Not one of my better weeks. Had a really rough time at work and a bunch of 12 hours or more days. Most of my workouts were really late, and I had very little energy to do much. However, I didn’t want to fall into my usual rut, so I made sure to get in some sort of workout each day. I need to get better at my work-life balance, since I seem to work exponentially more hours ever since I have been working from home, which definitely impacts my workout schedule and my overall energy.

Also, I decided to go back to using the Apple Watch Native Running app. I have been very unhappy with how NRC’s watch app has been getting worse with accuracy lately, plus I really want to see splits. I am not really looking for crazy amounts of details, but I cannot get a good read on my runs, especially when I do actual interval workouts. I am also doing this to see if Apple’s run app is going to be more accurate for matching the treadmill distance or not. The major downside here is that I won’t be able to sync the runs with Nike Run Club iOS app at all, so my plan won’t be able to adjust accordingly. I do have the option of manually creating runs in the app, but I will need to make sure I disable syncing with Apple Fitness, otherwise it will show me as doing the same workout twice every time.

Monday 12/14

As I mentioned, this was a rough day and I did not start my workout until 10pm. With being so tired, I hopped on my bike and got in a 38 minute ride, which was enough to close my Apple Rings.

Tuesday 12/15

Another rough day, and another trainer ride. I ended up doing about the same as Monday, with this time being 37 minutes.

Wednesday 12/16

Still a tough day and very tired, so I did a trainer tide. This time, however, I wanted to gradually increase the resistance and speed. The total workout was about 46 minutes and I felt pretty good afterwards. One thing I noticed after my ride was that my knees were bothering me slightly. I am not sure if this was just a one-time fluke since I was sitting a lot longer than usual, or if I will need to do my warm-up before every bike ride.

Thursday 12/17

Trainer ride won out for the agenda today. I did another speed and resistance climb, and only did about a 30 minute workout. For some reason my HR was not very high today.

Friday 12/18

I ended up doing the same workout as Thursday, except this time I rode for 55 minutes. Overall my HR didn’t spike too high and I felt pretty good. It really does help doing something active everyday, even if I am not doing my training plan. Overall my recovery time has been improving, so I happy with this new find.

Saturday 12/19

And I’m back! Got in my usual NTC Wake-Up Warm-Up and then proceeded to run. My long run called for 6 miles, but since I had missed the whole week in regards to my running plan, I opted to do 3 mile runs for Saturday and Sunday to ease myself back into my training plan. Plus, I don’t want to get injured. I got in my 3 mile run and felt great! However, I was not as consistent with my Galloway intervals. In addition to that, my watch really glitched so my stats are either tough to read or there is a huge gap of darkness in the middle. I am assuming that is why Apple Watch thought I ran a lot further than I actually did. Oh well, still got in a solid 39 minutes run.

Sunday 12/20

Round 2 for my 3 mile runs. Got in my warm-up and started my run. Got done in about 38 minutes and felt really good, even though a bit tired. I was much more consistent today with my Galloway intervals of 2 minutes run, 30 seconds walk. I didn’t have any watch issues so everything was tracked well, and the Apple Watch was not too far off in regards to the distance. With not running at all during the week or doing any strength training, both of my 3 mile runs were a bit tougher than usual.