I hope you are doing well and staying healthy. If you’ve followed the news, you know that things have been absolutely insane as another unarmed black man, George Floyd, was mercilessly killed by a white police officer. As a result, there have been protests all over the country and even around the globe. Philadelphia has been particularly riled up; while there have been peaceful protests, several areas of the city have been set aflame and businesses destroyed. We’ve been having curfews over the weekend on top of the stay at home order for COVID-19. How do you cope with so much unrest in this country? Working out helps, but only so much…
It’s time for another Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah! I’m also linking with Zenaida and Kim for Tuesday Topics and Coach Debbie Runs, Running on Happy, Confessions of a Mother Runner, Mile by Mile, Runs with Pugs, and Fauxrunner for the Runners’ Roundup!
Weekly Rundown: Crazy Times
Monday 5/25: I ran the Girls on the Run Philly Virtual 5K on Memorial Day. I completely winged my running route and ended up running on a pretty busy road part of the way…not smart. I guess it helped me keep up the pace though, as I was pretty happy with my finish time, especially since I had a couple of walk breaks. This was my first postpartum race!
Tuesday 5/26: I did a 2-mile walk in the afternoon and in the evening I did the City Fit Girls Strength Club workout. The workout had a lot of walking lunges, but I couldn’t complete them as my knees started to get really sore.
Wednesday 5/27: Yoga/barre fusion class on Zoom. This workout was a bit of a mess. I missed the entire yoga section because I was feeding the baby, I left my weights in the wrong room, and the video had bandwidth issues. But I still had a nice burn!
Thursday 5/28: 2-mile walk in the afternoon. Then I did the City Fit Girls Strength Club workout before going to bed.
Friday 5/29: 30-minute Happy Hour barre class. It was nice to be able to squeeze in this workout while Baby E played on the floor nearby.
Saturday 5/30: City Fit Girls Strength Club Zoom workout. It was another fun time and I learned some new moves. I just have to modify my planks as I rebuild my core. Then later in the afternoon, I went for a brief solo walk.
Sunday 5/31: Freihofer’s Run for Women Virtual 5K. Thanks to Darlene, I was able to sign up for this one. I went a different route this time but I started out WAY too fast, so I had many more walk breaks. But the nice thing was that Bret and Baby E went out on a walk and I was able to meet them at the “finish line”. I so look forward to us having more memories like this at real races as she grows older.
Weekly Report Card
I had a pretty ambitious schedule for working out this week: running two 5K’s, doing 3 Strength Club sessions, and taking 2 barre classes. I’m glad I was able to get it all done while not pushing myself too hard! This is an easy week to give me an A+. What I really need is more time on the yoga mat…not just to help with mobility but to help clear my mind during these difficult times.
How were your workouts for the week? How is your city/town handling current events?
Awesome job on such a well rounded week of workouts! It’s a juggle to get all that done especially with a baby.
My city had peaceful protests that thankfully were allowed to proceed. I know that wasn’t the case a couple towns over due to agitation on both sides. I hope change comes of it rather than falling back into senseless violence like what happened to George Flloyd and too many others.
Great week, Janelle!!! Too bad I didn’t know you were also doing the Freihofer’s 5K…you could have “joined” us and done some silly pics with us 😉 Next year? Or another race? My “little” town has been low-key, but Des Moines has been hit hard with riots and oodles of violence. Such a sad and scary time…
I have to be honest: I am not watching the news right now. Of course I still hear about what’s going on. I don’t know how you changed things, obviously we haven’t, that shouldn’t happen to anyone no matter the color of their skin.
I don’t believe that violence is the answer, but I can see how frustration could boil over into violence.
That said, we don’t live in the city, and mostly aren’t going anywhere.
Nice job on your two 5ks this week & all the other fitness!
This really has been an insane week!
I love that your husband and Baby E met you at the “finish line” 🙂
Stay safe!
Great week, despite everything. I’m running a lot more these days — I need to get out of the house and away from Facebook. I’m trying to stay informed without getting overloaded and figuring out what I can DO to make things better.
Philadelphia sounds like Chicago. It is so sad everything that is going on right now.
Great job this week! Things don’t always work out the way we intend them to be but we do what we can.