I’ve seen a few memes about how we’re in the 9th month of January, and I’m starting to see what they mean. Shouldn’t we be in February by now?
I’m so glad to be back blogging (and let it STICK this time!), and now it’s time for another Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah! I love keeping up with everyone and seeing how they’re doing with their running and workouts!
Weekly Run Down: Longest January Ever
Sunday 1/21: Went out for a long-overdue run thanks to all of the snowy and icy weather finally coming to a stop and took a chance by going to Forbidden Drive to hit the trail. Thankfully, the surface was perfect for running even in my regular running shoes, and I had the most joyful run! I was proud to run over 6 miles! I followed up with 10 minutes of foam rolling focused on calves and glutes with Rebecca. Hannah’s normally my girl for foam rolling, but I’ve enjoyed how Rebecca mixes it up too.
Monday 1/22: Rest day for sure. I started the day with a 10-minute breathing meditation from Kirra Michelle. I did a little food prep, made my smoothies for the week. I’m still working on getting a good groove for easy, ready to make dinners. I’ve been tempted to look back at Hello Fresh or another similar company. Any recommendations that have worked for you?
Tuesday 1/23: Did a 30-minute barre class with Hannah Corbin on Peloton. It’s the first time I’ve done barre in AGES, so I was nervous about how I’d be able to handle it, but it went really well and wasn’t too tough! I haven’t consistently done barre since my pregnancy in 2019 so it felt good to get back into it.
Wednesday 1/24: I had to wake up extra early to make sure I could sign E up for the YMCA summer camp that opened at 6 am. For the rest of the day I was pretty tired, so other than a 10-minute morning meditation with Aditi, I didn’t do any workouts.
Thursday 1/25: After work I had some errands and a meetup event with the preschool kids and parents, and that ended up being pretty exhausting by the time we got home! At least I got in my 10 minutes of calming meditation with Kristen McGee first thing in the morning.
Friday 1/26: I was set to go out for either a run or a walk, and even dressed for the occasion, but I was completely swamped with work and didn’t make the time to get out there.
Saturday 1/27: I was committed to getting out for a run as early as possible, and I did it! My goal was to do 4 miles. After Sunday’s long run, I didn’t want to push too hard. I was just happy the snow was all melted and the temperature was much more comfortable. I had Marcel’s 45-minute run to keep me company, and while I did get to pick things up near the end, I felt pretty sluggish with heavy legs on this run. I did have one drink the night before so it may have impacted things, lol!
Weekly Report Card
It’s been so long since I’ve graded my week, so I am a little rusty! The weather and the busyness of the work week made it harder to be as active as I liked, but I’m glad I got in 1 Peloton strength workout. I may try to squeeze in a 20-30 minute run or workout today, so we’ll see! Considering everything I’ve been juggling, I’m going to give myself an A- for this past week!
How was your week? Is January dragging for you too?
You had a great week of workouts!I too am a fan of winter running, but not when it limits where I can run. Once my race is over, I’m hoping to get back out on my trails. They were snow packed for the past month, but with the recent thaw, I’m hoping they will be runnable.
Have a great week!
Thanks a lot, Wendy! I bet it’ll be great getting back on the trails. I need to do the same!
Yay for snow free running! It sounds like you got some good activity done this week. My trainer in the gym uses Hello fresh and is very happy with it but the cooking sounds a bit complicated to me.
I hope you get a good week with good running weather.
Thank you Susanne! I enjoyed Hello Fresh but the 30 minute meals always took me at least 45 haha!
I know it sounds weird but I think having a drink the night before definitely impacts my workout in the morning! Maybe we’re just lightweights, ha ha. Anyway, great job- A- is a pretty good grade for the week. I like how you describe your Sunday run as “joyful”- that’s how running should be!
Thanks a lot, Jenny! It’s funny because sometimes I have had drinks before a race and did a lot better than expected. But I am definitely more of a lightweight these days!
It was definitely a week of challenging and odd weather! I love Hannah’s barre classes too and they are a great addition to my other classes. January has felt long! We are almost there
So glad January is in the rear view! I need to try to start stacking classes so I can get a good mix of workouts in!
It sounds like a great week — love that picture of you!
Did you get the camp sign-up done? I know folks in my MRTT group were complaining about one of our county camp sign-up sites crashing.
I can’t imagine doign a 30 min barre class! Did you try Hannah F’s 15 min Earth Wind and Fire class? It’s her latest peach burner. 😉
Thanks, Coco! Fortunately I was able to get her signed up for the weeks of camp with no issues so she’s all set!!
I haven’t tried the Earth Wind and Fire class so I’ll have to give it a look!!
Yes, January is the longest month! It’s feels good to (finally) be in the final days 😉 You just reminded me how slack I’ve been with Barre…I used to do it very consistently, at least once (sometimes twice) each week. Great job staying active, even with the tiredness you experienced.
I can’t imagine you ever slacking on anything, Kim! Thank you 🙂
Yes a very long cloudy, rainy month.
Better than January because I have started running.
Our paths were clean and now they are not. BOO!
I’m glad you’re back to running again! Hope those paths get cleared up soon!
Why is this January still going on? February is going to be long, too!
So great to see you back to blogging and sharing all our fitness and workouts! I love to see it!
Thanks a lot Jenn, I’ve really enjoyed getting back to it! February is going to be a little longer but it can’t be as bad as January was!
Great job on your workouts
LOL on this being the 9th month of January. January didn’t seem that long to me, but then, I was in Florida riding my bike with friends for almost half of the month! 😉