Zenaida Arroyo

19
Sep
2023

Tuesday Topics: My Fall 2023 running plans

This week’s Tuesday Topic: What are your Fall running plans and/or race schedule? You can write about this topic or post any running-related blog post. Remember to link up with Kim and Zenaida! Visit at least two of the other linked posts – the more the merrier! Remember to come back for later linkers!

I LOVE Fall! I know I have mentioned a few times that it is my favorite season. The warm days are gone and it is beginning to feel like Fall in Chicago. I love it!

It has been quite a year. I’ve run 5 races but lately haven’t been running at all. Things have settled down a little at work so now I can dedicate more time to running and walking. I do miss it.

Here are my plans for Fall:

🌳 Start running again. I have no races this year, yet, but am planning for next year, so I want to run for fun. I am looking forward to the cooler weather and the different colors of the leaves.

🌳 Start walking again. Same as above for running. I began walking more when I wasn’t running. And then I stopped doing that too.

🌳 Restart my Peloton membership. I had forgotten that I paused my membership until I received an email about my payment. I miss taking classes with Matty and Camila.

🌳 Run a 5k. Definitely doable, right? I’ve run a half marathon this year, 10 miler, 10k, an 8k, and a 4 miler. Now I just need a 5k. I need to check and see what’s taking place in the next couple of months.

🌳 Take better care of me. I have been neglecting myself and I need to stop doing that. I’ve been very busy with work these past couple of weeks, but now some things have settled in. I have somewhat of a routine now which is making things a little easier for me. The work is never-ending and I know I will never be caught up and that is OK.

Next week is a FREE topic. Feel free to write about any running-related topic. We hope you’ll link up with us!

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12
Sep
2023

Tuesday Topics: The letter “L”

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This week’s Tuesday Topic: Today is the 12th day of September hence the 12th letter of the alphabet. Write anything that comes to mind that begins with the letter “L”. You can write about this topic or post any running-related blog post. Remember to link up with Kim and Zenaida! Visit at least two of the other linked posts – the more the merrier! Remember to come back for later linkers!

Happy Tuesday! It is back to work after a few days celebrating and having fun with family. There were also a few doctor appointments, but overall it is all good.

I had fun writing about things that start with the letter “M”. Here is what I have for the letter “L”.

⏺️ lobster – A fancy meal and so good! I rarely eat it and wish I could eat it more.

⏺️ liver – I do not like it AT ALL. When I was a kid, my mom would tell that it was good for me. No thanks.

⏺️ laptop – I bought a new one (Apple MacAir) on Friday. I like it except that there is no port (I think that is what it is called) for a USB. I didn’t notice it when I was at the store and then went home all excited about my new laptop. My niece told me I can buy an adapter but it is just another thing to buy.

⏺️ library book – So many books to read and not enough time. I am currently reading my 18th book this year. That is definitely a record. My goal was to read 12 this year. Next year I will pick maybe 20 books as my goal.

⏺️ late – I hate being late. I am one of those that if you tell me to be somewhere at a specific time, I will be there. There has been a few times where I’ve been late but it rarely happens.

The topic for next week: What are your Fall running plans and/or race schedule? Feel free to write about this or any running-related topic. We hope you’ll link up with us!

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05
Sep
2023

Tuesday Topics: Things I am excited about this week

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This week’s Tuesday Topic: Tell us what you are excited about this week. You can write about this topic or post any running-related blog post. Remember to link up with Kim and Zenaida! Visit at least two of the other linked posts – the more the merrier! Remember to come back for later linkers!

Happy Tuesday! How are you all doing? It’s been very warm in Chicago, but thankfully it will cool down a bit after Wednesday. Fall is almost here!

Things I am excited about this week:

✔️A short week. I was off yesterday and am off on Friday. I am going to the doctor for a physical and for blood work.

✔️ My sister and nephew will be here from San Antonio.

✔️ Two nephews from NY will be here as well.

✔️ My mom’s birthday on Saturday. Ee will be celebrating at a local pizza place with lunch. I know my mom will have a great time!

✔️ Spending time with family. I can see us eating, talking, laughing, and have a good time.

The topic for next week: Today is the 12th day of September hence the 12th letter of the alphabet. Write anything that comes to mind that begins with the letter “L”. Feel free to write about this or any running-related topic. We hope you’ll link up with us!

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01
Sep
2023

Fit Five Friday and September 2023 Ultimate Coffee Date – Back to School Edition!

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Welcome to the September edition of the Ultimate Coffee Date hosted by Coco and Deborah. It’s also time for another edition of Fit Five Friday hosted by My First 5K and More, Running with Attitude, Run Laugh Eat Pie, Runs with Pugs, and me!

Now, grab a mug of your favorite beverage, and let’s chat briefly!

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you about my first week of school. Wow! Tough, challenging, but I know we will have fun! My kids will learn a lot too. The AC broke on Thursday and we were all miserable. Our school wasn’t the only one. The whole situation was handled very poorly by the people above. We all knew it was going to be HOT those days. Administration should have let us do remote learning. That is what ended up happening with another school. I was really disappointed in them.

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you that we have a new Reading curriculum and have already had to do assessments – in English and in Spanish. Let me also tell you that we weren’t really trained in doing these assessments. It was a very short PD with minimal hands on exposure. Don’t you love it when training is like that? But thanks to a Reading Interventionist helping me, I am almost done with the assessments.

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you that as I was doing these assessments, I was very disappointed with how my students were doing. Almost all CANNOT read. Wow, I am still shocked! I kept looking at the reading interventionist to tell her how they were doing. I know last year some of my kids were low but I had some really good readers. This year maybe 1 or 2 are readers. It will be an interesting year.

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you that I have a tough group this year. Besides many being non readers, I have a couple with behavior issues. And many just talk so much. I know they’re kids, I get it. But I tell them that there is a time to talk and there is a time to be quiet. We are still working on the latter. I may just have to bribe them. I mean, reward them for good behavior. I am off today and I think I will miss a little bit those kids.

If we were having coffee…
I’d tell you that I need to keep reminding myself to not do so much for work and to take care of myself. I’ve stayed late almost every day since school started. I’ve also gone in early too. Work will never be done. I don’t have “official” lesson plans but know what I need to do. I don’t have emergency lesson plans done. My classroom library isn’t set up. I’ve mentioned the new reading curriculum and some changes were made to the dual language program. Did I mention that our school day is now 30 minutes longer? And the countdown begins till Winter Break!

The topic for next week’s Fit Fit Friday – 5 tips for fall running/fitness. Feel free to write about this or any fitness topic you’d like. We hope you’ll link up with us!

29
Aug
2023

Tuesday Topics: August 2023 Review

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This week’s Tuesday Topic is a FREE topic. Feel free to post any running-related blog post. Remember to link up with Kim and Zenaida! Visit at least two of the other linked posts – the more the merrier! Remember to come back for later linkers!

Back to school always wears me out. I have spent HOURS setting up my room and figuring out what I need to do. There was minimal running, but I did a lot of walking.

Let me tell you about how August went for me:

Mileage: As of yesterday, I’ve run 15.30 and walked 47.74 miles this month. It is my lowest month of running miles (in February I ran 19.76 miles) but my highest in walking miles. I still stay that’s a win!

Current Book: I finished reading “The Guide” and am halfway done. I am not too crazy about it and stubbornly I don’t want to stop reading it. I know it doesn’t make sense.

Current Shoes: Still running in my pretty blue Launch shoes. Well, I should say walking.

2023 Running Goal: At this point, I seriously doubt I will make my goal. I am 51% done. I need 388 miles and there are 124 days left this year. I need to get back to running mode and hopefully, I can do it once I get settled in school. But, any advice as to how to get back to running? I feel like I need to start over again. My last run was on August 7.

Injuries: None. My feet don’t hurt as much since I haven’t been running. They did hurt the first two days of school when I was walking back and forth in my work shoes. From now on I am sticking to gym shoes.

Races: None.

School: Last week was my first week. It was chaotic, interesting, and stressful. I will write more about it in Friday’s post.

Health: I am still not sleeping well. I nap when I get a chance. I am going to the doctor on September 8 for a physical and will ask for blood work to be done to check my A1c, glucose, iron, cholesterol, etc.

I think I have mentioned this before but my last period was in January. I thought I was done with periods. Guess what showed up two weeks ago? Yep! ¡Ay caramba!

Not a very exciting month but I am trying to make it through each day. I am sure once I am settled in with school, I will start running again and I can write about more exciting stuff. 😀

The topic for next week: Tell us what you are excited about this week. Feel free to write about this or any running-related topic. We hope you’ll link up with us!

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