A Little Bit of Everything

This week truly had a little bit of everything. We started off with Pablo still visiting – he was the perfect supervisor while I tackled some much-needed garden cleanup. He absolutely loved lounging in the yard with me, though it’s a shame dogs don’t have opposable thumbs, or I definitely would have put him to work! Between the yard work and checking off some long-overdue errands, I even caught a glimpse of some spectacular clouds on my Monday commute. Unfortunately, the week took a bit of a turn when I caught my husband’s cold. As they say, some things are definitely better than others! 😉

 

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

Cycling: 25 miles
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Average speed: 15.9 MPH
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 9:29 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 65° in the basement, 46° (feels like 39°) and cloudy outside
• What I wore: bike shorts and sports bra

Stretching: Peloton Denis Morton 5-Minute Post-Ride Stretch

Gardening: 5 hours

After falling behind on my gardening goals the day before, Saturday evening I sat down and made a must-do list for Sunday—my final day of spring break. I’ve always been a list person, but the relaxation of the stayacation had momentarily distracted me. My day was packed from a 6 AM wake-up: I headed to 7:30 AM mass, squeezed in time on my spin bike, and was in the garden by noon. For five focused hours, I stuck strictly to the timeline and made incredible progress. I even managed to cut back all of the liriope and clear out the winter leaves from the foundation plants—both jobs I hadn’t even planned on tackling!

 

Monday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Pilates: Peloton Emma Lovewell 10-Minute Core Strength

With just a few minutes left in a client session at the 55+ community gym, every phone in the room erupted with a TORNADO WARNING! I scrambled to my car—a risky move, I know—for the 12-minute drive home. As I drove, I was mesmerized and unnerved by the sky: dark aegean to the west and a lighter sky to the north and south with dark ‘stalactite’ edges jutting downward. Just as I pulled into our cul-de-sac, my neighbor pointed upward; I looked up to see a funnel shaped cloud in the distance, which dissipated just as I snapped a photo. I ducked into the garage just as the torrential rain hit, and we spent the rest of the morning in the basement just to be safe.

 

Meanwhile at the farm on the western side of Virginia…

 

Because of the dire weather forecast (which turned out to be far worse than reality leaving local meteorologists quite embarrassed), Pablo and his fam decided not to drive home to North Carolina until early the following morning so we got an extra evening of snuggles!

 

Tuesday

Walking: 5.05 miles
• Average pace: 15:29 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 170 feet
• Start time: 12:56 PM
• Location: neighborhood trails
• Weather: 36° (feels like 20°) and cloudy with a short snow squall followed by the sun
• What I wore: fleece lined tights, l/s base layer shirt, down jacket, and knit hat

Pilates: Peloton Emma Lovewell 10-Minute Core Strength

Reminding me that it is indeed still March, Mother Nature threw a little bit of everything my way during my walk. I started under a dreary cloudy sky before snow started swirling around my head. But wait, the weather wasn’t finished teasing me and suddenly sunshine appeared to guide me home.

 

Wednesday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Pilates: Peloton Emma Lovewell 10-Minute Core Strength

Walking: 4.07 miles
• Average pace: 14:41 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 207 feet
• Start time: 2:08 PM
• Location: neighborhood trails
• Weather: 39° (feels like 35°) and sunny
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, fleece jacket, and visor

After work and errands, I headed out for a walk. The weather was delightful albeit rather cool. I walked by our old neighborhood just over a mile away to check out some landscaping I’d done in our front yard some 30 years ago. Sure enough, that particular aspect hadn’t changed and I was able to better visualize something I want to change at our current home.

 

Thursday

Cycling: 12 miles
• Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin
• Average speed: 15.4 MPH
• Surface: N/A
• Elevation gain: N/A
• Start time: 8:16 AM
• Location: basement
• Weather: 66° in the basement, 36° (feels like 29°) and cloudy outside
• What I wore: bike shorts and sports bra

Pilates: Peloton Emma Lovewell 10-Minute Core Strength

Walking: 3.33 miles
• Average pace: 15:05 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 121 feet
• Start time: 2:22 PM
• Location: neighborhood trails
• Weather: 54° and mostly cloudy, climbing to 57° and mostly sunny
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, fleece jacket, and visor (took jacket off a mile in)

Before going to bed the night before, I’d begged out of my workout with Kim because I felt like I was coming down with a bad cold – my husband was just getting over one. I ended up sleeping two hours later than usual and did an easy spin while virtually training a client whom I had switched from in-person to virtual when I started feeling sick. Later in the day I got outside in the beautiful weather for an easy walk.

 

Friday

Strength training: 1 hour of total body

Walking: 3.05 miles
• Average pace: 15:24 minute/mile
• Elevation gain: 123 feet
• Start time: 8:19 AM
• Location: neighborhood circle
• Weather: 39° and sunny, climbing to 45°
• What I wore: capris, s/s shirt, down jacket, knit hat, and gloves (took gloves off half way through)

Pilates: Peloton Emma Lovewell 15-Minute Core Strength

Thanks to my nasty head cold, I had to to cancel in-person sessions so that meant not teaching my balance and stretching class. It’s interesting, pre-Covid I wouldn’t have thought twice about working with a cold, but since Covid I think we’ve all become very sensitive to exposing others to any kind of virus, even a simple cold. Now though, especially with older clients, I take no chances!

 

Saturday

Pilates: Peloton Emma Lovewell 5-Minute Full Body Stretch

After a rough start to my morning and barely getting off the sofa, I started feeling better by mid-afternoon! My husband and I took an easy untimed walk to the park and back, and just before bedtime I stretched, but that was about it as far as working out.

 

Garmin Badges Earned

Only two Garmin badges found their way to me this week…

 

Last Week’s Blog Posts

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

 

Questions:
  • • Is your weather acting springlike or March-like? ~ both
  • • If you work outside the home, do you go to an office or work remotely? ~ I have both in-person and virtual clients, and with a couple I have the option to go virtual when necessary.
  • • Which workout did you enjoy most this past week? ~ I really enjoyed walking to my old neighborhood on Wednesday.

 

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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