First week of school routine

Figuring out new routines with the school year starting Tuesday this week!

Monday

Did: 3.17 mi @ 8:50/mi + 0.6 mi pup walk

Did an early run around the neighborhood in the morning just after sunrise and a short evening family walk with the pup. 

Tuesday

Did: 6.42 mi @ 8:18/mi + 0.9 mi pup walk

Track Tuesday morning with friends! The trail was littered with downed trees on the warmup mile which made things more like an obstacle course. Once we made it to the track, did 6x400 (each 91-96s). A short workout but wanted to get back in time to send the kiddos off for the first day of school!

Evening pup walk 🐾

Wednesday

Did: 3.05 mi @ 9:18/mi + 1 mi pup walk

Got out at dawn for some miles around the neighborhood. Seems a *little* cooler this morning?? Still pretty humid but felt pretty nice. Definitely felt cooler and less humid when I got out with the pup for a walk after school drop-off. 

Headlampppp

Dawn light

Light pink in the sky

Ivy in the ivy

Thursday

Did: 5.1 mi @ 8:12/mi avg

Ran the USC Upstate loop at a pretty good pace after the rain cleared out. Kind of wished the rain would have continued because it was super humid! Still felt good to run this loop, hadn't done it in a while. Nice hill work on this route. 

Friday

Did: 1.24 mi @ 9:26/mi + 40 min strength

Decided to do my run before heading in to the office so I could use my entire workout time at work for the gym. 

Ended up with 40 mins at the work gym, getting in full body strength. Definitely going to need to figure out how to get in more strength time if I'm going to do this ruck event in December. 

Saturday

Did: 11.26 mi @ 9:11/mi avg

Hit the Swamp Rabbit Trail this morning with a great group of folks - what started off as just 2-3 planned others ended up being a group of 10! Good times, and even did some pickup miles towards the end (pushing towards ~ 8:15/mi pace). 

Sunday

Did: 3 mi @ 8:37/mi run + 1.8 mi pup ruck walk + 25 min ruck strength workout

Started the morning with a 3 mile run in the neighborhood. After breakfast, took the pup and 20# pack out for a walk. Finished with a 25 min ruck strength workout. Did a set of exercises for reps of 20, 10, 5, 5. Routine was squats, up/downs, overhead press, sit-ups, push-ups, curls, and plank hold all with the 20# pack (either wearing it or using it as the weight to press/curl). Plank hold was 60s, 30s, 15s, 15s. Oh boy was I pooped after this!

Pup ruckin'

Tired pup needed a break in the shade

Strength workout done.

Finally getting myself into gear for this ruck event... if I'm really gonna do it, I better get a more solid routine going! Two strength workouts plus 33 miles run for the week feels good to accomplish.