October is over and it is still nice outside! October seemed to go by in a whir. \u00a0Fall Break and two other non-student days meant that the work weeks went by fast, but definitely not some of the days! \u00a0I switched to a clinical supervision plan for my Social Work license which means I now have 4 hours of supervision each month outside of my normal work schedule, plus a class I’m taking through the school district. \u00a0Time is sure getting filled up. \u00a0I ran and biked a couple of times throughout the month. \u00a0One morning I had to wear tights and a coat and then this past weekend I ran in shorts and a light rain jacket. \u00a0Weird weather, but glorious fall weather!<\/p>\n
Drinking only water proved to be an interesting task. \u00a0I was pretty successful and only had 3 non-water drinks. \u00a0I could easily have just had water but incidentally they were all beers in social occasions in the last week. \u00a0Oops. \u00a0I have some observations that I’ll share later – though none are life-shattering! And I’ve already had 3 non-water drinks today (11\/1).<\/p>\n
Crossfit has been going well and I hit a PR in the Deadlift this past week doing a heavy 2 rep lift. \u00a0So that’s pretty nice. I should also be able to easily PR on the Shoulder Press. \u00a0We’ve been working on my form a lot with the squat, changing the bar position, so I’m not sure how that will go. \u00a0The CrossFit Total final event is November 9. I’m still pretty much only doing mobility work when I work out…<\/p>\n
We actually went on 3 dates this month!! Yay!! The kids had two sleepovers and we got a babysitter one night to go see To Kill a Mockingbird at the Guthrie Theater. \u00a0It was an excellent performance!<\/p>\n
For November I had two goals. \u00a0I’m going to cut one of them again. \u00a0I had planned on trying NaNoWriMo where you write some ungodly number of words a day and end up with a novel at the end of the month. I’ve always been intrigued by the idea, so I threw it in the schedule. \u00a0It was the one goal that I thought about a lot in January and had some trepidation about. \u00a0I even came up with a plan that I wouldn’t set a goal of words per day or even plan on writing a long book, but a collection of short stories. \u00a0As we rounded the curve into October and the realities of life settled in I’m realizing that to try and pull this off with any real sense of rigor would definitely have a negative impact on my family. \u00a0I mean I can’t even consistently write a blog post and I’m going to sit down every night and write something… \u00a0 So I’m going to cut this one and probably let it go for good…<\/p>\n
My other goal which is now my primary goal will be to do the Plank Challenge again. \u00a0I don’t think I will necessarily follow the plank challenge app. \u00a0I might throw in something else for spice like a Tabata plank workout or something!<\/p>\n
How was your October? Ready for November?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
October is over and it is still nice outside! October seemed to go by in a whir. \u00a0Fall Break and two other non-student days meant that the work weeks went by fast, but definitely not some of the days! \u00a0I switched to a clinical supervision plan for my Social Work license which means I now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[641],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-30days"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-1xG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5710,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2014\/october-into-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":5932,"position":0},"title":"October into November","author":"crossn81","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"October seemed to have flown by. \u00a0We were fortunate for a little mid-month break. \u00a0My in-laws came up for fall break and we were able to get away for a few days to the Florida Keys without any kids! It was marvelous and a much needed break from real life!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "30Days"","block_context":{"text":"30Days","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/30days\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"100_0892","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/100_0892-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":713,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/october-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":5932,"position":1},"title":"October Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"October 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This really should be titled \"Marathon Highlights\" since most of the month this year and last was talking about marathons!\u00a0 Did I talk too much about it this year? Well it was a major highlight of the year and I spent plenty of weeks training, thinking, and focusing on it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Highlights"","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5922,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2015\/september-recap\/","url_meta":{"origin":5932,"position":2},"title":"September Recap","author":"crossn81","date":"October 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't really know what to say about September. \u00a0Working back into the flow of normal life. \u00a0Seeming to be always tired. But hitting the gym and getting stronger. My main September goal was to read a chapter from the Book of Proverbs each day. \u00a0I did end up reading\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "30Days"","block_context":{"text":"30Days","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/30days\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":148,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/december-2007-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":5932,"position":3},"title":"December 2007 Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"December 31, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Because of the holidays, December is a very busy month for most people, when you throw in a major move and a new Internet home, WOW it gets busy! Here are some of the highlights from December: Since it was the end of 2007 I highlighted the Best of 2007:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Highlights"","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5746,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2015\/2015-challenges-ready-to-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":5932,"position":4},"title":"2015 Challenges Ready to Go!","author":"crossn81","date":"January 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to a new year!! So much happened last year that wasn't planned or expected that it is hard to imagine what the next year will bring!\u00a0 But like last year I've decided to break down the year into 12 (ok 18) manageable 30 day challenges. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UNP03fDSj1U Last year was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "30Days"","block_context":{"text":"30Days","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/30days\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5947,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2016\/2016-12-challenges\/","url_meta":{"origin":5932,"position":5},"title":"2016: 12 Challenges","author":"crossn81","date":"January 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my third year doing a series of 30 day challenges. \u00a0This year I decided that I should focus only on them and not have any other overarching goals. \u00a0When 2015 started I had no idea that it would end with me recovering from a cardiac ablation. It is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "30Days"","block_context":{"text":"30Days","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/30days\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5933,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions\/5933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}