Race Week! Half Marathon #53 and my last one (and 5th) for 2021.
It was local and one of the few half marathons that was a repeat performance. At least this time, the hills were no surprise.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
my Christmas Cacti have bloomed and I had my first red cup.
Last Week:
- Sunday – Today I ran the Stockade-athon 15k for the 8th time. Who doesn’t love a challenging race?
- Monday – A rest day to recover from the previous day’s hills. A chilly cloudy one (with periods of rain) but I did have to go to the office so I got in a rainy lunch/Starbucks walk there.
After work, I did my first volunteer assignment with a 12 yr old girl from the Congo who only speaks French.
the classrooms are behind this building in an old church
- Tuesday – I was able to squeeze in a lunch run and the legs felt fine.
pretty in pink? chose to run on the water line trail for a change of pace…
After work, I met my friends for a walk and then met my BFF for another walk.
- Wednesday – Too busy to run at lunch so I drove to UAlbany to run there after work. I was hoping to have Heidi as company.
dark, chilly, windy…glad to have company
- Thursday – I had planned to squeeze in a run during lunchtime since I was busy after work.
Then at the last minute, I decided against running three days in a row and skipped it.
I did not qualify so I have to wait until Dec 8 to see if I got in. I had to work so didn’t get to apply until 3:30 pm (and it’s first come first serve)
My monthly tennis gathering tonight was a visit to a museum exhibit and then dinner after.
the exhibit was on women’s clothes from the 1920’s (Downton Abbey style)
Friday – Resting up for the big race. But I decided to take a quick run at lunch. It was windy, chilly and I even got rained on. It was a profitable run. lol
After work, I picked up my bib for Sunday’s race and then played mah jongg in the evening,
- Saturday – Long Run Day again this week was a walk in preparation for the next day’s race. We chose the Corning bike path followed by brunch, of course.
beautiful morning…hoping more of the same for the next day.
Afterward, I picked up my bib for Thursday’s Turkey Trot.
I spent the evening organizing my #flatme and carb loading on pizza.
- Sunday – Race Day! Upstate Classic Half Marathon. The 2nd time for this race and the 3rd time running this hilly course in Altamont, NY.
boy, this was HARD!!!!
No rest for the weary. I plan to go out to dinner with a bunch of wonderful ladies to celebrate 13 years of playing mah jongg together.
This Coming Week on the Run–
- Monday – rest day, volunteering
- Tuesday – run, walk with friends
- Wednesday – rest day, walk with friends
- Thursday – Troy Turkey Trot 10K Race, dinner with the fam
- Friday -rest day, mah jongg
- Saturday – Long Run (8 miles)
- Sunday – rest day, hiking
This Coming Week on the Blog –
- Tuesday – Upstate Classic Half Marathon Race Recap
- Friday – Runfessions
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Fun and busy week for you! Sounds like quite a social whirl. Have fun at your trot!
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Some weeks are like that.
Thanksgiving races are always fun.
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I hope the race went well today! Have fun with the mah jongg ladies too!
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Hills hills hills. As well as it could have with no hill training lol.
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A great week of activity and hope the race went well! What are you doing with the girl who speaks only French? Do you have to speak French with her or are you working in English? This reminded me of when we had a lot of people coming from Francophone Africa to where I lived in SE London (an area popular with new immigrants, so always interesting) and I got to hear a lot of African French on the bus.
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The race was very hard…hills!!!
She understands very little English so I speak to her in French. We have many immigrants here from the Congo, Burma, Russia.
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I’m glad she has you!
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Ooh, I love your Trot shirt! We have never had shirts made for our local Trot…we’ve talked about it, though, since we’ve had such great support from the community. Another busy week for you! I hope your race went well today 😉
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it’s unisex so too big 😦
The race was all hills so very hard…but I survived. Life is good.
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well done this week! You don’t sit still do you? Hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving. Hope your race went well!
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Neither one of us sits still.
The race was very HARD – all hills and i suck on hills.
You too. Enjoy Thanksgiving with the fam.
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Congratulations! Looking forward to the race recap. Sounds like you had a fun week- glad you got a Starbucks red cup drink- it feels very festive, doesn’t it?
Have a great week!
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Yes, it means the holidays are coming but since I work from home, I don’t get there often. Recapping on Tues.
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Congrats on your 5th Half! And second place AG!
I love your Christmas cacti – they look so pretty.
What type of volunteering are you doing?
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Working with student from the Congo who doesn’t speak English.
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Congrats on placing 2nd in your age group in a tough half! I have a turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning that I’m really looking forward!
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Great. We’ll be trotting together. Good luck.
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What a busy week! Congrats on your half marathon!
I love that you are volunteering with kids – are you helping her to learn English?
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Yes. I’m trying to help her.
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Such a busy week for you! I love the shirt for the Turkey Trot race, so fun and festive!
I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.
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It’s cute but it’s unisex and too big. Boo.
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A whole lot of running. Well, you were “warmed up” for your race, LOL! And your lucky streak on weather has mostly held.
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So far so good on race weather. Hope it continues. Obviously the more races you run, you have a better chance of having good weather.
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I didn’t get my festive Starbucks cup, but I have been enjoying free drinks still from my Starbucks credit card! Lots of running this week for you. Cute race shirts too!
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Free is good. The hoodie is cute. The other is unisex and too big. I gave it to the hubby.
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Your Christmas cacti are beautiful! Mine don’t even have buds yet but they’re usually a little later to bloom. The volunteer project sounds awesome.
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For some reason they have bloomed twice already and not at Christmas.
I admit that volunteering interferes with running but I know it’s worth it.
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