Thanks for joining the Weekly Run Down with Kim and me. Happy happy Mother’s Day to all my favorite mamas out there. Hope you are doing something you love with people you love today. 💕. It was a week of Anniversaries, Mother’s Day and birthdays over here. Here’s a peek into my week of fitness and running.
Weekly Run Down
Sunday-4 ish mile run + stretching + core
My husband I had another fun run together. He is not an early bird on weekends so we got out there a lot later than I would have liked and it was warm. He is making strides (see what I did there?) towards training for his 5K on Father’s Day. I had to hold his water for him so we need to figure out that situation for next time.
Later, we had dinner with my parents and our son which was nice. I had not seen my parents in a few weeks because I had covid.
Monday- upper & lower body strength + core + cycle + stretch
Hitting hard this morning with a mix of all my favorite Peloton strength and cycle classes. I started week 2 of Olivia’s core challenge which I am enjoying so far. I even got in an afternoon walk to the grocery store before the rain rolled in.
Tuesday- 4.25 mile run/walk + stretch and core
It was a rainy morning around here but no thunder so we headed out for our Tuesday run. I did not feel as great today as I did on my last run but that’s ok. Every run cannot be rainbows and sparklers.
Wednesday-3 mile walk + core + barre
It was a non-traditional albeit very active Workout Wednesday over here. I walked to the service station in the morning to pick up my son’s car that was in for service. It was such a gorgeous day 70 and sunny with low humidity-yes please.
I am so bad with plants but I was inspired to plant some flowers in our porch pots. We are having the family over for Mother’s Day brunch and wanted it look nice.
Thursday-5.5 mile run/walk + stretch + core
I am still working my way back and taking walk breaks when I feel like it. It is definitely frustrating at times but I am no quitter. Do what you can right? Have I mentioned how amazing my run squad is?
Friday-core + barre + upper body strength + walk
Furniture moving! Yay our new porch is finally inspected and ready to have the furniture moved in! I still need some accessories and decor but I am very pleased with how it came out and I know I will spend lots of time out there.
I hope this will be my new blog writing space. My motivation has been waiting lately to write during the week.
Saturday- Peloton cycle and stretch + core
Our plans to run outside today were rained out. We did workout together in our home gym and celebrate our 28th anniversary.
We have a special anniversary tradition of dining at The Inn at Little Washington which we have planned soon. My husband made homemade pizza for me and we toasted to our new patio space and another year of marriage.
We are hosting Mother’s Day brunch over here and also doing an early birthday celebration for my son with everyone. It was a busy week over here!
Hope everyone is having a great day today!
Happy Mother’s Day to you Deborah! Hope you enjoy your day! And I’d love for you to come check out my weekly link party and link up! It goes live every Wednesday and ends Sunday! https://www.ourtinynest.com/2023/05/10/weekly-link-party-347/
thanks I will check it out!
Happy Mother’s Day! and Anniversary! I love the idea of doing a workout together — so fun! and of course pizza and going out to dinner sound fun.
it was a great combo 🙂
Happy anniversary and Mother’s Day.
Your deck looks great.
I’ve got to get working on my garden.
I hear on running. Walk breaks are my new normal. And I’m ok with it.
We have to do what we can!
Happy Anniversary! Happy Mother’s Day! I love your new screened in porch. I’ve always wanted one, but it wouldn’t work with our house. We have a canopy over our deck and yes, I do a lot of blog writing out there!
I know I am going to love our new space 🙂
Happy Anniversary! Your porch looks amazing! I usually do planters for Mother’s Day but haven’t gotten around to it yet. They do look so pretty!
I am so not a green thumb so I am leaving the rest of the gardening to those who know what they are doing 🙂
Happy Anniversary & a very Happy Mother’s Day yo you! You porch looks wonderful 🙂
Thanks so much 🙂
Have a fabulous brunch today! I am right there with you with the frustration of not being able to be as active as I’d like to be — but neither of us are quitters and we’ll get there!
It is frustrating right now but I am just going to keep moving forward
Happy anniversary and Mother’s Day! Beautiful porch! I see there is a heater out there. Will it be a four seasons room? Our sunroom has traditional walls and roof, so we use ours all year – although at times we close it off because it’s just too cold to hang out there! Hope your fitness is back at it’s peak again soon!
Yes we hope to use it all year around!
Happy Mother’s Day and Anniversary! Sounds like May is filled with big events for you. Your new porch space is gorgeous! I know you’ll enjoy it!
thanks I know we will love the new space
Happy Mother’s Day! And Happy Anniversary, and Happy Birthday to your son. Your May is like our December- in addition to Christmas, both kids have birthdays so it’s just one celebration after another.
Your porch is beautiful! And… don’t worry about the running. It will come back. We’ve all been there- I feel like I’m struggling right now to get my legs moving in anything quicker than a slow slog, but it comes back. We have to be persistent, and as you said, you’re no quitter!
It is frustrating and I am doing what I can to keep moving forward
Happy Mother’s Day and anniversary! Glad that you’re getting back into your running and have your squad and hubby to join you!
yes me too! Thanks
Happy Anniversary and Happy Mother’s Day! Your porch looks lovely – hope you have a great brunch today!
Thanks and yes, we did
Happy anniversary and what a lovely porch!
Thanks so much!
Oh wow, I love your porch 🙂 Can I come and write blog posts there with you? 🙂
I also did some spring planting this weekend and I bought a bird feeder and bird food, because we have a nesting pair of finches in our yard. I am so excited to watch 🙂
yes, come by anytime!!
Your porch is very beautiful!!!
Glad you can run with your husband. I try to do the same with my wife but in the past she used to say: “by next week” and now “after the retirement” (she will retire on June 30).
Have a good week.
Ha yes, sounds a lot like my husband. But, he is finally out there so I will take it
what an awesome celebratory week! I know how you feel about the frustration of getting running fitness back. but you’ll get there, you always do! you patio looks amazing! what a great inspiring space! I did some gardening over the weekend too – we needed to pull some weeds and Ron had some retail therapy after the cat passed away – he bought me a new tree to replace the dead one and a bunch of new herbs to put in the garden. It’s so fulfilling to do a bit of gardening!
Gotta just keep moving forward
Happy Mother’s Day!
Your new porch/deck/patio looks amazing! Lots of great space for dining or hanging out!
I wish I had someone to hold my water on runs – I hate carrying anything!
Love that you got to see you son and parents for the day – that’s such a great family photo!
it was a nice weekend all around
I love that you are getting to run with your husband a little more. I’m sure he will have a great 5K race on Father’s Day!
Your new outside space looks amazing! Hopefully the rain will hold off this week so you can enjoy it.
I hope that you had an amazing Mother’s Day!
It has been nice to help him train and see him get a little into running
Happy Mother’s Day! Sounds like a fab week. How wonderful your husband is training for a Father’s Day 5k!
yes, he is excited about it!