Thanks to Elisabeth for organizing another round of the Cool Blogger’s Walking Club this October! I started walking club early because doesn’t everything start on Monday? Besides which, the weather here has been perfect for kicking off CBWC!
Monday 9/29:
-2o minute yoga video
– walked kids to school (I park on the trail next to the school and walk them up, which takes anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes depending on who I run into on the way. Some days many parents coincide on the trial at the same time and we stop to chat. Monday it became quite a lengthy stand and sigh session since so many folks work for the federal government and were affected by the shutdown.)
-1.3 mile run after school drop off. I ran five laps around the middle school track next to the elementary school, and then back to my car.
Tuesday 9/30:
-20 minute yoga video
-walked to metro station/ then at the other end from the metro station to work (15 mins)
-biked home from work (5 miles – 35 mins). Actually I biked to pick up the kids from the bus stop and then we walked home from there.
Wednesday 10/1:
-20 minute yoga video
-walked kids to school from the parking lot on the trail, then went with the youngest kid to the nearby park to kill some time before her doctor’s appointment.
-biked to work (25 mins)
-biked to bus stop (30 mins), picked up the kids, then walked home (10 mins)
-30 minute evening walk with Husband after dinner, while the kids cleaned the kitchen.
Thursday 10/2:
-15 minute yoga
-Walk to park with the kids to meet up with some friends for a playdate. The sun is blazing hot still, but there is a fall crisp in the air.
Friday 10/3:
-15 minutes yoga
-30 minute run/bike with kids. We’ve started going for a bike ride (the 8 year old)/scooter (the 6 year old)/run (me) on Friday mornings at 7/7:30am, before school starts. The kids get up at 6:30am and don’t go to school until 9:00am, and there is a lot of restless energy some days, so I figured I’d kill two birds with one stone and get my run in early while letting the kids expend some energy. I like that I get my run out of the way; they like that they get to bike/scooter and have some outside time before school starts.
-Biked to lunch with friends (15 mins)
-Biked to bus stop (15 mins) then walked home with 13 year old (10 mins)
Saturday 10/4:
– 10 mins yoga
-walked to metro station from 13 year old’s voice lesson, (metro to shopping area), walked to Michael’s to buy some stuff for Hallowe’en, then walked back to metro station, (metro back one stop), walked to tap class (which is in the same building as the voice lesson) – about 30 mins walking total.
-Hike at Yankeur Nature Preserve in Shepherdstown, WV. The loop is bout 1 mile, but we took an hour to do it with time to rest, snack, and look at the Potomac River
-Contradance in Shepherdstown, WV. We didn’t stay for the whole dance, but danced for about 2.5 hours.
Sunday 10/5:
-10 mins yoga
– skating- 45 mins public skate while the kids were in lessons.
And that was week one! I guess only about half of that was strictly walking, but I feel like everything I did was all in the spirit of the exercise. (pun!)
Are you participating in Cool Blogger’s Walking Club too?
Of course I LOVED this recap. Such varied forms of movement. Skating! Dancing! Walking! Yoga!
I’m all in on CBWC, but I hold myself strictly to walking. And I can’t listen to audiobooks or podcast during the walks. So many strict rules that I only apply to myself, not to everyone else!