It was the King’s birthday this week and “normally” the entire county celebrates with parties in the streets, wearing fun orange outfits or accessories and on that day there is a “free market’ – basically one giant yard sale, where people sell all the crap they’ve been dying to get rid of all year. Oh and we all pretty much eat an orange colored tompouce (also known as the worst engineered pastry in The Netherlands, of which no one can eat without the inside getting all over your face, hands, plate or a combination of all three).
Of course in corona times it’s different. Last year nothing at all happened and this year, well, many people decided for themselves to just go ahead and disregard any rules put in place to protect people, hospitals and health care workers and have a party anyway.
I am truly embarrassed and ashamed at the way people behave. At this stage I’m just holding out for the vaccine and trying to limit my exposure to other human beings as much as I can.
Shall we Run Down the week?
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 17 – walking towards the finish
Monday – 5KM walk with the hubs
Tuesday – 9KM early AM walk before the park filled up
Wednesday – Bodypump 110, 9.35KM Intervals
Thursday – 9KM early AM walk
Friday – RPM 79, 9.1KM Walk
Saturday – 7.7KM Intervals (5KM notparkrun), Bodypump 110
Sunday – 8.65KM Walk in Den Haag, 1.5KM walk home
Walking
I mention “walking towards the finish” and increased my walking kilometres because I realised Monday evening I’m still a bit far off of my goal of finishing the Criss-Cross Challenge. Originally it was until the 1st of May but they extended it to 1st of June – thank goodness.
I also tend to at least get a good walk in if my schedule gets messed up, like having a holiday on a Tuesday…
Monday – I started work early and powered through lunch so that I could “leave early” . Everyone wanted to finish up by 3pm and I am always on board an early quitting-time. That meant that my walk got pushed out until around 4pm, which I did with Ron.
Tuesday – King’s Day! The weather prediction was such that I knew if I didn’t walk early there would be loads of people out. We were NOT supposed to be having celebrations, but people did it anyway. So I got up early and did 9KM before 9am.
Thursday – another 9KM VERY early so that I could start work on time. With more kilometres means I need to get up and start earlier. If I want to make it to the finish then it’s just what I have to do…
Friday – another 9.1KM back to the old flat again to pick up post, then all the way back into the city centre to deliver post to the former owner of our house. Got to see a gorgeous new building mural, “Still life with cello” – amazing work!
Sunday – I went to Den Haag too meet up with my friend Yvonne; we did a walking food & wine tour that covered 8.65KM. I loved this concept, but only had 1 glass (well, paper cup) of wine as I didn’t want to be bonkers back on the train home. I hope they continue these kinds of self-guided food tours; it’s a great way to try out new restaurants to maybe also decide if you want to go there in the future!
Running
As per usual, Wednesday, Ron and I headed to the park to do intervals. Today was 1.6KM (1 mile) / 400 m recover x 4. It was slow but consistent, which I’m always happy with. Total 9.35KM.
Saturday – otherwise known as notparkruday – ended up being intervals day number two! My friend Marie-Jose contacted me and asked if she could join as she just started running again! Of course I said yes! As it happened, the rest of the group couldn’t make it for various reasons, so it was the three of us. I programmed my watch for her program, 4 min run/ 1 min recover.
Strength & Spin
This week I got up early on Wednesday to do bodypump 110, which I’m not convinced was the best idea before running (especially since it contains about 3,592 squats).
After running Saturday morning (and refuelling with a donut and coffee – ha!) I did bodypump 110 again. I’m enjoying this particular release and think I stick with it a bit to see if I can increase my weights and improve myself with some of the exercises.
Friday morning I did hop on the bike for RPM 79. A good sweaty workout, but my only cycle workout of the week.
This Week In Numbers
Walking: 42.3KM
Running: 17.1 KM (includes walking intervals, w/u + c/d)
Strength: Bodypump 2x
Biking: 1 full RPM
Total steps: 109,729 (avg: 15,675 daily)
That’s a wrap!
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