Happy Thanksgiving!
Kim from Kim Runs on the Fly put together this cute little collage of the bloggers who participate in this link-up, doing our Thanksgiving runs. It’s a great little virtual community!
Also, if you missed it, I shared all the reasons I’m grateful for running this year in THIS POST.
My Thanksgiving week included a lot of running; I’m doing a two-week running challenge through work and I have a reputation to uphold, ha! I’m on a team of five randomly selected people; they’re counting on me! So I ran lots of miles, no workouts, just easy running.
Here’s how it all worked out:
Monday: Early morning 7.5 mile run, 9:25 min/mile average. I went back inside the house to grab warmer gloves and kept my Garmin going, so my first mile was a 12 min/mile, so I do think my actual pace was a little faster. But I needed those warmer gloves!
Virtual 1:1 strength training after work
Tuesday: 8.15 uneventful miles before work
Wednesday: 7 miles before work, Virtual 1:1 strength training after work
Thursday: Thanksgiving! With no Turkey Trot races due to Covid, I just did an easy 9.2 mile jog. (Ruth did not run that far- her longest run so far is just a 10k/ 6.2 miles!)
I took off my gloves post-run and put them on top of our kitchen island…and someone quickly grabbed one and destroyed it!
Ugh, Ruth..you’re lucky I still love you.
Dustin and I ordered the “Everything but the Turkey” meal from Young Joni, which included a ton of amazing sides, and then we cooked the turkey. Perfect for a small celebration this year.
We did a Zoom with my immediate family; my sister Emily had gathered fun facts from everyone and did a little powerpoint trivia game. It was so fun!
Friday: Slept in- still so full when I woke up! I eventually made it out for 4 miles with Ruth, 8:15 min/mile, and then a quick 1 mile walk with both dogs. I had the day off of work, so it was a lazy day. I did some cleaning, some baking, and some lounging in front of the TV. Such is the quarantine life!
Saturday: A casual half marathon on a sunny Saturday!
I was actually a little overdressed for temps near 40 and sunshine. I quickly lost the gloves and could have gone without the old Grandma’s Marathon jacket. 13.34 miles at a 9:05 min/mile average followed by a 1.5 mile power walk with the dogs, then some Thanksgiving leftovers, some time in the Normatec boots, and a nap!
Sunday: Dustin, Ruth, and I seem to have a Sunday tradition now of a run together, often followed by a short little jog with Matilda (our 11-year old vizsla.) Not complaining! 5.3 miles at an 8:30 min/mile average. 35 degrees but SO windy- yikes! I think there’s a cold front moving in. We picked up Matilda for 1.2 more miles around the neighborhood.
Summary: 55.7 miles of running, 2 virtual strength training sessions.
In somewhat running-related news, I recently purchased these two Katie McCollow watercolors, depicting running scenes in the Twin Cities. I learned about her on Gear Running’s instagram and am very excited to frame and hang up these new pieces!
I hope you’re staying safe and healthy during this crazy time. Wear a mask!
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Your Thanksgiving spread looks delicious. We were going to order takeout but all of the Thanksgiving meals sold out very fast so we ended up cooking. It was a fun Thanksgiving for us and the dog. Enjoy your miles challenge!
The meals sold out fast here too, but my husband was on this Young Joni option pretty quickly. It was very good!
Another great week of running for you! I’m sure that you will bank the most miles on your team for the challenge.
The Zoom trivia game looked fun! What an awesome way to connect with your family on Thanksgiving.
haha, thanks Kim! Hopefully the miles challenge will inspire someone who doesn’t already run a lot 🙂
That’s a great option for Thanksgiving dinner! I’d definitely miss the smell of the turkey roasting, but I’d have zero issue bringing in the sides from elsewhere LOL The hubs and I just got back from a walk (mid-afternoon), and BRRRRR!!!!! That wind really picked up from this morning.
For just two people, ordering in the side was really lovely and stress-free. We still had to heat them all up and the house smelled great!
Sounds like you had a great week & a great Thanksgiving! I definitely know you are not running 12 mm (that’s my territory — and often slower, LOL).
Oh no on the gloves! I feel lucky that we’ve always had small dogs. I’m sure if Bandit could reach a counter he’d be counter surfing. That dog is so food motivated it’s not even funny (and when we got him, I had to try to get him to eat food off my fingers!).
Pace doesn’t matter, running is running! It’s all relative…but my coach was curious about that first mile 🙂
Looks like a nice Thanksgiving for you! It seems like everyone really made the best of things this year. I hope not too many people misbehaved and ignored the warnings about large gatherings.
I think your running challenge team is lucky to have you!!!
LOL, Ruth’s face. Dog shaming at it’s best!
We made the best of what 2020 has given us 🙂 I too hope others stayed home and listened to the experts’ guidance.
Looks like a great and fun Thanksgiving!
Where can I get a hat like yours? I love it! Also, is that a flyout wool top?
Another great week for you! What a bummer about your glove.
I bought the Turkey hat on Etsy! Yes, the orange top is Flyout long sleeve, this year!
I would definitely want to be on your team for any fitness challenge! I am always looking for warmer gloves-which ones do you recommend? Happy Thanksgiving
Craft gear is the best, particularly the gloves!
Oh, I love that artwork! I love supporting local artists, especially when their work speaks to me. All in all and all things considering, it sounds like you had a nice Thanksgiving.
Agree! I love that the watercolors are scenes that I run all the time 🙂
Great week of running for you! That Zoom trivia game sounds fun. We recently had a Zoom party for my parents’ wedding anniversary and did some games. Gotta be creative during these crazy times!
Yes, games are great for Zoom!
Ooooh those watercolor paintings are gorgeous! I love the idea of ordering in all the Thanksgiving sides. They look super delish! Ruth is lucky she’s so darn cute because she’s naughty! Haha!
haha, yes, Ruth has ruined more than her fair share of running items in her short 1.5 years here 🙂
Those watercolours are lovely! Sorry about your glove, though. What happened, did she have to go to the ER or was she OK? Just thinking about when one of our cats ate a chunk of my glove in Feb and had to have her stomach pumped! I love the pic of everyone doing their turkey trot and am sad we don’t have that here!
Nope, no ER this time. She didn’t actually consume any of the glove, just ripped it apart!
Love that idea or ordering everything but the turkey. Our holiday was small and we didn’t even consider making a turkey.
Looked like a good week for running. Love your thanksgiving hat. I ordered one for next year.
The normatec boots saved me last year after my marathon.
The normatec boots are amazing post marathon!
Oh, sweet Ruth! She didn’t mean it, I’m sure!
That meal looks yummy. One year we will have to get dinner catered. It would be a nice change.
Happy Thanksgiving!
She’s sweet, but destructive 🙂 Quite a chewer!
That sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving. We ended up having a huge turkey because that was all they had. 20 lbs! I’m not a huge fan of turkey, so leftovers have been “meh” 🙂
20 lbs is a lot of turkey! I’m over the leftovers myself…ready to move on to something else 🙂