Busy start to December

Whoopsie, got off track on the ol' blog here. The busy-ness of early December took over! Some weekly summaries and highlights...

Week of 12/4-12/10

Scott was traveling for the entire week, so it was a lot of working things in when they could get done. Plus, Dargan ended up being home sick on Tuesday which threw an additional wrench in the week!

Got in a little over 27 running miles, an hour of rucking, two strength sessions, and one yoga class. Not too bad for balancing it all!

Morning run

Pup walkin'

#10kTuesday views

Pup bath

Drenched rainy miles

Week of 12/11-12/17

Only a partial solo week this time. 32 miles of running this week, including an epic Saturday of 15 miles! Also a sandbag strength session from Monday that left me sore for an ENTIRE WEEK. Omg.

 

This hurt SO MUCH. But SO GOOD.

Morning miles

Pup walk in the woods

Saturday's runs are worth writing about.... started off a little after 7am, and at varying intervals looped back to the start point to pick up or drop off more and more friends. It was such a disjointed and random run, but ended up being so much fun! The final 5 miles was to go run down Earle Street to see the 60+ inflatable santas in nearly every single yard. 

Santa Street group run!

60+ inflatable Santas on one street

After finishing those 12+ miles, I headed down to the Preserve at Lakewood for the Tacky Sweater 5k. A silly good time and got to see another group of friends... not to mention ran better than I expected and placed 1st in my age group & 3rd overall female!

Tacky Sweater 5k!
(and run #2 of Saturday)

Podium!

Sunday night was also an adventure... I completed my first Rucking Challenge! This was December's Silent Night challenge. 4 miles, in the dark, at least 1 in total silence... I ended up doing all 4 silent, except for saying hi so as not to be rude to a group of neighbors who were walking. :) I added extra weight (30lb dry weight in the pack, plus hydration bladder) just to make it really feel like an accomplishment. It was tough, but I also managed negative splits with each mile! 

Patch = earned.

Feeling good about the accomplishments the last couple of weeks!