Running With Perseverance

Usually my business trips to NYC are all work and no play, but this time I planned ahead and was able to spend an afternoon with Carianne as my tour guide.

View from my office conference room

Working and Playing in NYC

We started at MoMa because I wanted to see the Picasso in Fontainbleau exhibit. The museum website has better photos, but I am sharing this one because the hand-written date is so prominent—and has such a different meaning than the dates we usually see.

We wandered through other exhibits and saw so many “famous” pieces—it was a real treat. I sent a picture of this Dali to my daughter because she gave me the puzzle version.

After browsing the MoMa gift shops, we headed to the Museum of Art and Design, which I had suggested because of the craft exhibit. Little did I know there was a Taylor Swift exhibit, which was fitting to see a few hours before her boyfriend was playing in the Superbowl. 😉 The exhibit focused on costumes from her many “eras”.

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After all that, we were ready for an early dinner. While we were waiting for our food we noticed our twinning Peloton x Little Words Project bracelets.

The only photo of us we remembered to take!

Other highlights of my trip to NYC included the pretty snow Tuesday morning

that cleared out in time for a lovely sunset in the evening.

And thebeautiful church I found for Ash Wednesday service.

Weekly Run Down

There was no running in NYC, except for a short stint on the hotel tread. I haven’t used this hotel gym in years, and don’t think it’s changed much. It has all the equipment but was so warm, I wouldn’t have lasted much longer on the tread any way.

Sunday: I got up early to fit in a workout before heading to the train station.

D.C.s’ Union Station lobby

Monday: First hotel gym workout, with a focus on strength.

Tuesday: A little bit of everything. Jess’s tread class had a lot of walking so I was mostly able to follow her programming.

Wednesday: I only had time for a short workout because I wanted to get packed up and ready to check out before heading to an early Ash Wednesday service. Jess Sims’ Flash 15 classes are perfect for that, because you definitely feel like it was “enough.”

Thursday: Back home and catching up on Peloton Valentine’s Day classes. Matty’s walk and Matt’s run were a fun contrast with different takes on the “holiday.”

Friday: I ended the week with a long stack of shorter workouts. Andy’s Green Day class was really good and left me with more DOMS than I expected.

Saturday: I took my 900th Peloton run! I wasn’t planning on taking Hannah’s live class because it started so “late” (8:30), but after sleeping in and doing the core and lower body classes I had planned, it was 8:15, so I did some PT exercises and hopped on the tread.

Don’t worry, I didn’t run for 45 min. I did a longer walking warm-up, about 35 min of 2:1 run/walk intervals, and a walking cool-down.

I’m not going to jinx myself, but my hamstring has been a lot quieter this week. I have continued to run pain-free during my 2:1 intervals, with less and less flare-up afterwards. 🤞

A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.

Another week, another emotional roller coaster ride courtesy of my hamstring. There were ecstatic moments of hope and frustrated moments of tears. If you’re tired of this saga, so am I—but I won’t be offended if you skip this update.

Flowers from a friend ❤️

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My hamstring took me on a frustrating roller coaster ride this week, from feeling fantastic on Sunday to feeling f*cked on Wednesday. I dialed everything way back and fought hard to retain a shred of hope.

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