9: Cool Bloggers Walking Club: October 16-31

I am a little late, but I wanted to finish up the recap of October’s Cool Bloggers Walking Club (CBWC) – hosted by Elisabeth – with ten minutes of intentional movement every day in October. Intentional movement is not too hard for me right now due to my 5 day per week running schedule, but I did have a couple of down days at the end of the month. Here’s how the second half of the month went.  

October 16:

Off to the gym at 5:30 am for a 8.44 mi tempo run. I love getting this out of the way before work. I don’t love getting up so early.

October 17:

I had commitments in the morning and we were still experiencing a bit of a heatwave, so I did the unthinkable and tackled my 16-mile long run on the tread. Ha. That was an interesting experiment. I did something I’ve never done before: I watched a movie while running and I must say, it was a nice distraction and made the miles go by faster. Would I do it again? I won’t say “absolutely not”.

October 18: 

I opted for some strength training and cycling on my Peloton today. I know this is called the Cool Bloggers Walking Club, but any movement counts, right?

October 19:

It was a walking fail today, but I did some evening yoga. 

October 20:

I was up bright and early for 8.4 miles of hill repeats on the treadmill again. The intervals made the time fly by (kind of).

October 21:

This morning, I got a little bit of a breather and completed four easy miles on the treadmill before work.

October 22:

Back to the gym for a 8.42 miles tempo run on the tread.

October 23:

Today was my rest day, but I did a Target Run – ha! – and a nice evening yoga flow.

October 24:

Another weekend, another long run. I had 18 miles on schedule today and the weather was beautiful. Fall weather is the best running weather and I don’t mind being out there on the trail for an extended period of time. Look at this view!

October 25:

Well, and then I was out of commission. You might recall that I got six (!) vaccines the day before and woke up this morning and felt like a truck had run me over. I slept for most of the day. The only movement was a couple of times to the bathroom and taking the stairs to get some water from downstairs. My step count for the day was 930 steps.

October 26:

I was still feeling lousy and called in sick at work. Again, I slept or dozed on the couch for most of the day.

October 27:

I still stayed home today and opted for a little restorative yoga.

October 28:

I went back to work today, but still kept it easy with the workouts. But I did get a 35 minute Outdoor walk with my coworker in during lunchtime. It was nice to catch up.

October 29:

I went for a nice 20 Min Outdoor walk at lunchtime.

 October 30: 

I am counting the steps again today that I collected while running errands. I also did some stretching and yoga in the afternoon.

October 31:

I finally felt good enough for an outdoor run! I first dropped off our voter ballots at the local library and then ran a nice loop through our neighborhood to check out the decorations for my annual Halloween run! I finished with 10 miles!

Hope you had a good October with lots of intentional movement.