There was nice and not-so-nice weather this week. It is April, after all. Grateful April Fool’s didn’t dump snow on us — it often does. Just rain this year. It was a busy easy week, if that makes sense.
I’m joining Kim @ Kimrunsonthefly and Deborah @ Confessionsofamotherrunner, and cheering on our hosts in their Cherry Blossom Race!
Workouts update
- Monday: Yoga (30 min), PB Walk + ST (25 min)
- Tuesday: Yoga AM (20 min), Short Hike at Olana
- Wednesday: Yoga AM (20 min), 4 miles easy, Dogwalk
- Thursday: Yoga (20 minutes), PB Walk with Weights (25 min), Dogwalk at Vischer Ferry Preserve
- Friday: Yoga (20 min), 4 miles easy
- Saturday: Yoga (20 min), PB ST (25 min), Dogwalk/Hike at Ann Lee Pond
- Sunday: Yoga (10 min), 3 miles easy, Dogwalk
Running Mileage: 11 (+4)
PB = Killer B
TM = Treadmill
WU = warmup
CD = cooldown
SB = Stationary Bike
Running Update
Wednesday Intention: easy
Since I’m considering a 5k in April — maybe — it’s time to sit down and work out a training plan. Which I haven’t done yet. I was at my mom’s on Tuesday, and often like a rest day afterwards, but had a rest day before the visit and wanted to take advantage of a less windy day (although it still wasn’t terribly warm). Nice to see the return of negative splits (without trying).
Friday Intention: easy time on feet
Grateful the rain held off. The HS girls were back in the neighborhood, but I took a slightly different route this time. Mr. Judy walked Bandit while I was running with no drama.
Sunday Intention: easy time on feet
The running week started strong, but with a couple of nights of shortened sleep due to circumstances beyond my control, I was dragging by the end of the week. Today the first mile felt great due to the chilly but dry weather, and the next couple of miles slowed a bit and I just felt a bit tired. Hoping for better sleep next week.
Favorites of the week
Any week I can get Mr. Judy out of our neighborhood twice is a good week. We still stayed relatively close to home, mindful of the price of gas.
I snuck in that second day on him because the weather, while still a bit chilly, was really beautiful.
ICYMI: If you’re following along with the Spring into Action practices, you’ve already done a couple of strength workouts. It’s time to restore and relax and that’s just what today’s practice is all about. You can join Spring into Action at any time here. Or just go ahead and do this Restorative practice with me here.
Coming up on Tuesday & Friday: Tuesday it’s time to wrap up March. On Friday I’ll share five tips to make your own powerful affirmations.
Chocolaterunsjudy 
I don’t remember any rain but I do think it was a windy week.
I am planning to do more hiking until boating season. Though I think my weekends will still have races on the schedule. Mostly longer ones but I think I will sneak in a few 5ks for charity.
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Lots of rain. I got lucky & was able to fit in runs when it wasn’t raining but it meant being pretty intentional.
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Look at that gorgeous blue sky! We’ve been so stormy and overcast here, it takes a toll on me. Way to get those natural negative splits!
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Yes, most of the week was overcast for us too. Even yesterday, while lovely, was windy & cold. Lack of sun is a BIG reason I want to move. Doesn’t matter as much to my husband but he has his own reasons he doesn’t want to live here.
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those cloudy days are so depressing, aren’t they?! Looking forward to hearing about how to plan and create affirmations
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They definitely are! I’ll bet the nice day helped with your race — although sometimes you can have too much sun too (but usually not in Spring!).
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While we did have some intermittent sunshine last week, this morning’s sunrise really made me nostalgic for seeing it everyday .We have a lot of rain in the forecast, so it’s not looking too sunny for awhile. Great job on those negative splits 😉
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Today was cloudy & rainy in th3 afternoon. We have a lot of rain forecast for next week too, unfortunately.
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We mostly had rain and wind last week and even some snow. Man, I am so ready for a change of weather. For the better of course. The sunrise on Friday was enough to lift my mood.
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We often get sun early 8n the morning then the clouds move in. 😔
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Your reflection selfie is beautiful!
It sounds like you’re ready to run a 5K- I don’t think you need to worry too much about any special training plan. I say, go for it! i ran a 5K today without any specific training, and it was really fun.
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Oh I know I can run a 5k & relatively sure it won’t be fast. But I like to train for things. But I don’t live to race, either — obviously!
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Glad the ice and snow are on their way out! I didn’t catch that you are thinking of moving! Wow!
How exciting that you are racing a 5k!
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I haven’t actually signed up for a 5k yet but I have a couple in mind.
We’re not going anywhere soon, but hope maybe within 5 years. This was a temporary assignment — 15 years later for my husband (13 years for me because I stayed in our house in Austin the first couple of years). I think if it hadn’t been for my mom (and the Pandemic) we’d be further along in those plans by now.
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Great job on getting the hubby out there for two hikes last week! I bet Bandit enjoyed being out and about as well.
It’s blustery here, but no remnants of snow or ice.
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Oh yes, every tree & bush & blade of grass is an opportunity to pee. 🤣
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I hope you’re able to get more sleep this week.
Nice job with the negative splits!
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Well just last night we lost power for no known reason & grateful that the (very loud) generator kicked around 12:30. So not exactly the sleep I was hoping for. Thankfully wasn’t off that long.
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Lots of rain for us on Friday and Saturday too. April is always such a crazy month when it comes to the weather.
Love the photo of Mr. Judy and Bandit 🙂
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Well it is April with all that implies! I was truly grateful to see no snow on your birthday.
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Still finding that neck stretch sequence SO helpful.
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Thank you so much! I’m actually going to actively be soliciting testimonials soon. It would be great if you could leave me one! I’m going to make a form people can fill out (not quite ready yet).
As always I’m very happy when the practices are helpful to real people & appreciate the comments. Thank you!
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Yes, of course I will. Remind me when you have it ready!
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Thank you! It’ll probably be a little while. But not too long. 🙂
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So glad Mr Judy went out on two days this week (without incident from that horrible man). Fuel has shot up here as well 😦 though not as bad as South Africa. When we went for my race, we were shocked at how much it cost so felt a bit better about our situation.
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We were lucky that the price of gas in Delaware when we were there was cheaper. With my trips back & forth to my mom, though, we actually do go through a lot of gas — and tolls!
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I do like to have a training plan for something, it give me a purpose and a goal with my running… but the actual race part? Not so much! I mean once it gets started, and once it’s over it’s fun, but all of the hard stuff in the middle isn’t always as fun! Speaking of gas prices, our trucks gets around 9 mpg when pulling a camper. Yikes!! Camping isn’t always cheap.
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Yikes indeed! Wow! But what an experience.
I do like to have a plan, too. Even if I don’t race, which I’m relatively sure at some point this year I will, the effort to get stronger is never wasted. IMHO.
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