Wow. Another stressful week. And we thought 2021 was going to be better. Running definitely helped me work through the anxiety of what occurred. I sure don’t have anything poignant to say, so I guess I’ll just dive right into my fitness recap.
Monday: 8.3 miles before work, 9:35 min/mile pace. Nice and easy. Virtual 1:1 strength training after work with Discover Strength.
I didn’t even realize until I got back from my run that I was dressed like the ocean, ha! The top was a Christmas gift; it’s the Betty Ski Base Layer Top from Sweaty Betty.
Tuesday: Rest day from running. A welcome rest day for sure.
I walked on the treadmill while watching Call the Midwife for a little over an hour and walked Ruth & Matilda, but that’s it!
Wednesday: Workout Wednesday! 3 miles easy, 3×3 minutes hard with 90 second recovery in between, 3 minutes rest, and then another 3×3 minutes hard, 2 mile cool-down. 8.5 miles total, 9:15 min/mile average. Virtual 1:1 strength training after work with Discover Strength. Walked on the treadmill for 25 minutes just to be active while scrolling through my phone for news about the attacks on the capitol. I probably set a record this week with time spent on my phone. I’m a bit embarrassed, but, well…it was a tough week.
Thursday: 8 miles before work with Christie and Julie, working through our emotions about the events of the previous day. 9:20 min/mile average.
Friday: 6.2 miles with my friend Vicki, who I hadn’t run with in months! There was a fresh layer of snow and we were busy catching up, took it nice and easy, 10 min/mile average. Virtual 1:1 strength training after work with Discover Strength.
Saturday: 12.66 miles with my running bubble friends (9:10 min/mile average), then an additional 1.2 miles with both Ruth and Matilda, for 13.8 miles total.
There was more fresh snow on the trails; though Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet were more runnable, we were struggling at the end on Lake of the Isles and definitely slowed our paces signficantly! Uff.
13.8 miles of work in the snow and cold meant a solid 90 minute nap post long run. Much needed! These winter runs zap my energy.
Sunday: 5.3 miles with just Dustin, then we picked up both dogs from home for another 1.3 for 6.6 miles total, 8:40 min/mile average.
Summary: 51.5 miles running, 3 virtual strength training sessions.
I’m excited to be a nuun ambassador again this year, 4th year! Apparently that makes me a legacy. I’m a huge fan of the product and drink it essentially every day, both before and after runs!
I’m linking up with Running on the Fly and Confessions of a Mother Runner Check it out!
Nice job getting out for so many runs in the cold weather! I spent way too much time on my phone this week too. And it just ends up making me more stressed and anxious.
Totally agree…though we were living through some pretty intense US history, so I gave myself some leeway with how much I wanted to follow and read on my phone. Hoping for a much calmer next four years…
Love how we are all able to run to help alleviate some of our stress. And yes, my screen time was way up this week. When the sun came out yesterday, my mood really lifted.
I love your Sweaty Betty top. Must.not.shop.lol
Haha, shopping is too often an escape too these days 🙂
Awesome job with your workouts this week, especially all your cold weather runs! I am scared to look at my screen time this week for my phone – I know it was WAY too much, but I’m giving myself a pass since stuff was just nuts this week.
Congrats on your 4th year as a member of the Nuun team!
Totally giving myself a pass too. Too much to follow along with this past week…
congrats on the Nuun team! I love the looks of all of your snow but I am sure that it can be annoying all the time. I saw those Sweaty betty base layers and have wondered if they were good for running. I of course now want one! Thanks for sharing your week have a good one!
The snow is quite pretty, I’ll admit, but exhausting to run on all the time!
Winter runs are soooo hard- it was super icy on Thursday and Claire and I went to the wilder of the local parks and ran off road round the edge on the frozen mud, frozen grass, not so frozen mud …. 6.2 miles felt like about 9! Well done for getting all that work done. And dressing like the ocean!
“Our” Call the Midwife, by the way? Or a US version?
YOUR Call the Midwife, the BBC version! It’s available to us on Netflix, so it’s been my treadmill show lately. I like it!
Hey, it was a great week for fitness if nothing else! I haven’t seen the latest season of Call the Midwife yet because the weather has been so great here that I haven’t been on the treadmill in a while. I’m OK with that, and it’s only a matter of time before I get caught up on my TV watching.
I’m only on season 3! I have a ton of treadmill time left on the show, haha!
I crashed for a good 90 minutes after yesterday’s run, too, but I blame the vaccine hangover LOL Winter running is tougher than summer running, especially if there’s fresh snow. Congrats on another year with NUUN!!
Winter running is WAY tougher…so many layers, so much energy spent trying to stay warm and stay upright!
What a fun top! I totally agree there’s something about running in snow that totally saps my energy. You’ve gotten way more than us, but what we did get continues to stick around.
Yes- in the summer, the heat and humidity can definitely be tough, but I seem to bounce back faster when its nice outside. Not so much after these winter long runs!
Your picture of the lake is stunning! I enjoy running on a soft new snowfall, but get really nervous if the snow has been around and there might be icy patches. Be careful out there!
Thank you Debbie!
I enjoy running on new snow every once in awhile, but it definitely gets tiring on the lower legs after many miles!
Yay for Team Nuun! I love it, too!
I also love that you keep pushing through, snow and all. I realize that I get very cranky on cold weather runs. I feel suffocated in all my layers.
Good news, though – 2022 is coming! And THEN we can get some normalcy!
Ha, yes, we will get through this. The winter AND the craziness in our country…
Great job getting out there – running in the snow and cold can be so draining!
I don’t even want to think about how much time I spent looking at my phone this week.
I think we all get a pass on screen time this week Michelle!
I haven’t heard from Nuun yet, although with my lack of a social media presence I’m not surprised. i couldn’t remember if it was 3 or 4 years, LOL! I drink it most every day, too — even when I’m sick — then it’s Immunity! My husband is always commenting on all the tubes. 🙂
Congrats on being Legacy!
Another solid week! Glad you were able to run with a friend. I walk with friends, but it’s been a really long time since I ran with anyone.
Winter in general just zaps my energy. Damn low vit d!
Thanks Judy! You are just as big of a fan of Nuun as me!
Nice updates during a tough week. I enjoy my morning NUUN, as well. Have you made any plans for 2021 races? I decided to make some plans to add some structure to my training rather than another 2,000 miles of stress relief running. I’m starting with a 10k plan to get speed back and go for sub-40 (long shot), then Grandmas marathon in June, and then in the fall Boston if it happens and my BQ is good enough, or maybe Des Moines or Twin Cities. Of course it all depends on events happening and feeling safe about participating if… Read more »
Hi Eric, great to hear from you! We haven’t made any serious plans yet; both Bhutan and Patagonia were deferred from 2020, but we opted out of Bhutan (which would have been May) as we very likely won’t be vaccinated by May and ready to travel to Asia. I am hopeful about Patagonia (in September). I would love to do a fast fall race too; my sister wants to do Twin Cities, which would coincide with my 40th birthday, which is tempting too. It’s all up in the air though! I totally understand the desire to have a more structured… Read more »
I just can’t imagine running in all that snow!
Last week was horrible watching everything from afar. Plus the stress from work… I too had to get out and get fresh air and get some steps in to clear my head!
Ruth is so big now! I know I haven’t been around in ages, I’m sure I missed a lot!
Congrats on the ambassadorship again!
Thank you Renee! The fresh air definitely helps with dealing with everything, though the snow made me so tired! I just wanted to bundle up under a blanket!
Great job on tackling the cold and snowy weather! I’m not surprised you needed a 90 min nap. Running in the snow is extra tiring! Your blue outfit is so pretty. Clothes like that would lure me outside I think 🙂
I’m normally pretty attached to my phone but was way over the normal usage last week as well. I thought 2021 was going to be less crazy…so far doesn’t seem like it. Sigh.
Nice job getting out in the snowy weather! I admire that because my FL butt would be in my warm bed haha. I love running in Florida cold but there are limits to my endurance in chilly weather 😉
Another great week for you and in that weather! 🙂 Winter running does zap out the energy in me too.
I watched a lot more of the news last week. Ha, but I was also on my phone on Facebook reading about it.