Wow, taking a week off from my usual weekly running update was strange! But I’m back now, and ready to share how the week went.

The reason I wasn’t able to share last week was because we were out for spring break! B and I took the whole family – the 5 of us – to Berlin to visit my brother and enjoy the kids’ first plane ride and European vacation.

It was great! If you haven’t read it yet, here’s my blog of a few trip highlights. But because I was out of the country, I didn’t get to write a full recap of workouts. So here’s the cliff’s notes (do young people even know what those are anymore?) and a quick Instagram post to see what we did.

And now, onto this week’s workouts. They weren’t great. FW was pretty sick a few days this week with a high fever and cough, which impeded not just my sleep but also my workouts in the mornings a few days. But I was able to get in my long run early in the week, so at least that was done! Here’s the full week:

Week of March 31: In terms of workouts, it was pretty low key. I got in only 3 runs during my vacation. BUT we got in tons of walking – in fact, I had 2 days at more than 30,000 steps and averaged in the 20,000s every day! So it was an active week, but different from my usual activities.

This week: We flew back Monday night, and didn’t get home until late. But I still got in some workouts and thanks to jet lag, some early mornings. Here’s how it looked.

Sunday: 5.26 miles running in Berlin! This was my last Berlin workout and it went well – I got in a run outside through the Tiergarten and even saw my favorite angel statue. I did a 4 mile run, then got back to the hotel and found everyone still sleeping. So, I went to the hotel gym and did a 1.26 mile cool down before heading back to get ready for the day, which also included a LOT of walking. This was one of my 30,000+ step days, and it felt great!

Monday: travel day/no workouts. We had to leave the hotel by 6:30 a.m. Germany time (12:30 a.m. Cleveland time) , and didn’t get home until 7:30 p.m. Cleveland time, so I was literally traveling for 19 hours. I got in plenty of airport walking and walking to and from the trains to the planes, but no running for me.

Tuesday: 10.06 miles running, 1 mile walking. Thanks to jet lag, I woke up at 3:30 pretty wide awake. This meant it was eas y for me to get out of bed and go for a run – my first double digit run of this training cycle! After not doing much activity on Monday and having only 3 runs the previous week, my body felt miraculously good on this run. I did get in some walking during the run, which slowed down my pace, but I still made it to 10 miles before 6 a.m. and it was time to shower/get ready for being back in the office.

Wednesday: 5.53 miles running, 1.83 miles walking, stretching, core work and a kettlebell arm workout. I again woke up before 4 a.m., so I had time not only to run, but also get in a longer core workout, arm workout and some stretching. I was surprised at how little soreness my legs were feeling, but sure enough, they were sore later in the day. I also got in a walk with GM in the morning to buy some bread.

Thursday: 30 minutes on the bike, longer core workout. I have to try not to be disappointed with this day’s workouts, but I am a little. I have excuses for why it was so short — 1, I wanted to rest my legs a little because of the 10 miler and then 5 miler. 2, FW woke up at 2:30 a.m. sick. 3, GM woke up at 5:30 a.m. and wouldn’t go back to bed. So, I only had time to workout before GM woke up and not the rest of the day because I was catering to FW and trying to also work. Then at night, I had to take LM to swimming. Oh well, I’m glad I at least got something in!

Friday: 55 minutes on the bike and abs. FW woke us up at 3:30 a.m. feeling sick to his stomach, so my sleep wasn’t that great. Then, he ended up sleeping on the couch with B while he waited out his fever, so i decided to stay inside in case GM woke up early again. I couldn’t get outside OR on the treadmill (treadmill was next to where FW was sleeping), but luckily I was able to work out on the bike for a little.

Saturday: 7 mile run, and 1.75 mi walk later in the day. I woke up to windy but blue skies and decided to go out for a few miles. I felt great, and the blue skies were a blessing after rain Thursday and Friday, and I almost wish I could have gone on for longer. But, we had GM’s first soccer practice and then piano for FW, so I had to go home to get ready. FW was finally feeling better, which was great after 2 days of being home sick. Later in the afternoon, I got in a nice outdoor walk in the sunshine!

Total mileage – 27.85 miles running

Questions for you:

1. Did you get to travel for spring break?
2. How old were you or your kids when they first went on an airplane?

I am linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.