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Sunday - November 29

Bike

1h 20m
9.50 miles
7.12 Mi/hr

Laps at the Lewis Trails. Got a couple of QOMs on Strava today, had a minor spill on a log pile

Strength

21 Day Fix Extreme - Lower Body
Bumped up the weights today, this is week 2 of this program

Sport

Aerobics
30m

Jenny Ford - Step Across America - "Utah"
Couple of new moves in this one. Was drenched and blotchy at the end

Feeling a little stiff and sore today. I might be spending some time in the hot tub later. No real plan for today although I would like to get a mountain bike ride in and maybe get some of the Christmas decorations up. We put the tree up last week. Pretty easy when the tree is only 4 feet tall and already decorated!

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Saturday - November 28

Bike

1h 22m
8.35 miles
6.11 Mi/hr

rode the mtb trails at Litchfield with Steve, Joe and Brenda. The trails were in great shape but there were a couple of slick spots from rain earlier this week. Joe had a bad wreck when his front wheel went down in a little depression and he did a complete endo. He was just laying there and we were sure he'd broken something, but he slowly started moving and turned out to be ok

Sport

Aerobics
30m

Jenny Ford - Step Across American - "Arizona"
This is the 6th video in a series. I am loving these because each video builds upon the last

The grandkids/dog went home yesterday afternoon and suddenly the house was quiet again. Ahhh...
In my family, there are 4 siblings, 3 spouses, 7 grandchildren and my mom. When the grandkids were small we (siblings) just bought for them and drew names amongst each other for Christmas gifts. Somehow over the years we got away from that and started just buying gifts for freaking everyone. I think my sister started that one year and the rest of us followed suit. And my poor mom felt like she needed to get something for everyone. It's been overwhelming and unnecessary, and this year we are going back to the name drawing. The difference is that all the grandkids are grown up now and can participate in the name drawing. I'm happy as can be that we are simplifying things and can relax a bit during the holiday season instead of going nuts trying to cover a gift for everyone.

Steve and I are headed down to Litchfield this afternoon to ride the mtb trails again. Looking forward to that!

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Friday - November 27

Thanksgiving was ok -- we went to my brother's place here in town and it was a very small group this year. We wore masks except while eating, which was a bit awkward but I suppose that's what we are supposed to be doing.

Steve's daughter and her family came over after dinner and spent the night. They bring their cute little dog when they visit and it's a pain because he barks at the cats CONSTANTLY. And the cats stress because they don't like the grandkids. I have a system where the basement is baby-gated off and thus the cats have a safe space with their food and litter box, but the dog stands at the top of the steps and barks. And barks. And barks. Once the grandkids get up the noise level skyrockets. I love the visits but don't love the noise.

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Thursday - November 26

Bike

50m
15.00 miles
18.00 Mi/hr

Zwift

Strength

21 Day Fix Extreme Dirty 30

Sport

Aerobics
30m

Jenny Ford Step Aerobics - Step ACross America, Volume 6

Happy Thanksgiving to all my BT friends.

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Wednesday - November 25

Strength

21 Day Fix Extreme - Lower Fix

Sport

Aerobics
30m

Jenny Ford Step

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Tuesday - November 24

Bike

45m
15.00 miles
20.00 Mi/hr

Zwifting

Sport #1

Aerobics
45m

Jenny Ford Step Across America
Cheesy but good

Sport #2

Pilates
30m

21 Day Fix Extreme Pilates
Enjoyed the class much more this time --- not sure what my deal was last time I tried this class

Worked in the office in the morning, then at home. Stopped at Kohl's on the way home and wandered around the store a bit, not really finding anything. The store had a kind of empty feel to it.
Our YMCA just built a new facility in the downtown area to replace the rundown original building they've been operating out of since (I think) the 1950s. I used to go to the downtown facility but then switched over to the new west side facility (we have 2 Y locations) when that was built, about 8 years ago. The west side facility is beautiful and has a competition pool. But now it looks like the new downtown place is the hot location, and I received an email that both locations are going to drastically reduce their hours starting next week, and the west side location will be closed on Saturday. The email also asked members to be patient and not drop their memberships during COVID. Also, all group classes have been suspended. Again. Locker rooms are closed. Again.
This back and forth with COVID is exhausting and the rules keep changing. Illinois is just a few steps from a stay at home order. In some respects, that would be easier than this pseudo-open state of things.

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Monday - November 23

Strength

21 Day Fix Extreme - Upper Body

Sport

Aerobics
30m

Jenny Ford step video

Ended up working in the office most of the day, then hit the grocery store on the way home. Thanksgiving grocery shopping crowds were out in force and some of the items I was trying to buy were depleted.

We had the first wintery weather late in the afternoon -- some slushy rain that threatened to freeze.