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Fitting It All In

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Now that I’m back running, AND still wanting to keep up my weight lifting, I’ve come to a dilemma – how do I fit it all in? AND fit it all in before 6 a.m. when my day with the kiddos starts?

This week, I tried to fit it in. My days consisted of getting up early for a short weight-lifting workout, and then I did 30-40ish minutes of cardio on weight-lifting days. I’m still getting back into running, so that included a few miles along with some cycling.  I’m trying to get back into it slowly, but can’t wait until I feel healed enough and strong enough to get in a truly long run!

Here’s what the week looked like:

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Getting Back At It

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I’m now at week five of having a broken toe, and I’m starting to get back out there to run. I’m starting slow and short, since my toe still doesn’t feel 100% normal, but I’m not sure how it’s supposed to feel, so maybe not normal is normal?

Sunday started with a local 5K I was planning on doing with FW. I had told him that with my broken toe I would take off my boot and we’d walk it together, maybe run a little bit. But when I got to the starting line, I was ready to run! FW however didn’t want to run, so we mostly walked, which was probably a good idea for my healing. But after this race and the taking off of the boot, I was dying to try to get in a run this week and see how I felt. Here’s what the week looked like:

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It’s Been Four Weeks

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If this were any other year, this would be a post about my wonderful September running update. I would talk about the fall season (best running season!), getting in some good races (Akron?) and total mileage. Alas, I had zero miles of running in September. The last time I had a zero mile month was after giving birth and I was forced to take 4 weeks off, but then immediately got back out there.

Was I inactive all month? Nope – hardly. I kept up every morning going on my bike, the rower, and lifting weights. In fact, this week marks a milestone – four weeks since I broke my toe! Well, I guess it’s a little longer since I broke it, but four weeks since I have been wearing my boot and have not been running.

That also means that I’m in week 4 of my weightlifting regime! I’m getting into the habit of it, and while it definitely doesn’t provide the endorphins of running, on these dark and wet fall mornings, getting in a basement weight training workout isn’t that bad. I’m starting to wonder if/how I can incorporate this into my routine when I get back to running, without waking up much earlier than I earlier do!

Here’s what this week entailed:

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Just Keep Lifting

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Another week down and another week with a broken toe and no running. Especially now that FALL is here (the best running season), it’s been a struggle for me mentally. I realize how much I rely on running to keep me sane, but I’m grateful to have other ways of getting in some activity.

While weight lifting doesn’t offer me the same boost mentally, or using my indoor bike or rower, it does provide me some fitness and something new for me to do. I’m in week 4 of my weight training and definitely noticing the workouts getting easier. Since I haven’t yet invested in any weights, for the workouts that are easier, I’m instead doing some more reps or trying to do them slower. It’s fun to feel like I’m getting stronger, at least in my weight-lifting!

Here’s what the week looked like:

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Two Broken Bones In Our House

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So let me start off by saying – no, I didn’t break another bone. My toe is the only thing broken on me.

Instead, this week started off with my 6-year-old breaking her wrist! My poor girl was on the monkey bars, fell and landed poorly. She was crying and in a lot of pain – which is uncharacteristic for her. So we took her to the ER and they confirmed she had broken her wrist.

That doesn’t really have to do with my weekly workouts. But it’s just another thing going on in our lives that impacts my daily life, and makes me long for getting in a stress-reducing run.

On a positive note, I’ve been in this walking boot for 2.5 weeks now so hopefully halfway done with it! They told me 4-6 weeks, but it’s still hurting so I’m going to keep it on until it’s feeling better. And, my weights started to feel a little easier this week too – my Monday tricep workout felt much easier than it did a week ago! So I am definitely getting at least a little stronger in some areas.

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Here’s what the full week looked like:

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Workin On My Weights

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Another week with no running. Another week in the boot. The good news is that (I think?) my toe is starting to hurt a little less, so I’ve been doing more and more walking with the boot on each day. I am hoping that this is okay for my recovery, but I’ve been told that as long as it’s not hurting while I do it (or shortly thereafter), I’m okay to keep on moving. This meant still no running of course (boohoo!) but some walking, indoor cycling and continued weightlifting this week.

I am so new to weights. I have had gym memberships in the past where I would do circuits or use the machines, but this is the first time that I can remember where I had a plan fo reach week and used my workout time in the morning to stick to the plan, focusing on the weightlifting, and cardio as a second priority.

Here’s what another week of the broken toe and the dreaded boot/shoe looked like:

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Broken Toe

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The headline of the blog post gives the prognosis of my toe injury away, huh?

That’s right, I found out this week that my toe is indeed broken. I’m to not run at all, and also have to wear a special shoe to protect my toe. All of this from stupidly walking (well practically running) into a door!

Knowing this, I still tried to keep active, just in a different way this week. I even got in one run before I confirmed that it was broken (whoops!). My sister-in-law started a weight-lifting regime several months ago, and she graciously shared her workout spreadsheet with me in the middle of the week. So, knowing I couldn’t run, I decided to start weight lifting instead. Who knows, maybe this not running thing won’t ruin my fitness completely?

Here’s what the week looked like – my workouts with a broken toe:

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It’s Always Something

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This week wrapped up our first full week of school! Is it safe to say that we’re almost in the swing of things? Thankfully, not all of our after-school activities have started (they save some of those for after Labor Day), so we have been able to get into the swing of the school routine slowly.

Last week I was sick with covid (boo) and this week, just as I was starting to feel good, I injured my toe and foot and was unable to run! I took off more than one day, which is more than I’ve taken off since I tapered before my half marathon in May. I HATE not running, but I really didn’t want to make my foot worse. Ugh, hopefully it gets better soon and is just a bad bruise!

Here’s what the week looked like –  it started out great! And then went downhill.

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A mixed-up, meh week

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Well, this was a mixed-up and meh week! Not only was I sick (yay for covid), but we had a few other things going out that made it a different-from-usual week. With school starting halfway through the week, I was out of routine. With getting COVID, I was tired, under the weather and out of breath. With the return of fall schedules and fall sports, I was nearly out of time. And with some personal things going on in our lives, we were all out of sorts.

Thankfully, I was still able to get out and run. I didn’t get in any long runs or anything out of the ordinary, but I’m glad I was able to get some movement in. And most days, the running made me feel better, if not physically, then at least emotionally.

Here’s what the week looked like:

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Jet Lag Is Real

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I’m back from my girls’ trip! I mentioned last week, but I was lucky enough to spend last weekend in Santa Barbara with my best friends from high school. We always talk about doing a yearly trip away, but our last weekend away was before the pandemic. It was overdue and I’m so glad we were able to make it happen! I had brought some running clothes with the hope that I would maybe be able to get in a run, but I was so lucky to go for a short run every day and two of those runs were with my friends! And on the beach. Another day included a 3+ mile hilly hike. We had so much fun, and it was great to get in both fun and activity.

This week’s post is sponsored by JET LAG. Okay, JET LAG isn’t a real sponsor, it’s just that this week’s runs were made possible, or harder, by jet lag. In Cali, I woke up early every morning thanks to jet lag. On the way back, I could barely wake up, thanks to jet lag. It works both ways!

Anyway, here’s how the week looked – complete with a few days in Cali and then back to CLE:

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