A Little Bit of Everything

This week brought about a little bit of everything, everywhere. We started the week still visiting our son and daughter-in-law in Charolette, NC, followed by three days at the farm in SWVA, and finally making our way back home.  Workouts took a backseat mid-week, but those easier days were bookended with plenty of activity. All in all, it was a good week!

 

Overview of the Week

Before getting into each day’s workouts, here’s an overview of my workouts from this past week. Scroll beyond the infographic for daily details…

 

Sunday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Walking: 3.26 miles
• Average pace: 15:21 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 249 feet
• Start time: 9:47 AM
• Location: Pablo’s neighborhood trail
• Weather: 67° and partly cloudy
• What I wore: shorts, s/s shirt, and visor

Still visiting our son and d-i-l and tired from the previous day’s marathon spectating, I slept in until just after 7 AM. Because we’d be hitting the road for the farm super early on Monday when I normally lift, I started my day with a strength training session. Pablo played personal trainer and didn’t let me slack. 😉 Later, I hit the trail for a walk enjoying the beautiful weather.

 

Monday

Drive from Charlotte, North Carolina to the farm

 

Tuesday

There were no designated workouts, but I worked hard all day on the farm. My brother, husband, and I did yard work included burning the brush pile from the huge willow blown down last year by Hurricane Helene. We’d dragged its carcass of a massive trunk and many branches to a pile on the side of the yard. Weather conditions were ideal with a heavy frost making the grass wet and rain in the forecast for later in the day.

In keeping with our wonderful childhood memories of roasting hotdogs whenever our dad or granddad burned brush, we roasted hotdogs for lunch over the hot bonfire embers.

 

Wednesday

Drive home from the farm

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

 

Thursday

Cycling: 50 miles
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Average speed: 16.1 MPH
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 5:45 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 63° in the basement, 39° and cloudy outside
• What I wore: bike shorts and sports bra

Gardening: 1 hour

After missing a week due to me being away, Kim and I met for our weekly virtual workout. I followed up our chat with a virtual client so I had company two of the three hours on my spin bike. Later in the day I did an hour of fall cleanup, but still have about two hours more before I’ll be done for the season – my husband takes care of the leaves or else there’d be many more hours of work for me to do.

 

With this ride I earned two Garmin badges.

 

Friday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Balance and stretching: 45 minutes

Friday evening we went out to celebrate my birthday a week late with friends. Garmin wasn’t happy that I had a margarita (and shared a second one) and told me the following morning that my sleep had been un-restorative despite the 8:16 of slumber. Looks like Garmin has replaced Fitbit as the judging monkey on my back. LOL

 

Saturday

Cycling: 18 miles
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Average speed: 15.7 MPH
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 7:50 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65° in the basement, 50° and drizzly outside
• What I wore: bike shorts and sports bra

Walking: 2 miles
• Average pace: 16:23 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 9:29 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 66° in the basement, 51° (feels like 44°) and cloudy outside
• What I wore: shorts and sports bra

Elliptical: 1 mile
• Average pace: 13:29 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 10:06 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 66° in the basement, 52° (feels like 45°) and cloudy outside
• What I wore: shorts and sports bra

I kept my indoor bike ride on the shorter side so I’d have time to walk. I’d been curious how accurate my new Garmin would be in treadmill walking mode and was surprised to have the opportunity to update my watch distance to the treadmill distance before saving. Next I got on my elliptical which I rarely use giving me an indoor cardio trifecta!

 

With the spin I earned the Garmin November Ride to 100 badge.

 

Later in the day, I attended a charcuterie creation class with a friend at a nearby wine shop where I learned to focus on using a variety of colors and textures to make it more visually appealing. We were also taught the importance of building height by using small ramekins to hold long breadsticks and vegetables cut lengthwise to give the board depth.

 

Last Week’s Blog Posts

In case you skipped checking in on my blog this past week, here’s what you missed…

 

Questions:
  • • Did you know that Monday was National Hiking Day? ~ I did, but just didn’t have time to go on a hike even though there were many great places at the farm.
  • • Do you make charcuterie boards? ~ I’ve been making antipasto platters for years which are basically the same, but each originates with a very different type of food. More on that in my next coffee chat!
  • • Which workout did you enjoy most this past week? ~ It was great getting back with Kim for our weekly virtual cardio workout.

 

And that’s my rundown… Have a great week!

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I’m linking up with Deborah at Confessions of a Mother Runner and Kim from Running on the Fly for their Weekly Run Down. Be sure to check out not only the hosts’ posts, but those of the other great bloggers joining in on the fun!

 

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