May 20-25 Goals

Nothing crazy this week- just  the usual runs, bike ride, and hopefully a gym visit. I am attempting to slowly add in a little strength training, but can’t seem to get myself in the gym. I am sure there is a way to mix in a little  strength training while enjoying to almost summer weather! This week’s goals:

Monday: 3 Mile Run

Tuesday: 10 Mile Bike Ride [if the weather is nice]

Wednesday: Gym Day/Strength training

Thursday: 3 Mile Run

Friday: Rest Day

Saturday: Early morning run

Did I stick to the plan?

Spoiler Alert: I did not stick to last week’s goals.  However, a short 3.5 mile run did happened between rainy day naps and juice drinking! We decided to try the Dr. Oz/Joe Cross 3 Day juice diet after enjoying way too many Santa Barbara treats! The 3-day diet prescribed 5 daily juices and one meal of fruits and veggies. Pre-dinner Sunset Blend was my favorite drink- who knew beats, sweet potatoes, apples, and bell peppers  mixed into an amazing tasting juice.

Thursday: Two mile Walk {Rain, thunder, and major wind kept me indoors pushing a shopping cart around Sam’s club. Big store and huge carts- totally counts for a short walk.}

Friday: 10+ Mile bike ride {I hate to say it but this didn’t happen, but we did go see the new Star Trek movie and started a 3 day juice diet!}

Saturday: Local group 3-5 mile run {3.5 Mile Walk/Run without the running group. I was totally bummed to wake up to thunder, lighting, and an email cancelling Saturday’s morning run due to the weather. Once the weather cleared up we headed out to the trail for a quick run.}

Sunday: Something light and easy followed by a little time in the garden {At least Saturday’s run happened…}

May 16-19 Goals {Short Week}

I will keep it short this week since I have already missed telling you about about my Monday-Wednesday goals. The beginning of the week was packed with California fun and cross country traveling. We had a great trip visiting family, wine tasting, and half marathon racing- post coming soon with tons of pictures!

Thursday: Two mile Walk

Friday: 10+ Mile bike ride

Saturday: Local group 3-5 mile run

Sunday: Something light and easy followed by a little time in the garden

What really happened last week?

Monday: Rest Day {Yeah- this happened}

Tuesday: 4 Miles or 10 Mile Bike Ride {3 Mile walk/run}

Wednesday: Yoga and Vaca Packing. {Yoga turned into frantic clothes washing after coming home to find my laudry basket full of dirty water. Apartment Life…ugh}

Thanks maintenance man! So gross….

Thursday: Airport Sprints

Friday: Sightseeing in sunny California! {Sightseeing included a three mile walk along the Santa Barbara Bluffs.}

Loving the views from our Friday morning walk!

Saturday: Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon {Review coming this weekend!}

Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Start Line

Sunday: Recover {We walked several miles along one of the many beaches in the area}

Spotted this guy with mad frisbee skills while walking along the beach.

What I’m loving this week:

Runner’s World Article about Energy Gels- I am running my first marathon this fall and I am always looking for the best way to fuel during the race.

May 6-12 Goals

This week’s goals include a little running or biking followed by a long weekend sipping glasses of California wine!

Monday: Rest Day

Tuesday: 4 Miles or 10 Mile Bike Ride

Wednesday: Yoga and Vaca Packing.

Thursday: Airport Sprints

Friday: Sightseeing in sunny California!

Saturday: Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon {Follow Me on Twitter- I will step up the automatic time/distance tweets}

Sunday: Recover

Now on to the real business-Did I meet last week’s goals?

Key to my madness: Plan {What actually happened}

Monday: Rest Day {Of course that happened as planned.}

Tuesday: 3 or 4 Mile Run {2 mile run around my apartment complex.}

Wednesday: 1 Mile + Go-To gym routine {5 Miles for #5bythe5th}

Thursday: 1 Mile + 20 Min Tabata Style Mix {I had a bad day in the office and decided to treat myself to a new cut and color.}

Friday: 7 Mile Run {hmmm…. I worked in the garden-counts right?}

Saturday: 15 Mile Bike Ride {22.58 mile bike ride- We found the best bike route ever this weekend. I will post about it someday.}

Sunday: Yoga {Short Pilates video and long walk browsing the outlet mall.}

I am in love with this SiMbi hair tie I won from Tanya!

5K Turned RAD

I finally ran Color Me Rad’s 5K last weekend after missing every color related run last year due to training for my first half!  After spotting the race on a local race calendar, I told my running friends to get their white shirts ready!

What I enjoyed about the race…

1. The before and after pictures- We all had nice white t’shirts at the start line. After being pelted with colored dust clouds and rainbow sprays we crossed the finish line with wild tie-dyed shirts!

Yeah- My running friends are dudes. MUST FIND A CHICK TO RUN WITH!

2. Everyone loves color-Color Me Rad gets everyone outside and ready to run! I loved seeing a diverse crowd at local races! The start line was packed with families and large groups of friends! We ran the race in 37 mins- a 3 min PR for one of the runners in my group! Woo Hoo!

3. After Party- Apparently April 28 is Color Me Rad’s birthday! The after party was packed with color waves, birthday cake, t’shirt giveaways, and fun music!

What I didn’t enjoy about the race…

1. Color in the mouth- Okay, so I totally get that clouds of colors equals a dirty mouth!

2. Wet color spray- Two of the color stations were not powder, but cold wet spray. The colors did turn out amazing, but they were cold!!!

3. Car ride home- I forgot to bring along a towel or change of clothes to protect my car seats! Luckly one of my friends was over prepared and let me borrow an extra towel.

Overall: I loved every minute of the Color Me Rad 5K and will probably sign up for the next race that lands in my little city!

Can I have a little color mixed into all of my short runs? Please?

April 29- May 6 Goals

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I would like to start sharing my weekly fitness goals with you all. I am going to make an attempt to share my goals and progress from the previous week. I am having a lazy spell and really need to kick it to the side, posting my goals and progress is one of my attempts kick out the laziness. Next week you will get my progress and new goals! Until then…

Monday: Rest Day

Tuesday: 3 or 4 Mile Run

Wednesday: 1 Mile + Go-To gym routine

Thursday: 1 Mile + 20 Min Tabata Style Mix

Friday: 7 Mile Run

Saturday: 15 Mile Bike Ride

Sunday: Yoga

While checking up on my grammar skills this salad dressing hottie ended up on my screen. Gezz Kraft let’s not get a girl in trouble with the boss!!!

Fab Friday

1. I can’t get enough of Moby this week.

2. Honda has an awesome car battery warranty! I woke up to a dead battery this week, but Honda replaced it for FREE! HONDA ROCKS! Honda salesmen also rock! Went car shopping after hours last night and a previous salesman email me today b/c he spotted me window shopping! Best customer service- He left me alone and remembered me from a visit several weeks ago!

3.  Always leave your leafy veggies in the bag= lesson learned for the week.

4. New running shoes are the best! I just upgraded to Mizuno Wave Inspire 9. I have less than twenty miles on them, so it is still early in the game. So far I am loving them!

5. #ShipYourPants- Just watch. No words needed to describe why this is Fab Friday feature.

Did you find our keys?

Dear Mr. Pirate- Did you find our keys?

Funny story from last weekend-yeah I know it is already Thursday [I am really slacking at this whole blogging thing].

Background: Adam and I wanted to go for a short 3 mile run Saturday, so we completed our weekend chores and headed over to the Yorktown Beach. The temp was around 65, so Adam wore shorts and I wore capris (aka pants with a zipper pocket). We stretched, locked the car [Adam kept the car key in his non zipper pocket shorts], and started running.

Yorktown is a great place to run! There are several hills-this is a plus for my flat sea level area! The views are another plus for this local running spot! There are water views, Coast Guard boats and ships, and sailboats. You get it- great place to run!

We run a quick three miles and decide to do a little sightseeing before heading home. I wanted a sip of water before exploring so we stopped by the car just to discover the KEY WAS NOT IN ADAM’S POCKET!!!

Sightseeing is now put on hold and we search our path several times for the key- no luck! Anything useful [cell phones, extra keys, money, water] was either left at home or locked in the car. We ended up catching a cab home for $25 and hoped like hell the apartment complex had an extra key- they did!

Success- we are home-cab paid-door unlocked. Do we have a spare key for the locked car in the house? Nope. No key, so we took my car back to Yorktown just to call AAA to get our things out. The AAA lady was amazing and had the car unlocked in seconds. Guess what we found in the car- the spare key!

Moral of the story- zip your keys up and always call AAA first!

Have you ever lost your keys while running?

PS- If you ever find a solo car key hanging out on the Yorktown Beach let me know

 

Back away from the junk food….

22- 27 April 2013 Menu Link-Up

I am struggling to back away from last week’s junk food blow out! I am not buying any sweet or unhealthy treats this week and will be satisfying my sweet tooth with an afternoon yogurt snack. No cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, or mini candy bars!

Monday: We are trying Chobani’s Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes topped with Yogurt Cilantro Sauce. I’m super excited to find a salmon cake recipe that doesn’t include canned salmon.

Tuesday: Spaghetti squash topped with garlic shrimp-if I can find a spaghetti squash. I stopped at two stores and still no spaghetti squash.

Wednesday: I am attempting to recreate Panera’s Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich. This is one of my favorite sandwiches- hope it turns out just like Panera!

Hope I can recreate this favorite at home!

Thursday: Hamburgers and sweet potato fries. {Not healthy, but tasty}

Friday: Trader Joe’s Fish Tacos! It is one of my favorite quick Friday night treats.

Is it the wrong time of the year for spaghetti squash?

What’s a good side dish for Wednesday’s veggie sandwich?

No Change In Plans

Monday’s explosions and today’s manhunt has  boggled all of our minds and left us with a zillions questions. It is a terrible event, more than terrible! Many friends, family, and coworkers have commented on the horrible events and have shared their opinions about my future running plans.

My plans are NOT changing! I will be running the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon!

Credit: Life in the day of a runner

If I changed my plans because of these cruel cruel acts I should have also:

1) Dropped out of middle school after the Columbine shootings.

2) Never traveled by airplane after 9/11/2001.

3) Quit college during Junior year due to the VT massacre.

4) Stopped receiving mail due to the mailbox bombs and poisonous chemicals sent.

“If you ever lose faith in humanity, go out and watch a marathon” -Kathrine Switzer

#RunforBoston

The Boston Marathon news reports have left me speechless. I just keep asking myself- Who does such a thing to the running community? I have never felt more at home than with a group of runners. I am not a fast or skilled runner, but still accepted by all. I truly hate that such a terrible thing has happened to this group.

Tonight I will be taking a break from the world and focusing my attention on the things that truly matter- no blogging, reading blogs, or twitter chats! Instead I am lacing up my running shoes and hitting the pavement for the Boston Community and runners around the world.