Hi all - how is everyone doing? How do you feel about your stay-at-home Thanksgiving?
Being home is the usual for us, but we won't host the neighbors this year and Jamie and I won't do our traditional morning Turkey Trot 4-miler. Somehow we still have enough food to feed 10 people though.
Fitness - All I'm doing is running and rowing for my workouts and I could not be happier.
Running - I'm averaging 18-22 miles per week with my laid back jog/walk combo. And on Saturday I even ran with my (newer) old running group. I hadn't run with them in a couple of years and it was a blast. There were about 10 of us out there and everyone did a great job of social distancing.
Rowing - I'm still in the honeymoon. I've logged 68,000 meters since the rower arrived 2 and 1/2 weeks ago. When I get to 100K I get a free water bottle. I cannot wait. What is it about "free" swag?
Hydrow LIVE - I did my first "Live" Hydrow class today. I thought it'd have a huge # of participants like the Peloton Live classes, but no. I should have realized that not only is the Hydrow community still relatively small, this Live class was at 2 pm on a Monday and there were only 65 of us. Which means there WAS NOWHERE TO HIDE! It felt like showing up for your first group fitness class at the gym and being put in the front row WITH THE DANCERS. Eek.
My main goal for the row was to focus on technique and not speed but of course my pride took over and pretty soon I was grunting, huffing and puffing. There was one other female in her 60s showing on my live feed and she and I were within 1-5 meters of each other for the whole row. I'd pull ahead on the work intervals and she'd pass me on the rest intervals. What can I say -- I like my rests.
She passed me in the last 90 seconds and I never caught up. I have so much room for improvement and that makes me weirdly happy.
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Enough about me - is anyone doing a Turkey Trot, virtual or otherwise?