There are a million motivational quotes to help us “get moving,” but none I can find to literally inspire me to “move.” As in, move into a new house while juggling work, life, running and 397 other things. Moving has been my main form of exercise the past week. Lift box. Carry upstairs. Unpack. Repeat. Can you believe I walked more than 20,000 steps on the first two days of moving by simply walking around the house and going up and down stairs? Rather than making me more exhausted during this process, running and working out actually gives me more energy. Between arranging furniture, hanging window treatments and accessorizing rooms, I’ve managed to squeeze in a few runs and a handful of new ClassPass classes during the past week.

Here’s a quick look at what has been happening over at rUnladylike headquarters lately.

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• Wednesday, 3/2: AM: Ran 5 miles before we closed on our new house; PM: Moving
• Thursday, 3/3: Moved all day
• Friday, 3/4: Moved all day

• Saturday, 3/5: Ran 4 miles with Mr. rUnladylike before moving all. day. long.

• Sunday, 3/6: AM: 1-hour spin class at SoHo Cycling via ClassPass + moving all. day. long. (notice the pattern here?)

• Monday, 3/7: 1-hour of strength training and cardio intervals at Barre Fitness via ClassPass. This was one of the best barre classes I’ve been to, and I loved that we alternated strength work with bursts of cardio to get our heart rates up.
• Tuesday, 3/8: 75 minutes of restorative yoga at Bella Prana Yoga via ClassPass; This is one of my favorite yoga studios in Tampa and gentle yoga was exactly what I needed to give my tired body some TLC. I followed that up with 4 hours of hanging art and pictures on the wall.
• Wednesday, 3/9: 1 hour of strength and interval training at South Tampa Fit via ClassPass; This was an insanely good workout at a new-to-me studio. At the end of the class, my heart rate felt as high as it would at the end of a 5K after intensity intervals alternating between a spin bike and slam balls. This is a class that challenged me and made me feel strong. And guess what I did all night? Yep, moving and hanging things.

On Thursday I’m running 5 to 7 miles with new friends, Friday is spinning, Saturday is a 6 to 8-mile run and Sunday will include a short recovery run with strength work. Back at it like normal next week with more running and lots of strength training.

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As for the house, it is really coming together. Other than one mishap of getting a 150-pound mirror dropped on my middle finger, it has been pretty smooth sailing. (My finger tip looks like a purple grape. Luckily, it is not my writing hand and it was not a foot. #SilverLining)

Here are a few pictures of the inside before we started moving things in (kitchen, butler’s pantry, living room, dining room, dinette area, master bath). Now that we’ve brought in all our furniture and are working on all the design elements, it is really looking good.

I’m excited to start working on our home gym soon. Stay tuned for more photos, tips and tricks for that process.

How has your week been so far? What is keeping you the busiest outside of running and working out?