(swimsuit… best one-piece IMO)
A new first for us—swimming together. Andrew has done an Ironman (he was double my speed yesterday!), so he really knows what he is doing, but I watched a bunch of YouTube videos on how to swim before jumping in the pool;) I swam for 1650 yards (with a million breaks)! I was surprised to learn that it was yards and not meters (blaming the track on this confusion) when I told Andrew I swam for a mile on our way out, but it turns out I was just a little under. Next time I’ll shoot for 1750 yards.
It was SO nice to get my heart rate up without any pain!
Andrew loves the quietness and solitude of swimming, but that is what keeps me from doing it, so I tried out some headphones that I found for swimming. You can use Bluetooth with these when you aren’t in the water, but for swimming, you do need to download music to them, like an MP3. I haven’t purchased music since Spotify came out, so I put on a bunch of my old music choices, which were questionable haha, but it made the experience so much fun. I’m not sure how long the headphones will last, but I was shocked by how well they worked underwater. I could hear everything. I used my swim cap to keep them in place and loved the energy having music brought me.
My poor strava graph.
One of us is thrilled and one of us is not thrilled about the snow that started making an appearance in the morning
I do love seeing fall and winter at the same time.
For any candy lovers reading, I have an exciting announcement. The caramel apple suckers with red macintosh and golden delicious are beyond good. The green apple ones were always a little too sour for me, and these are perfect.
No matter how old she gets, walks will always be her favorite thing.
Brooke and Skye love chicken pot pie and so I tried out this soup recipe along with these biscuits! Not the prettiest picture, but it all tasted so delicious.
Using a banana squash today:
I’m already thinking about my comeback. Of course, I’m already thinking about my comeback. It might be soon, it might be in a while, but it will happen eventually. As of today, it will have been 7 days since my steroid shot (they said it takes 7-10 days for it to kick in), and I see Dr. Bennett for an appointment (he has fixed dozens of injuries/niggles for me over the last decade of going to him), so I have a good feeling about things. I think I’ll be on the upswing before I know it, or maybe that is just wishful thinking because I am craving to feel like myself again. But I think this comeback is going to be different than previous ones because this injury feels more structural than the others. Like with a house renovation, the others felt like a paint job was needed, this one feels like a wall was demoed, ha. My other injuries didn’t really affect the rest of my life like this one has… Sure, I couldn’t run, but they didn’t hurt like this one for the rest of the day and cause so many changes in my daily life. So, I’m pretty afraid about getting back into it.
This one scared me so badly that I think it will actually be the ticket to getting me to cross-train and strength-train consistently, so at least that is good. Thinking about things like running fast downhill, as I’ve done for years and years, is REALLY scaring me. I need to take things a day at a time, but worrying is my favorite nighttime hobby;). It almost feels like I’m leaving my teenager brain phase and realizing I’m not invincible! Gone are the days or simplicity, there are going to be a lot more added steps to continue to run and stay injury free. But who knows, maybe those are the things that will take me to a new PR? How cool would a marathon PR in 2026 be while running 45 miles a week and cross-training? Would love to hear anyone’s thoughts on injury comebacks…
PS Emilee and I are thinking of a destination 1/2 marathon next year… I’m crossing every finger and toe that I can make it to it regardless of my pace. I think crossing that line will feel sweeter than ever. Not so fun fact–> It is quite annoying that I got injured JUST as she was coming back from her injury. This timing is just not okay.
Injury comeback thoughts? Were you afraid to comeback? What were your reservations?
Any meal/snack/treat you love to make this time of year?
Anyone else get some snow?
