October seemed to have flown by. We were fortunate for a little mid-month break. My in-laws came up for fall break and we were able to get away for a few days to the Florida Keys without any kids! It was marvelous and a much needed break from real life! We stayed at a great hotel, Southernmost Hotel of the USA, and had a great adventure on the water with Fury! We snorkeled, jet-skiied, para-sailed, and climbed on huge inflatables!
It was a grand time!
October’s Challenge was to do 10 pushups and situps each day. I’m proud to report that this occurred 29/31 times. The two times that I didn’t do it were mostly on accident. I’d tell myself, I’ll do it after I do this and then forgot. So not too shabby. It was hard to want to do it on some days where we had just done some crazy upper body stuff or the one day we did a lot of situps. But it felt good to do them.
I ran a whopping 10.2 miles this month! That is better than September at least!! Ugh. My plan is Crossfit on M,W,F and Bike commute on Tues with a run on Thursday. I was able to get out for a run on a Saturday morning and for a run in Key West which increased my running total! Biking to work has been going well. It still take some time and thought into getting ready and out the door with everything. I biked for a total of 130 miles for the month. That was helped by a 25 mile ride I did while pulling the kids on a Saturday.
Crossfit is going well. I did the first part of the Diane Challenge and did the beginner portion of the 12 week Magnussen Progression maxing out at 245 for the deadlift. So now I’ll jump into the Intermediate Progression which has been kicking people’s butts. It will be a good challenge!
My 30 Day Challenge for November is:
Give Thanks – Send in the mail a note of Thanksgiving each day. A little Cheesy maybe, but we need to spend more time being thankful.
I also decided that I liked doing the pushups, so I’m going to do 10 squats each day. My thought is to make them slow and rest at the bottom for a second or so. This will help insure better form. I’m also going to do some mobility work each day inspired by the book Ready to Run.
How was your October?