This was my last week at work before a week long “vacation”. Obviously that word gets quotes because I am not going anywhere! Here in The Netherlands we are still in partial lockdown with curfew. We are strongly advised not to travel anywhere unless truly necessary. That even goes for travelling within the country.
It was also election week in The Netherlands. Due to the corona virus, this election eligible voters 70 and older were able to mail in their votes. Usually voting day is only ONE day, this year it was spread out over 3 days. My party of choice (GroenLinks – GreenLeft) did not do very well this time around, but D66 (A Democratic Party that is slightly left) gained a lot of traction so I’m happy with the result. Y’all would not believe how many parties there are to choose from here. I believe this time around there were thirty. 30 political parties!!
Would you believe it, my nearest polling station was the shop/workspace next to the windmill?
So how did the last week run down?
Deborah and Kim are the amazing hosts for the Weekly Run Down! Feel free to join in as well to wrap up your week in fitness!
WEEK 31
Plan vs. Actual
Monday – 3.25KM walk, GLI gym 1 hr intake – no workout (appt w/different PT), 3.5KM biking
Tuesday – 3KM walk (office day) to and from train station
Wednesday – 3KM walk, W6R1 run, 6KM, GLI 1 hour, gym 55 min
Thursday – 2.22KM walk, gym
Friday – 2.75KM walk, W6R2 run , gym 55 min
Saturday – 2.5KM walk, parkrun in Alkmaar 5KM, 17/17 Dutch parkruns done!
Sunday – 2KM walk, long run W6R3, 1.4KM w/u walk, 10KM run (!!!)
Week 11, election week
Monday – AM walk 3.6KM, new strength training workout
Tuesday – RPM 85 strength training
Wednesday – 6KM run
Thursday – AM walk 3KM, Strength Training
Friday – Late AM walk 6.25KM, runner’s circuit, 10 min yoga stretch
Saturday – 5KM notparkrun
Sunday – 10KM walk
Running
This week I increased my Wednesday mileage again by 500 meters, making it 6KM in total. Before my injury I was struggling to run all the way through. Now that I’m past that and working on the total package (so not just running, but also strength and cross-training) I’m just so pleased that I am mentally and physically able to do this!
Saturday morning was absolutely stunning! We knew it would be a cold one but the sunshine was just incredible. Again the 5 of us met up at 8:30 with two rounds of notparkrun done. This time, my new Polish running friend Jeho Brought me around with a 49 second profit. I’m just shocked that it goes a little bit faster every week.
Walking
This week I got two early AM walks done and on Friday it was more of a late morning walk. In the early AM I’m quite stiff and slow. Nothing wrong with the tempo of course but I think this is also a reason why running in the morning has been a challenge for so long.
Friday’s walk was much easier. And so nice out too! Loved the blue skies and sunshine!
The Sunday walk I kept putting off as I was hoping the sun would eventually come out. When 2pm rolled around and there was still a cloud cover, I decided it was now or never. It can’t always be perfect, right? Ten kilometres walked; crossed the John Frost bridge, walked over to the Gelredome (football stadium and event center) over to Meinerswijk to see if I could catch glimpse of the wild horses (I did, but they were far away), walked all the way through up to the Mandela Bridge and then home. When I started I had no idea where I was going or how far I would be walking. This was a good distance and I’m properly tired now (and cold! ugh).
Strength and Spin
This week I started a new 4 week Strength Training cycle and it’s 3 workouts a week now instead of 2. These trainings are also more full-body which I really like.
On Friday. Ron and I also did a circuit outside (yay!) with 6 of the exercises I mentioned on my last Fit Five Friday post. It was hard but fun! We are going to plan out at least one of these trainings a week (weather and time permitting, of course).
Other Stuff
Actually, the only other stuff that happened this week is that the Metal Guy came and had a look at our back yard, the stairs to the balcony and did some measurements to build a pergola. We hope to get a quote in the new week. We also hope it’s not extortionate. As for the doors, I didn’t touch them.
Leo spent a lot of time with me this week while I was working. It was cute but quite distracting at times.
Vacation Week
I was planning on going to see my friend Yvonne but now it looks like there might be an exposure at her house so we may just end up having a video call. *Sigh*
I will be painting the doors for sure this upcoming week.
Stats this week:
Walking: 22.9 KM
Running 11KM
Bodypump 0 but 3 strength and 1 circuit training
Spin bike 1 x RPM
Total steps: 75,860 (avg: 10,837 daily)
That’s a wrap!
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