It's All Good

I think whatever was plaguing my body for the past couple of months has finally left the building. Yes, I'm feeling like myself again!

If you've been following me, you know that I've been struggling with fatigue and general malaise since February. While my rheumatologist tells me it's not RA, my internist and I believe differently. I received the new shingles vaccine in February and probably what happened is that the vaccine triggered a flare. I'm certainly not anti-vaccine but I do have an autoimmune disease and it makes sense to think that this could have flared my RA.

Regardless, it was frustrating for me.

The past couple of weeks, I've had more energy and this week, I've felt pretty much "normal" again. I had 3 good runs totaling 19 miles, which is the most I've run in several months. Bootcamp and strength training went well too.

It's all good!

Running
I ran 3 times this week using my Heart Zones monitor. Now that I'm feeling better, I probably need to adjust my zones as I'm spending too much time in the red zone. I'm going to play with that this week.

The weather is still unpleasant. Monday was super windy and I ran around my neighborhood, taking advantage of the frequent turns on my running route so that I wasn't running into the wind for any length of time. Wednesday's run was a rainy one on the bike path.

On Saturday, I ran in the forest preserve where my running club meets up. Guys, I ran 7.25 miles!!! I was ecstatic when I finished. I took my time, held back on my pace, and I did it!. It has been so long since I've run anything more than 6 miles so this really showed me that my body is settling down. Sadly, after I finished running, I learned that while I was there, a runner was attacked, beaten, and robbed by 2 men. Even though there were many runners and cyclists on the path at the time, it was a sobering reminder that we are never safe. I'll be sharing more about this on Tuesday's post.

CrossFit
Coach Sammy Jo also remarked that she could tell I was feeling better. She had me do banded side steps with a kettlebell, alternating with single leg box hop ups and bent barbell rows. I did this 3 times. After that, it was time to play on the rope. I climbed to the top, but I'm still using more upper body strength and less lower body strength than she'd like. There's always work to do! Bootcamp consisted of 15 min AMRAP of pull-ups to failure, followed by 12 body rows. I used the blue band to do about 5 banded pull-ups each time. After that, there was a 20 minute AMRAP of a 250m run, 20 weighted situps, 15 slamball squats, 10 ball over shoulders, and 5 burpees over the slamball. I used a 30# slamball for all the activities and made it through 4 rounds! Yeah, baby!

Yoga
I'm on a Yoga with Adriene kick lately. I love her sassy little videos. This week I did Total Body Yoga-Deep Stretch and Yoga for Creativity. Fun and effective.

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I don't know if you all saw my announcement on Instagram this week, but I'm so excited to be going to camp this summer! EMPOWER summer camp, sponsored by SweatPink, Now Foods, AfterShokz, and Bioenergy LifeScience is going to be so much fun! There's going to be a variety of activities from trail runs to yoga to SUP to horseback riding, cooking classes, food, wine, friendship, s'mores, and swag!  We'll be staying in cabins at the Ronora Lodge in Michigan. Want to learn more? Check out all the details HERE. Use my code WENDY to save $50 off registration. Come join me! It's going to be so much fun!

Who's going to EMPOWER Summer Camp and have S'mores with me? /via @oldrunningmom @fitapproach @NOWFoods #sweatpink #EMPOWERSummerCamp #runchat #running 

How was your week? Are you going to camp with me?

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!