Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend, I had a pretty low-key one, but here’s my recap:
Friday afternoon I took Miss Molly on a walk, which is always a highlight of my week. Great photo of her excitement in the elevator (okay, actually about to lick her nose…).
She had some serious energy and really enjoyed running around in the park. We played chase Katie and normally she looses interest but on Friday she was all for running!
And yes, that’s dirt on her tongue…
That evening I met up with Lauren from Say What You Need To Say at 404 Wine Bar. I was so glad to finally meet her! We’re both friends with Chelsey but have never gotten together and met before, so it was a lot of fun to get to know her and I can’t wait for her to join some of our Chicago Blogger meet ups!
Saturday I headed out later for a run. I knew it was really windy and gusty that day so to avoid the lakefront I headed North West into a neighborhood that I don’t normally walk through. I really enjoyed the change of scenery!
I also saw this sign when I stopped to stretch my calves and it made me laugh, so I snapped a picture:
Five miles done!
Didn’t do much else on Saturday except for running a few errands and watching a movie. I thought I was babysitting in the afternoon but it fell through. Oh well!
Sunday involved a morning workout at home with the jump rope, which was fun to do since I can’t remember the last time I used a jump rope. Then off to church, spent a few hours at Starbucks doing some work, Whole Foods with my sister in law and a little food prep! See? Low key weekend.
Now, on to workouts. First, let’s take a look at my workouts from this past week:
Monday: 3 miles + Purely Inspire Workout #10
Tuesday: Moving Ladder overall body workout (WHEW! Lots and lots and lots of burpees, I was dying! But I beat my time from a month ago by about a minute and a half!).
Wednesday: 3 miles + Jump Rope cardio workout 1 mile walking (ran out of time and just felt like walking instead, so I did a cool down walk)
Thursday: 3 miles + Purely Inspire Workout #9 (legs)
Friday: REST
Saturday: 5 miles (Pace – 9:14 min/mile)
Sunday: Purely Fit Circuit Workout Jump Rope Cardio Workout (I did the cardio workout I skipped earlier in the week; enjoyed it way more than I expected!)
Now, here’s what I have going on this week:
Monday: 3 miles + 12 min HIIT workout from Purely Twins
Tuesday: Purely Inspire Workout #5 (weights workout) + elliptical
Wednesday: 4 miles + Purely Fit Workout #21 (16 min tabata workout)
Thursday: 3 miles + Purely Fit Workout #5 (15 minute HIIT workout)
Friday: REST
Saturday: 6 miles
Sunday: Purely Fit Workouts #9 & #19 (both are short workouts the twins suggested doing on Sat & Sun each with yoga or abs, so I’m just combining them on Sunday).
BONUS: the Twins added a bonus challenge for the week, which is to start with 10 push ups on Monday and then add 2-5 each day. Definitely something I need to work on!
Did you do anything fun this weekend?
Have you ever met a blogger that you’d only known through the internet before?
If you run or walk, what is your favorite path like? Neighborhoods, trail, park?