Back in the fleece.....

Well, sort of by default, this week morphed into another scaled-back week in terms of fitness-related activity. But, in terms of fun? It was legit.


Monday began with a rise and shine (and remain vertical in the wind) run along the Tampa Bay shoreline on MacDill AFB. My legs were still feeling a little DOMS-like (as were the hubby's legs as well...that 10K Sombrero Beach Run in the Florida wind left both of us feeling exhausted), so we took it slow and easy. Never miss a Monday, even if it's just a (somewhat) slow and simple mile in a scenic location.

Look closely...that's some of the Tampa skyline in the background

Tuesday. The day started off just fine....Five 1-minute wall squats (#ouch) in front of the big mirror in our hotel room.

Don't you just love the stylish sleep clothes?

With a 3:15 flight out of Orlando (to head back to Iowa), we didn't have a lot of extra time to mess around. We dropped off the rental car, waited (for what seemed like forever) to get through airport security and arrived at our gate at 2:30 only to learn our flight had been moved back to 8:15 (due to some mechanical problems). The 8:15 departure then got bumped another hour...eventually scheduled to depart at 9:15 instead. Ugh.

What to do? They gave us meal vouchers, and we headed to the airport's USO lounge, an area for military (active, reserve, and retired) personnel.  Originally, we were due to land in Des Moines around 5:30 and be back home an hour later. I had grandiose plans of  doing a stair workout and blogging....Well, with that clearly not happening,  I set up camp on a computer and knocked out last Wednesday's blog post so it would be ready for publishing/linking on Wednesday morning. Problem solved.

Once we were all situated on the plane, we got word from the pilot that the plane needed more fuel...so it would be a little while before the plane would be cleared for take-off. Seriously??? I was so tired, I closed my eyes for a few minutes...and woke up shortly after we were in the sky. We arrived in Des Moines (safely) just before midnight. Spoiler Alert!! We then had to wait 90 minutes for our luggage because the airline personnel was short-handed. Our plane was continuing on the Denver (and all of those passengers had been waiting several hours for this jinxed airplane as well), and the crew had to load all of the Denver luggage before bringing our luggage into the baggage claim area. We arrived back home at 2:30 Wednesday morning and went promptly to bed.

Wednesday. Having been gone since the previous Thursday afternoon, I knew there would be plenty of work waiting for me at the office. I got to work just after 8:00 to find 164 unopened emails. No kidding! So, let's just say that Wednesday was a long day at the office and there was very little physical activity happening (nor any energy to do so).

Thursday was another long day at the office, but by the end of the day I could see a bright light at the end of the tunnel. Thankfully, I had met up with my friend, Barb, early that morning for our #5at5 and we hammered out five miles before the sunrise.

Yes, that would be nearly a 60-degree temperature drop from my Florida conditions

Friday was pretty low-key in terms of fitness (that seemed to be the pattern throughout the week), but the daily push-ups and planking continued. My #fashionFriday post (on my Instagram and on my Twitter pages) reflected our lapse back to sub-freezing temps and my knitting skills (that's one of the things I do when I'm not running or blogging....you didn't think I'd be cleaning, did you?).

Saturday, we headed to Des Moines for the Leprechaun Chase. The full recap is coming in a few days...but I'll give you this much: It was a shortened course (due to the lovely Iowa weather), but still a  fun time. Go green or go home LOL.

Pay no attention to the attention-starved hubby photo-bombing me

And, last of all, Sunday! Did you remember to set your clocks ahead?

The temps were even colder (hello....18-degrees!), but the wind wasn't the deal-breaker it usually is. I met up with Barb and we ran about 7.5 miles before she headed back home, and I continued on to finish 9 miles....all before church, with one less hour of sleep (thank you very much).

Yep! Back in the fleece ....

All in all, my mileage wasn't great (considering I'm easing back into marathon training mode. Given the craziness of my non-running obligations (playing catch-up at work) and situations (stranded for an extra seven hours at an airport), I guess I did alright. Total running mileage came in at 18 miles, and I also did my daily planking, push-ups, leg exercises (most days) and had some occasional wall squats added in just for kicks and giggles. You do what you gotta do, right?

Last week's blog posts:

Shall we tame the lion?

When in Florida...Sombrero Beach Run 10K

Current Fitness Trends that have me smiling

Have you ever had to compromise your workout schedule due to travel? Ever been stuck in an airport for an unusually long time? What are your temps doing?

As usual, I'm linking up with Holly and Tricia for the Weekly Wrap

and Ilka and Angela for the Sunday Fitness & Food Linkup

Do yourself a favor and check out their awesome blogs, as well as all the linked blogs!