Weekly workouts – Swiss style

Wow, it’s been a busy week of travel! We barely got to sit down at home and unpack, and then we jetted off to Switzerland 🇨🇭 So here we are, I think it’s Sunday. Jet lag sucks but hopefully we’ll be back on track Monday. Here’s what went down in my world last week…

Mon – A final skiing day at Stowe Mountain.  As expected from an Eastern resort, we had lots of packed snow and some ice!  We are no strangers to those conditions though so we did just fine.  The temps were a bit brutal though.  It was -10 when we woke up, and no, that’s not the “feels like” temp!  But a hot chocolate break on the slopes kept us going. 

We actually skied until the chairs were closed.  We took a wrong turn and ended up at the wrong part of the ski slope.  Not a problem because the local bus has a stop there.  Unfortunately, we had to run up a hill, on the road, carrying our skis to get to the bus stop.  I started waving at the bus driver because the bus was stopped and letting people off, but after picking up the people at the stop, he took off.  We were only 10 seconds from arriving at the bus stop.  WTF??!!  The next bus arrived 30 mins later.  Whomp whomp.

Tues – 14 hours in the truck driving home from Vermont 🙂 We had a fun trip overall but I think I’ll pass on Stowe again due to the drive time! 

Weds – 3 miles treadmill run.  In an effort to reduce jetlag I’m following suggestions of Garmin.  I was supposed to go to bed earlier tonight, but actually I was so busy with other family things that I went to bed later than usual.  Fail! 

Also, I was not selected for the NYC Marathon, nor was anyone I know.  With the odds (240,000 applied and 1% got in) it’s not a surprise.  Crazy!

Thurs – 3 miles treadmill run.  Due to my later than expected bed time last night, I accidentally incorrectly calculated how much time I needed in the morning to get ready before work.  I set my alarm for 6:30 instead of 6am.  I thought I had plenty of time to run and then realized I barely had any time at all!  No worries, I just committed to being super efficient getting ready and somehow I made it to work on time.  Well, I did notice that I forgot my glasses and earrings, but hey, I’m still calling it a win!  LOL  I got progressive glasses last year which are great for driving (sharpens my distance vision and I can actually read the car screens!) but I don’t like the look of them so you probably won’t see many pictures of my wearing them!

Fri – 4 miles treadmill. We have an evening flight to Europe which makes the journey to the airport so easy. First, we dropped off the cats at their “vacation home” (daughter’s boyfriend’s house) and by mid day we were on our way. How did my jet lag preparation go? Not great. I barely slept a wink 😣 ughhhh

Sat – connected in Amsterdam and arrived in Geneva at 8am. It’s spring in Geneva! Flowers, runners and cyclists everywhere. We rented a car and drove out to Nendaz, our ski town. It is crazy here – tiny roads that wind around the mountains. I’m surprised we didn’t get in a wreck!

We went through an area where the Tour de France will be held in August.

Our chalet is modest with a kick ass location next to the gondola and a beautiful view. We napped for a solid 2 hours when we got there. Sooooo tired.

Next week will be full of skiing and adventuring. The weather looks great (sunny skies). I can’t wait!

Au revoir for now! (We are in the French speaking part of Switzerland!)

Need some more inspiration? I’m linking up with Deborah at Confessions of a Mother Runner and Kim from Running on the Fly for their Weekly Run Down. Check out all of the fun blogs there!