we moved into this house.
I wish I could hire a packing service but I’m insistent on going through every little thing so that I’m not bringing any unnecessary clutter to the new house! That’s some great service though, I’m hoping we get through it as painlessly as possible!
Sounds like you had a good week of training. Nice job to get that 9 mile run. I can’t believe it’s only the first day of summer. It’s been hot here in the desert for a while. Of course, Mother Nature is managing to celebrate summer by hitting us with temperatures in the 120s. Now that’s hot! I can only hope that summer goes by as fast as June has!
Thanks a lot, Debbie! I can’t imagine dealing with the heat you face! I love the summer, but running in the heat is absolutely miserable for me, especially with humidity and we get a lot of it! But like they say, it makes for a better fall racing season, right?
It sounds like the training is going well even though you’ve been so busy!! That’s great! 🙂 (And I’m glad the calf pain is gone!)
Thanks a lot, Liz…same here! 🙂
Moving is never any fun, but congrats on a new house! With everything going on, I’m very impressed with your week of workouts. Way to go!
Thanks a lot, Kathryn! I’m not sure if I’ll be as successful this week, lol!
So glad to hear that your calf is feeling better. Summer running can be hard it’s getting really hot this week. Looks like you had lots of fun activities this week.
Thanks, Deborah! That was quite the scare for a little bit!
So many exciting things! That networking event sounds awesome – and moving! WEEE!!! I’m glad your calf is feeling better.
Sounds like you had a great week!! 😀
It sounds like you had a good week and good luck with packing! A new home is so exciting but yes the packing and actual moving can be so stressful, especially with time seemingly flying by.
Getting a training run done before work can be really stressful because of the time constraints! I feel like I never have quite enough time to get the entire workout done. Nice job on that one! Doesn’t it make you feel accomplished to do a whole workout that early, before you even go to the office?!
Bowling is fun! Years ago, I bowled on a ladies day time league (it was a non-smoking alley, which was very rare at time, and it had a daycare room so I could bring the kids). I averaged around 135-140, but did have a few 200+ games and a few 500 series 😉 Glad your calf is rallying back!!
Great job! Best of luck with your playoffs coming up!
The heat has been absolutely miserable. I know I say every year, but I feel like this is the hottest it’s ever been. Ugh. I am seeing it in my pace, and it’s doubly frustrating because I am coming back and was hoping to see more progress. Oh, well. When things cool down, that will be the true test.
Keep up the good work!
Sounds like a great week! I’d love to find a bloggers’ group in my area to network with. Especially if it’s at a bakery! 😀
Moving and packing is always the worst! I’d love to upgrade where I live, but I have zero desire to pack and move, so I’ll hang where I am for the time being 🙂
I think you did a great job balancing your workouts while also getting ready to move.
Great job getting it in this week, even with all the stress of moving and packing!!!
I have had a CRAZY busy last week or two. Hoping now that my daughter is out of school for the summer I will get back into routine and get back into the swing of things again!
Good luck with that move! Stuff like that makes me grumpy too! I think bowling is a great work event- I mean ever one can bowl right? The worse you are the funnier it gets! Great week of workouts, keep it up!
looks like a fun week and a great week of training! take care in the summer heat! it can be brutal!
Busy week! We haven’t moved in 19 years. I can’t imagine what it would be like to try to get out of this house now LOL.
Good luck on the move! Packing is the absolute worst. When we left our apartment, I literally stuffed our last items into whatever bags I had handy. The thought of organizing and neatly stowing stuff was way too much at that point. I don’t understand how people can pack a whole house without going insane.
Oh gosh, moving sucks 🙁 but I have found a nice glass of wine or bottle of beer really helps the packing process.
Congrats on signing up for the Philly Marathon! I’m super excited for you Janelle! I remember when you mentioned in one of your posts a few months back that you might consider signing up for a marathon! You had a great training heat. Training throughout the Summer is the hard part, but it also makes you tougher for your Fall Marathon! 🙂
You had a crazy busy week. Moving AND training at the same time is crazy, along with everything else going on. When we moved 3 years ago after being in our place 10 years, I was so happy to go through everything.. I decluttered so much and it felt so good.I try to keep up the good habit now and not get overwhelmed with things stacking up or overflowing junk drawers.
Sounds like a decent week of training! Just saw that you will be doing the Philly Marathon. How exciting! Way to get that packing done. I didn’t like packing either. So not fun, but worth it in the long run. Excited for you and your new home!
Thanks, Sharon! Packing is such a drag lol…I’m hoping that I’ll be finally finished tonight! And yes, I’m so excited for Philly though a little scared too!
Good for you getting in as many workouts as you did while packing! When I packed up my apartment to move into our new house my workouts definitely suffered. YAY for no calf pain too!
You’ve had such a busy week plus marathon training! I remember it was so hard to balance all of that.
Great week of training & a busy one too 🙂 So awesome that you had a meet-up with other bloggers!!
Sounds like a good week of training! I am working my way up to 5 days of running too. In my base building phase I was doing like 3-4 runs a week plus spin and yoga. Marathon training just started yesterday and I will be doing 5 runs per week and then in a few weeks it bumps up to 6 runs :-O
Just think, very soon the stress of the move will all be over and you’ll be in your new house! That’s the exciting part. Congrats on a great week of training and the 9 miler. The bowling night sounds like a lot of fun. I used to work at a company that had a team in a league. I was never very good, but enjoyed it. I hope your softball team continues to do well. Thanks for linking with us Janelle!
I need to plan a Cincinnati bloggers event. That would be fun.
Bowling is so much fun. Up until about a month ago it had been awhile since I had been. We decided to go as a family one night and man was I sore the next day. You don’t realize your using different muscles but you sure get in a good workout!
Moving is so much work. I always feel like it won’t take too long to pack but it seems like it just never ends. Think of it as an extended workout though. 😉