We had a wacky week here. First, my car wouldn’t start due to a dead battery. But I had just gotten a new battery less than a year ago, so I was really worried that something else was up. Then, GM got a stomach bug and was home sick. Then, we had workers in our home one day to put in new floors in our basement to hopefully help with some of the flooding issues we have. I know it’s only a few things, but having various reasons to keep me at home and not in the office and not in my normal routine really threw me off this week. Thankfully, I managed to keep up my workouts, which helped me STAY SANE. This week, I even got in some cross training one day, which I hardly ever do (and was one of my goals last year). I’m proud to have done a short kettlebell workout (15 min kettlebells) and row one mile in addition to running. I know it’s not much, but you have to start somewhere, right? I also ended up getting in lots of lunchtime workouts with the lack of a car this week, which meant I had time to get in a few extra miles during my day. I ran 2 miles a few days day at lunchtime, which brought me to 40+ miles for the week, the longest I think I’ve done since marathon training years ago!

Here’s how the full week looked:

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