Staying on Track

As busy as it gets this time of year, I stuck to my workout schedule. I completely understand those folks who opt-out during the holidays. I mean, something's got to give, right? Since my workouts are what keeps me sane, I choose to let go of having the 'perfect' holiday. Yes, the tree is up and the gifts were wrapped. I even baked cookies. But while I picked up the clutter, I didn't do any major cleaning before the guests came over. That might bother some people, but we all have our priorities and having a perfect house is not one of mine. The only person who noticed anything was my dad, who pointed out how dusty my dining room chandelier is.

There's always that one person. I did offer to him that he could come over and clean it. He hasn't taken me up on that.

It was nice, letting go of a few things and I found that I really enjoyed the holidays this year! Plus, with the spectacular weather we've been having, who wants to stay inside and clean?

Saturday's run

Week in Review:
Monday: CrossFit
Tuesday: Run 4.25 miles
Wednesday: Run 3.25 miles
Thursday: Strength Train, Bootcamp
Friday: rest
Saturday: 5 miles
Sunday: 4 miles

Running
In my effort to 'let go' of a few things, I also didn't push my miles this week. We had fabulous weather, very unseasonably warm, and you'd think I'd want to run more. I wanted to, but...priorities. I got in just enough miles to fire up the endorphin machine and it worked out well. On Tuesday, I woke up to dense fog, which made for kind of an eerie scene. On Wednesday, Christmas Day, I had fun with my neighbors' ridiculously large snowman. I hope they didn't see me!

The initial photo was me sitting in front of the snowman. So cheesy. I'm so not a poser.
Instead, I shared the candid of me running away...

It was a little cooler on Saturday, but still dry so I headed to the retention pond to do a couple of loops. I ran 5 miles and dodged the rain. Sunday was warm! and I ran in shorts. For my last run of 2019 and the decade, it was a treat!

CrossFit
While there were some holiday workouts this week, I didn't sign up for any of those. Monday's class was surprisingly very crowded--I guess a lot of people had the week off! We started with the MetCon, which was called "The 400": a melange of 100 ball over box overs, plank stepups, dumbbell snatches, and anchored situps. You could break this up into smaller sets of 3 or less. This was followed by skill work off your choice on the bar. I chose to attempt toes to bar. I'm slowly getting closer!

I'm swinging!

On Thursday for my strength workout, Sammy Jo had me start with my favorite, deadlifts, building to a 5 rep max of 155# for 4 sets. And yes, it was heavy! I also worked on banded strict pullups and snatch to overheads. Bootcamp was a workout called Candy Cane Lane. We had to do 3 rounds of 2mins work/1 minute rest of each: wall balls, assault bike, KB swings, and row. It was as hard as it sounds!

"Ooh, that's heavy!"

How was your week? Did you survive the holidays? Were you able to keep up with your workouts? What did you have to let go of? 

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