This felt like a very summery weekend. I even got to cross something (2 things, really) off the summer fun list!
Our big adventure was to go see the Phillies on Friday night. This was officially a birthday trip for my husband (and thus the four kids at home were all expected to come) but I think everyone had a decent time. The weather was perfect – about 80 at the start, down to about 75 at the end. We were nine rows back, around third base. We had all the ballpark snacks, like cotton candy and hot dogs. We missed the opening pitch because there was a lot of traffic into the parking lot, but then because of that we wound up parking over near the Wells Fargo center, and since whatever concert was going on there did not get out until late, we zoomed out of the parking lot and home with no trouble. Plus the Phillies won! Some exciting plays. I particularly enjoy when the Phillies’ closing pitcher (Jhoan Duran) comes out and the lights go out and they play music and show a tarantula on the screens. He did not disappoint, throwing a few quick outs.
Saturday was fairly low key — we ordered BBQ from a local restaurant to celebrate my husband’s birthday (which was earlier in the week). The 14-year-old baked a cake and it was very good. In the afternoon I went for a bike ride, thus crossing another thing off the Summer Fun List (more on this below).
Sunday featured the usual church and tennis lessons, with the addition of a sitter to drive the 6-year-old around as my husband and 16-year-old went to the Reading Air show to go up in one of those WW2 era planes. It had flown on Friday and Saturday I believe. Alas, there was something wrong with the plane, and I really appreciate that the organizers chose not to fly Sunday as a result. My husband and son went up in tiny little biplanes as an alternative, and will try to get the bomber at another air show in a few weeks.
I’ve been tracking my time for years, and I don’t do a ton of analysis anymore, but I’m trying to spot check things here and there. This week was pretty good for workouts, despite some travel. I’m trying to be consistent about it. Since I need blog fodder, I’ll write about what I did. (Note: upside of working from home – if I’m done with the day’s video calls I can workout during the day and not care that much about what I look like afterwards. Or sometimes if I have an evening event I’ll just wait to get cleaned up after I workout at some point during the day.)
Monday – nothing, really. I got up early to fly to Dallas, gave a speech, and had dinner with the group. I did walk through two airports and walked outside a little between my speech and dinner, getting me to 5000 steps, but that’s it.
Tuesday – flew home. Worked in the afternoon, and then I drove the 11-year-old to his last pottery class of the semester. This is approximately 5 minutes from a nature preserve trail I like running around. So I went there after drop off and ran 3.1 miles. Most of it is shaded so the temperature was fine.
Wednesday – normally I work out with my trainer (virtually) on Mondays but I had moved it due to travel. So this was rescheduled to Wednesday at 3 p.m. I decided to run in the early afternoon on the treadmill (quick 2.0), then stayed in my workout clothes while doing some work, through to the 3-3:30 workout. So this was a double day. It tends not to work to run after my strength training, so this was the right order if I’m going to do this.
Thursday – I walked with my friend Joy on a local trail. This was a little bit more of a hike than a walk as there are rocks on the trail, you cross a stream and we had some significant elevation changes. I also walked all over the KOP mall at night, but I’m not sure that counts.
Friday – I ran on the treadmill during the day – this was a quick 2.0, just fitting it in. I went for a walk outside during the afternoon while taking a break (and also walked all over in the parking lot for the Phillies at night).
Saturday – I meant to get outside and running earlier but life conspired against this. I finally got out the door at 10:30 a.m., at which point it was already 85 degrees. So I only went 3.1 miles for my “long” run. I came home and did 15 minutes of strength training. Then in the afternoon, when I drove my 11-year-old to his 3:15-4:30 parkour class, I put my bike in the back of the car. I dropped him off, drove about 5 minutes to the trail, biked for 45 minutes, then went back to pick him up. Efficient! When it’s too hot to run, biking often feels very good.
Sunday – I decided I did want to run, even though I had no more running tights clean at this point. So I ran in an old pair of shorts and realized I need some new running shorts. However, I did fit in my run by doing 1.6 miles between dropping off the 14-year-old at tennis, and bringing the 11-year-old. Then I did another 0.6 miles between bringing the 14-year-old home and going to get the 11-year-old. These little chunks of time (20 minutes, 10 minutes, both outside on our street and in some nearby woods) are otherwise pretty easy to lose, so I like the idea of doing something. Plus the honeysuckle smelled lovely! Then I did approximately 10 minutes worth of strength/resistance training in the afternoon so I could cross off my third entry for that on my weekly priority list. (I put “Strength 1 2 3” on there each week these days.)
I’m generally aiming to run 4x, do strength 3x (albeit short 2 of those times) and do something more interesting (bike/hike) if possible. We’ll see if that happens this week!
We were at a Cubs game, last game of a series with the Phillies. A beautiful day in the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field, warm but not quite hot, blue sky but we had a bit of shade from the upper deck, beautiful view of the field and ivy, beer in hand. Happened to be sitting next to a fellow and his son from Philadelphia, and we celebrated and commiserated over each other’s team’s plays. They had come in for the series. There was another fellow in the section in front who kept wanting to talk to my seatmate, not belligerently but a bit bothersome. At the end, my seatmate finally told him “do you mind, THIS is why I came”, gesturing to the W flag being raised, the crowd joining in the Go Cubs Go song, the whole picture. I am now a fan of Phillies fans!
@Barb – I’m glad the Phillies fans were good! Philadelphia sports fans are not always known for being on their best behavior so this is positive 🙂