After the last few weeks of snoozing so much, I decided to give myself a challenge for this week – the NO SNOOZE CHALLENGE. For my challenge, I would have to get out of bed and be downstairs before 4:45 a.m., or when my last alarm goes off. I wasn’t a snoozer in the past, but the past few weeks had been killing me with all the kid activities going on, and darker mornings so I knew I needed to kick the snoozing habit in the bud. Would I do it?
Here’s how this week looked:
What a week. I am tired! I don’t know what is going on, but I have been so tired lately and snoozing too much on my alarm in the morning. I have never been a snoozer growing up. My alarm goes off, and I get up. Or, my 2nd alarm goes off and that gets me out of bed. But this week I snoozed nearly every day and one morning I even snoozed in my sleep! That has meant that I don’t have enough time for my full workout (5 mi+core) before I need to be home to get ready for my day. Luckily some days I’ve had time to make up for it at lunch, but I need to get better about not snoozing in the future!
Here’s how this week looked:
We are finally feeling like back to school here! Yes, we started in August, but with FW starting first, then LM starting a few days, then with B and I getting sick, we weren’t realllly feeling the routine. But now that Labor Day has come and gone and we had our first true full week of school, it really does feel like we are back in our routine – or starting a new routine. I’m not going to lie – having two kiddos to get to the bus stop by around 7 a.m. and then another one that doesn’t go to school for another hour every day isn’t easy, but I’m grateful that so far we’ve been able to make it work!
Here’s how this week looked:
Well, with back to school also comes back-to-school sickness. And I succumbed this week to the sickness! Monday night through Tuesday I was not feeling great — stomachache, fever, etc. And then my husband got it. So I’ve been recovering most of the week – trying to catch up on sleep (aka not waking up at 4:30 to run), and trying to move my body when I can.
So, this week did not go as planned. It started off strong with a 7 miler but then went downhill.
Here’s how it looked, plus a few fun non-running things:
We are almost all back to school! My oldest is now there full time in second grade, and my daughter officially has two days of kindergarten under her belt. Kindergarten starts with a part-time schedule, so she went in Tuesday and Friday this past week and LOVED it! I am not loving the early mornings but hoping that soon we will all be in a routine again. I already have moved my alarm back a little to accommodate my runs, but am grateful to not be training for anything right now so I can take it easy if I need a little more sleep.
Also, as we reach September (!) here is where our August ended up:
Total miles: 145.35 mi
Highlights: We started building our basement gym, with free weights, a rower, and a bike. I’ve used the bike a handful of times but can’t wait to be better about cross training down there!
Here’s what the week looked like:
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