WOW! I suck. That's really all there is to say! I have not been running at all. Work was supposed to get better after the election but we have been dealing with recounts, protests, and other issues. Here's a quick summary of things since I left off last.
Week of October 27th
I didn't do anything. Nothing. Didn't even go for a walk. It was just work, work and more work leading up to the election. At the end of the day I was so exhausted and in the mornings, I had to drag myself out of bed from being so tired from working the day before.
Week of November 3rd
On Sunday, Nov. 3rd, I did take a walk around Lake Junaluska. It was a 3.5 mile walk and felt good to be outside. Tuesday, November 5th was Election Day so I never planned on doing any exercise. This was a 17 hour day for me. On Wednesday, Nov. 6th, I walked 3.5 miles home after dropping my car off at the garage for repairs. I then had to walk back to get it that same day so I walked 7 miles total. Why didn't I run? No idea. Would have been a good training. On Saturday, Nov. 9th, I ran 3.5 miles and it actually felt ok. I did have to walk some but overall, I felt ok.
Week of November 10th
On Sunday, Nov. 10th, I hiked and saw 5 different waterfalls. I didn't do anything again until Saturday, Nov. 16th when I ran 3.5 miles again. This time I felt great and actually ran my fastest time for this route.
Week of November 17th
On Sunday, Nov. 17th, I hiked Deerfield Loop which is a little over 4 miles. On Monday, I had to travel all day. On Tuesday, I did a little weight training at home with my dumbbells. That was all for this week. I traveled all day Thursday. Traveled again and stood up scanning ballots for 8 hours straight on Friday. Traveled again most of the day on Saturday the 23rd.
Week of November 24th
On Sunday, Nov. 24th, I ran 5.32 miles and felt pretty good. I was only going to run 4 but I felt good so added a mile. On Monday I lifted weights at home after having stood for 8 hours scanning ballots again for the recount. On Tuesday, Nov. 26th, I was on the road all again delivering voting equipment. On Thursday the 28th, I hiked 4 miles at the arboretum. I finished the week on Saturday, Nov. 30th by doing 10 push ups. My left bicep has been hurting which I haven't mentioned but it's really strange. It feels so week and it hurts to lift anything. I cut my arm curls from 20lbs down to 15lbs. Long story short, 10 push ups was all I could squeeze out for fear of hurting my arm more.
With less than 15 weeks left before the marathon, I need to get my act together. December has not been good and it's only the 2nd, but I'll save that for next time. I have no excuse for not running yesterday or today. I will do a short upper body workout tonight though.
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