Life Goes On...

With the passing of Labor Day, we've unofficially left summer behind. Sadly, it rained all Labor Day weekend and we weren't able to get out on the water one last time. When you live in the Midwest, summer is so short. We try to squeeze in as much as we can, but it never feels like enough. My oldest son and I did get up to Madison to visit my youngest and drop off a few more things. While I did ok saying goodbye after our initial drop off, this time was much more difficult for both of us. I think it felt more real.

I was feeling pretty low this week--missing my boy. You know who really missed him? My pup Cocoa. She was really quiet all week, sleeping a lot and not really eating much. By Friday, she seemed much more like herself. We're all adjusting to our new norm. I was really busy at work and that helped keep my mind occupied. Life goes on.

Running
With the arrival of cooler weather, my runs felt really good. There's always a silver lining to the arrival of fall weather! Since I didn't run on Sunday, on Monday I ran 4 miles around my neighborhood. I joked that it was more of a run/talk than a run/walk. I saw a lot of my neighbors out and about and stopped to chat and catch up. Wednesday I set out to run 6 miles, but stopped after 5 when the oppressive heat and humidity took a toll on me. I felt really sick after that run. Ugh.

last hot run of the summer, I hope

A cold front blew through after that and on Saturday, I ran 4+ miles in nearly perfect running conditions. This was probably my best run in a long time. Sunday's long run of 10 miles was a bust. I don't know if I'm fighting illness but I felt off from the start. As I pressed on, I felt queasy and broke out into a cold sweat. At 2 miles in, I called it quits and walked home. It seemed the right thing to do. As much as I wanted one more long run before next weekend's ZOOMA half marathon, I'm confident I'll be fine with the training that I've done.

CrossFit
The cooler temperatures on Thursday made for a very tolerable strength session and bootcamp. For my strength workout, Coach Sammy Jo had me do high volume static presses, 50# x8 reps x 3 rounds alternating with Romanian Deadlifts. These are 2 of my favorite strength moves! She also had me do some hip stability work, hopping on one foot across the floor. There were tire flips too! Bootcamp was a couple rounds of AMRAPS. As always, I was fooled by the first set, thinking that it wasn't too hard--but then came the second round that just about did all of us in. We finished with 3 sprints: 400m, 250m, and 100m. I was happy that even though I was wiped out from the AMRAPS, I had enough in the tank to do those sprints. I just love what we are doing at the box!

Yoga
I only did one yoga class this week, Reset and Recharge Yoga Class from Erin at Five Parks Yoga. This was a new class that she uploaded in honor of Labor Day. It's a really good class that covers all the bases. She has some other new classes that she recently uploaded and I'm looking forward to trying them.

Did you enter my giveaway?
On Friday's post, I shared my favorite moments from summer. Thanks to Momentum Jewelry for gifting me with their fall collection.

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