Welcome to the Weekly Wrap!
This weekly linkup is hosted by yours truly and my good friend Tricia @ MissSippiPiddlin. The purpose is to connect with and support other active women. We want to hear about your weekly adventures. You are encouraged to include anything you did to be active or anything you considered fun. Please tell us how you amazing women accomplish it all. You can summarize your whole week or just a small portion of it. It's up to you! See rules here. Rule Change: You can now link beginning at 6 pm (CT) on Sunday evenings!
On Monday and Tuesday I did absolutely nothing active. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Sometimes, you just gotta! Plus, it was just too dang cold for early morning biking.
Wednesday, off to the gym I limped. Thank goodness for heated pools. It was 5:18 a.m. when I jumped in and ran for 80 minutes. Thanks again to Karen from Running Over The Hill for sending me her pool watch and HR monitor. I was very touched by this. I'm deeming it The Sisterhood Of The Traveling HR Monitor.
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| This LANE makes a pretty picture. |
It was a huge help to watch my HR and not let it slip below a certain level. It averaged 130 and peaked at 141. "Experts" say because of water resistance, and other scientific blah blah blah technicalities, it is impossible to achieve your normal running HR. It will likely average 15 points lower. Good to know!
Thursday, I biked for 14 dark early miles. My lungs were so sore from the previous day's pool running (or possibly from inhalation of chlorine fumes?). My upper quads were sore as well. Hmm....that pool running is something else! I was absolutely dragging by the end of the day. {Just point me to the bed!}
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| I find the awkward curve in the middle of this LANE to be very symbolic! |
Saturday was another bike day. I slept in and it was very warm when I finally got my rear in gear. Is it August again? I rode 21.5 miles and my average heart rate was 155. I know I've talked a lot about HR, but it's the only way to know I'm getting a quality workout. Saturday afternoon we had a house full of people glued to a nail biter of a football game. Whew! Roll Tide.
Sunday I originally planned to return to the pool. However, when I checked the upcoming week's weather, I saw it may be rainy for several days. Knowing I would not ride in the rain, I opted for the bike again and saved the pool for a rainy day. I logged another 32.5 miles at a slightly lower intensity than the day before.
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| I finally found a tree changing color! |
For Sunday's supper, I tried a quiche recipe from Karen at French Inspiration. I added 1 cup of diced ham (got to feed a house full of men!) and served it with steamed broccoli, chick peas and red grapes. This recipe is very easy and definitely a keeper. A funny: I once worked with a lady who pronounced it "key-shee".
In summary, I rode my bike 3 times for a total of 69 miles and pool ran once for 80 minutes. Being honest, I was exhausted all week. Sometimes I feel I'm working harder than I did during marathon training. And I'll go ahead and admit beyond irritable most days too. Patience is not my strong suit and I'm ready for this foot injury to be over.
And that's a wrap.
Do you like quiche?
Do you ever feel like you are overdoing it?