Cleaning House & Miles w/ the Bestie

This weekend turned out to be a whole lot chillier than I thought it was going to be.... and the wind was crazy. I don't know the exact mph for some of the gusts that tried to knock S and I over, but they had to be near 50 mph with pretty steady winds around 30 mph.

S & I on Saturday:

 

S and I went out for an 8 miler in Camden Saturday afternoon, and then a 3 miler recovery run Sunday afternoon in Rockland. She did not warn me of the hills we were going to run, and in her words "well, I can't say we didn't work some hill training in to prepare us for our races!"  She wasn't kidding. There was one particular hill that the grade must have been 20% or more, but it was over with pretty quickly. However, the last mile was a long gradual uphill. My hip flexors were burning by the end of the run.

This was our Saturday run pretty much:

Ouch.

The other part of my weekend was very similar to last weekend. Every weekend we have our normal chores we do:

• Dump run
• Sweep and wash kitchen floor
• Vacuum all carpeting
• Do a gazillion loads of laundry, fold & put away
• Grocery shop
• Clean one of the bathrooms - rotate each weekend

In addition since we are now in spring, I try to tackle one room each weekend to weed out things we haven't used in the past year as well as organize. This weekend I spent time in the guest room which has become a play-room/storage area. Needless to say this room will need a few more weekends dedicated to it.

Do you incorporate hills into your runs?

Does cleaning house lighten your spirit?

- It does mine! I feel so good after purging the house of unused items!