A Change of Pace

Following the news of the cancellation of my fall race, I took this week to regroup. I'm having a hard time getting my head around all that is happening in the world and in my own little world. It's been overwhelming, to say the least. I shared a lot of that on Friday's post--since this is my weekly training recap, I won't go into details here.

Always a sure thing, this week even running couldn't help me shake off my funk. I blame a lot of that on the swampy conditions we had here all week. Although I had the beginning of the week off work, we mostly hung out at home. I did get my workouts in and at the end of the week, had run 93.3 miles for the month of July. Darn, so close to 100! Not bad, all things considered--steamy hot weather, my mental funk, and that race cancellation. Not to mention a little bit of RA stiffness and pain. 

I'm looking ahead to the cooler conditions of fall and I've optimistically got a few things on the calendar. I'll share more on Tuesday's post. The running must go on!

Weekly Rundown

Monday: CrossFit

Tuesday: Trail run 6 miles

WIednesday: Run 10k (virtual BTN10)

Thursday: strength training

Friday: run 4 miles

Saturday: SUP

Sunday: run 6 miles

Running:

One of my fellow All Community Events ambassadors is battling colon cancer. He was doing a run streak, even running through radiation therapy! A few weeks ago, he had surgery and has now started chemo. Since he has been unable to run since then, his wife organized a sign up for people to keep his streak alive by running for him. Tuesday was my turn and I ran 6 trail miles. I'm hoping to see him back on his feet soon. 

My son and I signed up for the virtual BTN Big 10 race, running for the Wisconsin Badgers. I ran the 10k on Wednesday, running on the bike path. With all my focus on training for my trail race, I haven't run on the path in quite a while. I got a late start and it was warm, but I have to say that it felt good to put on my road shoes. My son ran his 10k on Friday in under 55 minutes! Pretty sweet, considering he's not a distance runner and didn't train for it. This would be a fun race to do IRL. Here's to hoping to have the opportunity to run it next year.

We were up at the lake again this weekend and I took advantage of a cool morning to run some of the hills around where we stay. I forgot to pack my running socks--sheesh-- and I wore a spare pair of throwaway socks I keep in my bag. It could have been a recipe for disaster. I lubed up my feet with vaseline and hoped for the best. I was pleasantly surprised that my feet were fine at the end of the run. I ran up almost all the hills on my route without stopping to walk or catch my breath. This run made me look forward to the cooler mornings of fall and some more confidence building runs!

CrossFit/Strength:

It's official. We're back to calling it CrossFit again. After the controversial CEO of CF resigned, new leadership took over and the affiliates resumed their relationship with the organization. ,I'm just there for the workouts. Monday's WOD had pistol squats, KB rotational pull throughs, and handstand pushups for the strength portion. I worked on handstand negatives, dropping down to a pad on the floor but not pushing up. The MetCon was 'Helen', 3 rounds for time, of 400m run, 21 KB swings (I did 25#), and 12 pullups (I used a band). I loved this traditional CF WOD; I was also feeling those pistols for a couple of days!

On Thursday, Sammy Jo brought the pistols back! Before she had me do those, I worked on back squats with a 3 second hold on the bottom (100#) and 3 regular back squats x 5 sets. I alternated those with banded plank rows--those were intended to work on core stability and yes they did! After that I did the pistol squats alternating with the agility ladder. She had me do a variety of movements on the ladder and that just was so much fun!

On the Water

When we arrived at the lake Saturday morning, I took the SUP out for a paddle while I waited for my son to arrive. Compared to last weekend, the humidity was lower and the temperatures were pleasant. It was pretty much the perfect summer day!

I was so excited to go waterskiing. We loaded up the boat, headed out to the bay, and wouldn't you know it, the motor wouldn't drop down. It had given us trouble the previous weekend, but my husband worked on it and thought it would be ok. No such luck and all of us were disappointed. 2020 just is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it? We motored back to the house, with the motor in the up position. We got a lot of funny looks from other boaters. Nothing to see here people! We spent the afternoon just hanging out in the backyard, playing bags. Later that evening, my son and I took a paddle out to watch the sunset. We got more than we bargained for when we spotted an amorous couple snuggling in the bay, their kayaks drifing away. Get A Room! And no, I didn't take a picture of them.

The sunset was magnificient. I took this from the channel, where we enjoyed a fire in the backyard. We did a good job making lemonade from the lemons we were handed this weekend!

 

How was your week? Have you gotten any cooler temperatures? Any gifts from 2020? Tell me something good that happened!

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