2017 OMaD - Week 52

Hi everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! By the time you see this it'll be almost a week since Christmas. Where it the time going? Tomorrow is 2018, and I can't believe it!

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December 24 -30 

Day 358:  6.52 Miles - Christmas Eve Run! My training schedule had me down for 6.0 miles. I automatically decided that it had to be a 10k and tacked on the 0.20 in my head. However, when I ran further into the park I miscalculated my turnaround and I ended up at 6.52. I felt a little badass about it. It sure helped me mentally knowing that my mom was making my favorite cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning and there is pie to be had too! Anyway, back to the run... It was COLD and WINDY this morning! I'm glad that I always back extra layers in the winter season and I pulled out a polar fleece vest to wear since it was windier than expected, which made the wind chill even worse! I was really glad to be back home in the warmth.

We had planned on staying home all day but the Hubs had realized that he left one of his knives at the restaurant. Even though we knew someone wouldn't take it we both knew he wouldn't rest easy until it was home. So we visited work and I got to see the kitchen and meet some of his coworker and our friend Chef MM. After hanging out there for a bit we had lunch at Waffle House. Growing up my family and I called it Awful Waffle House cause we ate their often when traveling. I couldn't remember why till later in the day. My tummy was achy. Yep. Now I remembered! So, pretty much after grabbing something more for my Dad's gift, we rested till we were hungry for our new traditional Christmas Eve dinner - Christmas Quesadillas! Then we wrapped presents while watched Home Alone, another tradition!

Day 359: 0 Miles - It's CHRISTMAS! Leading up to this day it didn't feel like Christmas even though I was surrounded by holiday music, decor, movies and wrapping paper. It just didn't feel like it. But Christmas morning, I woke up smiling! This year was my family's turn to have Christmas morning with us, so I eventually got M out of bed (I literally had to jump on the bed to get him up!) and we got ready to go. It was a great Christmas! The family had fun. After presents with my family, we drove across town to M's parents house for round two. After gifts were exchanged we also showed his parents our wedding photos. Then... it was back down to my parents' house for the rest of the day and Christmas dinner! At the end of the day we were back home. I gave our cat a catnip toy that my mother-in-law made for him (needless to say that he didn't come to bed last night... I think he was up all night!). M also gave me another gift... a Runner's World calendar and a two year subscription to RW magazine! Overall, it was great day!

Day 360: 3.14 Miles - After M went to work I got ready for my run. I wimped out on the cold and got on a treadmill at the gym. The run was definitely slow going at the beginning. I was just plain tired and I ate so much sweets yesterday (which really wasn't, but at the same time more than I should've... but it was Christmas!). Especially during the last mile I finally got into a groove. I was hoping to go with 4 miles, but mentally I don't think I could've gotten that far. Also right at the 5k mark two other people entered the gym and took it over with their music (I was listening to Netflix) and they turned off all the ceiling fans, even the one behind me... So. I was ready to go before I started to say something.

The rest of the day I was a out of sorts and tired. I managed to do the grocery shopping without the list (I lost the list, but I only missed two items!). Then I hung out with my mom and puppy for the day before heading home to make dinner.

Day 361: 0 Miles - Back to work! It was a slow day, but not as miserable as the days leading up to Christmas. After work I got to hang out with my besties for our Christmas get together! Oh, and I've been eyeing the weather since we're now in winter mode here in North Texas. So far it looks like I may have to run my 7.5 miles on the treadmill - it's showing that Sunday will have AM showers with a high of 38. Yikes! 

Day 362: 0 Miles - I totally slept in this morning, and didn't go for my run. I told myself that I could either run on the treadmill after worker later tonight or tomorrow morning since I'm free from work. Basically... when I got home... I decided to run the next morning.

Day 363: 3.11 Miles - I accidentally slept in, but since it's my day off with no plans until later in the afternoon, it was OK! I got to the park and ran my usual 5k. I work an old pair of fleece lined leggings and remembered why I didn't were them often - the waist band is thin and when I run it rides down, which makes the crotch lower itself to about my thigh unless I tug on it. Ugh!

Day 364: 0 Miles - So, I've been watching the weather for tomorrow morning. Depending on the report it's either going to be horrible with winter mix or not so horrible. I can't figure out if I need to run 7.5 inside or outside yet. We'll see what I end up doing on the last day of 2017!

Day 365: 7.58 Miles - Last run of the year!!!! I woke up half expecting freezing drizzle/flurries swirling outside my window. What I saw instead was a very grim and grey morning with strong winds. I entertained the thought of adding on about 3 layers of clothes to run outside, but I stopped myself. Nope. I was going to the gym. I hopped onto the treadmill by the window (which has been typical spot this past month), and I couldn't help but think... "Man, it isn't freezing drizzling out there so I should be running outside." But I had to tell myself to shut up. I watched two episodes of Supernatural on Netflix. Man, I tell you. I use to watch the reruns on TNT, but it's been years. Now when I watch it I go, "This is kinda creepy! Should I be watching this?" Lol!

After my run (finish time 1:43:37) and I ate a good breakfast of leftover rice, roasted sweet potatoes, red onions and grape tomatoes with two fried eggs. Yum! M didn't have to go into work until later in the afternoon so we got to watch and episode of The Punisher while we cooked some soup for later tonight and tomorrow. In the afternoon, I plan on spending time with the family!

Total Miles this week: 20.35 Miles Total

Miles to Date: 402.77 Miles Total for 2017!!! 

Do you have any Christmas traditions to share?

Catch you guys on the flip side! Happy New Year! 
 

2017 OMaD - Week 51

One more week till Christmas! AAAAAAHHH! I'm not ready! We're not ready! Christmas came up just as quickly as Thanksgiving for us. It'll be the new year before you know it!

I'll have to admit that this week I struggled with keeping my sweet tooth in check, especially since I have gobs and gobs of coworkers are sharing holiday treats like its the newest trend. While I appreciate their generosity and holiday spirit, the Scrooge side of me (especially my tummy) is not entirely happy with my lack of strong will!

December 17 - 23

Day 351:  5.11 Miles - I feel like this was a solid run. I stuck to the 1min : 30sec interval running, and it worked out well. Yay!

Day 352: 0 Miles - I did about 20 minutes of strength training with my kettlebell before M woke up. Hee hee! Pretty much the rest of the day was focused on Christmas shopping for the family.

Day 353: 3.24 Miles - I woke 6am to a loud thunderclap. Since then I had trouble getting back to sleep, which completely sucked since by the time my alarm went off I was tiiired. Today was an extremely rainy day, so it was a easy treadmill run at the gym. Even though I prefer running outside, I do like the idea of catching up on a Netflix show while running too. My overall time was around 44 minutes, which is slower than usual for my 5k runs, but treadmill running is different for overall. Next time I'll have to up the speed. Also today, M started his new job! Whoo hoo! I took a picture of him before he left, pretty much just like a mom taking a picture of her kid on the first day of school. Lol! 

Day 354: 0 Miles - Rest day of sorts! I spent this morning at work getting scared about doing the Cross Timbers 5 miler in February. It's a race that my buddy HC talked me into doing (I have yet to sign up for it, but I have the day off) to get me to do something different. I'm worried it's too technical and I'll hurt myself. Or get a lost. Oh, and not to mention I have drive about 1.5 hours to get there (hopefully we'll carpool). At least it's in the winter time so there shouldn't be any bugs or snakes to worry about. Anyway, I googled the heck out of the hiking trial to get more insight, and I FB messaged the Hubs. Basically, at this point I know that I'll join the race as a way to get myself out of my comfort zone and try/learn/earn something new. It's going to be something I'll have to work towards preparing myself for.   

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 Day 355: 3.12 Miles - I was up and at it a bit early this morning. I forced myself to get out of bed right at 7am. I had a deadline. Apparently, I apartment complex's power was going to shut off for an hour starting at 9:30am. That mean I needed to make sure that I was at the park by 8 to start running and give myself time to get home, eat and shower before this all happens. So! I did. My run went really well. There weren't very many people there, which was really nice. I did have to pee the entire time thanks to the fact Parks and Rec locked the bathrooms for the winter (boo!). The run itself was great, and I'm feeling like 5k is comfortable now. I average around 00:38:00 and some change finish time. I had the thoughts that I could definitely push myself on some runs to improve the time, especially since I did that at my last 5k race earlier this month. Oh, and by the way. The power never went off. Of course.

Day 356:  0 Miles - Last night I tried to make myself go to bed. I was in bed by 10pm, but I couldn't nod off. I eventually started to right when M texted he was coming home from work. But then a huge fight broke out at the corner bar and woke me up. Basically, I hung out with M while he ate and I eventually fell asleep next to him on the couch while watching a show about Bigfoot on Netflix. It was definitely close to 2am when I stumbled a comfy bed. So... fast forward, not too much, to later this morning and I snoozed my alarms so many times that I was a late for work! Needless to say, I did not get any cross-training in.

Day 357: 0 Miles - Last work day before Christmas! I couldn't wait for this day to end! I was very much a grump this morning and most of the day. What was great was my parents stopped by after they picked up their new puppy, and I got to snuggle with her for a few minutes!

Total Miles this week: 11.47 Mile

Miles to Date: 382.42 Miles

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!! 

2017 OMaD - Week 50

This week marks the first week of my half marathon training! Aah! I'm excited.

December 10 - 16

Day 344:  0 Miles - Rest day! Since I ran a race yesterday (not to mention totally kick butt at doing so!)  I counted that as my weekend run. Which was good cause... I. was. so. tired! M had gotten up before the sun did to get ready for work (last brunch shift at his current place of work!), and I could not wake up. I couldn't get out of bed. So tired! He pretty much had to kiss me good-bye while I was still half-asleep. I eventually ended up having coffee and water in bed before going out to hang with my sister for a while. We had fun together, which is something that doesn't as happen as it should (in my opinion)!

Day 345: 0 Miles - Monday = doggy sitting day! I did have time for lunch with my friend HL, who I haven't seen since the wedding! We had lunch at XO coffee, which was right near the place we got married. Oh, the memories! After lunch and coffee I ran some errands before heading back to my parents' doggies.

Day 346: 3.17 Miles - I had to force myself to get out there and run before. My knee was achy, and I just wanted to rest. But I got out there. I ran most the 5k, which is great. I didn't turn my interval reminder back on so it was a "free running." I glad that I got out there and ran. I had to roll out an achilles on one leg and ice the knee on the other, but it was good. Now that I'm in official training, I need to get serious on the cross-training to help strengthen my hips and thighs. 


Day 347: 0 Miles - I did a little, itty bitty kettlebell workout when I got home form work. I'm so out of shape! I use to make it through a whole workout sequence before my legs would shake. Nope. Not even half way through did that happen.

Day 348: 0 Miles - I did not fall asleep until 3am this morning. So needless to say I slept in as much as I could. That meant skipping my run. 

Day 349:  0 Miles - I made sure I took some sleepy gummies last night to get a better night's sleep an it worked. Before going into work M and I got to view our wedding photos for the first time! Yay! They turned out great! I was beginning to become self-conscious about how I looked cause when I'm excited happy my shoulders have the habit to shoot up and arch, and I smile with my mouth closed a lot more than I used to. There are some pictures where I look like I'm crying cause I smiling with my mouth closed, but I'm not. But overall, they're great pictures! Now we have the job to pick some of them for a photo album that our photographer is making for us!

Day 350: 0 Miles - Work day, but it ended with fun! My brother-in-law (my favorite in-law) wanted us to meet his girlfriend, which is a huge deal for him. So we had them over for dinner!

Total Miles this week:  3.17 Mile (that's it? Really?!)

Miles to Date: 370.95 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 49

First full week of December! Whoo hoo! To be honest... I wrote this post each day during the week, but on the very last day when I added the entry for my race... I lost all of it! So, what we have now is a rewrite of my week. It may be a little sparse here an there, but you'll get the idea of what happened!

December 3 - 9

Day 337:  5.01 Miles - For this day I had planned between 4 - 5 miles pending on how I felt. I felt good, especially with the fact that I was able to zone during the run. I did work a little harder towards the end and I tired! Interestingly enough, my average pace was a slower than last week's 5-miler, but the finish time is the same.

Day 338: 0 Miles - Rest day! The hubs and I had the day off together, and it was awesome!

Day 339: 3.11 Miles - Another 5k run in the books. The cold front blew in today, and it was chilly! What I liked about this run was even though I felt slow, I had negative splits! Mile 1 - 14:04, Mile 2 - 13:53, and Mile 3 - 13:12. 

Day 340: 0 Miles - Rest Day! M and I had the day off again, which was great! We went up to the Frisco area. First I had to pick up packets for my little running team for the Frosty 5k. The experience of pick up seriously needed some better organization, but oh well. After that we had an adventure in Ikea! I love me some Ikea!

Day 341: 3.11 Miles - Now, I thought that the cold front on Tuesday was cold. I was wrong. The real one hit overnight and I was faced with a training run in 20 mph wind gusts and 29 degree wind chill. Now, that's cold! Brrr! I did a 5k and it felt that it took forever.

Day 342:  0 Miles - Another rest day! I took the time to dream about another full marathon. So far the BCS Marathon is in the lead for my 2018 goal. I had such a good experience with that marathon.

Day 343: 4.13 Miles - Race day! I woke up at 5am, and I just wanted to sleep, but I got up anyway. While I had my coffee I made a new playlists of punk music to run to. After getting stuck in traffic for a little bit, I made it to the race. Running buddy HC and I ran the fun run mile to warm up, which was a great steady 11:13 finish time of running straight. For the 5k, I was hoping to beat HC, but she booked it fast and left me in her dusts. That being said, my attempt to keep up with her ended with an awesome finish time of 00:30:40, which is 14 seconds slower than my PR set in 2015 when I was at my lightest weight. Overall, I've pretty happy!

Total Miles this week:  15.36 Mile

Miles to Date: 367.78 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 48

We're now into holiday season! It'd be nice if it was cooler out, but this is Texas after all. Mornings are chilly, but afternoons are not.


November 26 - December 2   

Day 330: 5.03 Miles - Today I was aiming for between 4 - 5 miles. 5 would be awesome and 4 would be acceptable. I'm excited to say that I did a solid 5. I felt great! I still feel like I'm getting somewhere, finally! The rest of the day was perfect in the fact that M and I were off from work, and we got to completely relax (stuff we use to do before wedding planning hit!). So nice!

Day 331: 0 Miles - To start off my day to myself, I did a complete beginner yoga sequence from Yoga with Adriene (http://yogawithadriene.com), which I liked quite a bit. I think I'll give this ago for a week or so before advancing onto another beginner video. After that I wrote all of our Thank You cards for our wedding gifts. What do you do when you have gifts from an unknown giver? After that... grocery store. I did make a tasty meatloaf for dinner, though!

Day 332: 3.11 Miles - I needed a great big straw this morning cause I really needed to Suck It Up, Buttercup. I would find an excuse even though the little runner in my head told me to just go. M finally had to convince me to go. I felt better the moment I saw the park. I ran a good 5k, and tried to add in some fartleks here and there. 

Day 333: 0 Miles - What can I say? Work is work, and I'd rather be doing something else... like trying out that new yoga sequence or at the gym and being at home where there is comfort. Do you ever have those days where little things creep into your head and get you down? To the point that if you actually stop and listen to those voices that you'll breakdown and cry, but you force yourself to be preoccupied? Today is one of those days for me. It turns out M got home early, which is just what I needed because my back was in a lot pain. I must've slept wrong overnight and throughout the day the aching progressively got worse. He helped made dinner, which included a delicious arugula salad (I heart me some arugula!). The tens unit and ice was my post-dinner activity.

Day 334: 0 Miles - I didn't run today. My back was still achy and if I arched it in any way it hurt. Whatever I did yesterday, I did it good. I don't think the yoga did it to me cause I didn't do any crazy moves. I think I just slept wrong. My back wasn't too achy when I woke up, but as the day went on at work it was definitely sore. Thankfully and Ibuprofen helped me out. I pretty much felt good the rest of the day with a few twinges here and there.

Day 335:  0 Miles - Back getting better, but I get a tweak every so often. Work was slooooow, but it was awesome to come home to the Hubs (who was off from work that day) who made a delicious ropa vieja and rice and beans. Mmmm!

Day 336: 0 Miles - I completely thought that this day was Sunday, and I was thinking to myself about my run when I realized that I needed to go to work! Ack! I went to my employer's very large Christmas Party. I was totally have social anxiety leading up to do this, but I'm glad I went and socialized for a bit with some people I know. Granted, I ate all the food (including a slice of cheesecake), and I regretted in the morning. It was nice to come home to my hubs, who just got home too. 

Total Miles this week:  8.14 Mile

Miles to Date: 352.42 Miles

2017 OMaD Week 47

Holiday Week! Aaaah! I decided about a week or so ago that I was not going to join some of my running buddies for the Turkey Trot because I didn't want to deal with trying to get to downtown Dallas and back. Also, running wise, I just got back into running full swing and I don't want to push myself too far just yet. Now, I can't wait to chill. Run a private 5k in my own park while my hubby (who is off instead of working brunch) finishes making our side dishes for our Thanksgiving Meal with my family! It's going to be fun!

November 19 - 25  

Day 323:  4.51 Miles - I had a solid run today! I was planning for at least a 4 miler, but was debating on 4.5 or 5. I decided mid-run to do 4.5 so that it'll be around the 10% increase from last week. I found that I was pushing myself a little too fast during my intervals last week. Thankfully, it kinda happened naturally, but I had the mental set to start out slow and run negative splits. It worked out! I felt great! I think eating a good protein and carb dinner helped a lot. I felt like I could've gone onto 5 miles easily, but I had made up my mind and I had pushed at the end. I even bumped my interval from 1min/30sec to 2min/30sec during the last mile when I felt like it.

After my run, I chilled with the hubs who had some major allergy stuffy nose and headache. We had Pho for lunch before I headed out to do a volunteer gig for the Beef Team with the Healthy Kids Running series, which was a lot of fun. Back home for dinner M and I had Korean food, which was the first time for me. Omg... I like bulgogi! Yum!

Day 324: 0 Miles - Day off! I got to meet up with my bestie JM, which was the first time for seeing each other since the wedding! We had fun slurping down ramen then walking around Target (that store is dangerous!). I got to show here all of my honeymoon photos while we sat in Starbucks. I had my first sugary coffee and sweet (chocolate covered graham cracker) in a long while. So much fun!

Day 325:  3.10 Miles - Slow run in some respects. My body just didn't want to go fast in some respects. It's all good, but I felt off. When I got home I wanted to eat junk food. Like candy. But I made myself eat and apple with peanut butter. Then when it was time to do some TV vegging with the hubs with some herbal tea. I took a couple of sips and I was out like a light while M watched The Punisher. 

Day 326: 0 Miles - Day before Thanksgiving! Aah! Pretty much all day I was psyching myself up to bake my very-pie-completely-on-my-own. I'm happy to say that making the family pie crust dough was so easy, and so was prepping the apples (granted, M helped with that). I did blind bake the pie crust, which is something I have never ever done before, but I got to say that it worked out great and that it made a great difference.

Day 327: 3.11 Miles - I got in a quick run in the morning. I was really wanting to go for 4 miles, but timing was not great since I also had to help make some side dishes for the family meal. It was nice and quiet at the park, which was really nice. Back home, M and I roasted some sweet potato with caramelized onions, Andouille sausage (all mixed together... yum!) and some caramelized brussel sprouts. So, good! We got to my parents house a little late, but it was all good. Our holiday was relaxing and fun. M didn't have to be the chef much that day. He just made the gravy and carved the turkey, which by the way, my mom roasted the turkey in a Egg bbq (only in Texas) - it was awesome! I had two cinnamon rolls, which was a lot of sweets in one sitting for me, and 1.5 slices of pie and one scoop of ice cream. Overall, I didn't really over do it. I felt proud about that!

Day 328:  0 Miles - Today was a rough day. I couldn't get out of my head that all the work I've been doing for the majority of this month is not ever going to workout and I will never lose weight or get back to lighter size. Anyway, I felt discouraged. I was also frustrated that pretty much greedy people shopping everywhere ruin the fun in a lot of respects to enjoy time with friends and family. For example, do not go to a Starbucks on Black Friday. Everyone needs refueling in their shopping frenzy, and this is the place to go. I did breakdown had another cinnamon roll at my parents house.

For dinner I made a delicious salad from the Run Fast. Eat Slow. cookbook - arugula, roasted asparagus, blueberries, toasted hazelnuts, feta cheese, and roasted salmon with a balsamic dressing. Yum! M liked it. 

Day 329: 0 Miles - Work day. Boo! I'm ready for the weekend!

Total Miles this week:  10.72 Mile

Miles to Date: 344.28 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 46

Wedding-planning free and now focused on getting back into shape and into running mode again! 

November 12 - 18  

Day 316:  4.02 Miles - So today I was determined to go past the 5k distance and go for 4 or 5 (depending on how I felt). Also, I made myself turn on the interval training on my Garmin. I started out with a 2 min/30 sec interval and it wasn't too bad, but I probably should've started out with a 1 min/30 sec interval instead. I did switch to the 1/30 half way through the run, and I liked it a little better. I could pick up my pace and cadence a bit more for that 1 minute run before resting. I'm definitely going to give this a try more when I increase my mileage. I've been a little reluctant to do the intervals since this was what I started out with, but I know I need to start at the beginning. I did the 4 miles in 50 minutes, and I feel happy about that! I worked myself hard enough that I crashed for a nap after breakfast.

Day 317: 0 Miles - Rest day... well, pretty much was a rest day. I didn't do any workouts in the true sense. I did help the hubs reorganize our kitchen to make room for our kitchen wedding gifts, which was a workout. After that we sent a giant order of photos ready to print at Walgreens, and we ran over to Michaels to get a photo album. All said and done, by 11:30pm today we have a honeymoon photo album and it is awesome!

Day 318:  3.10 Miles - My usual 5k this morning, but I did 1 min/30 sec intervals for the most part. I felt good. Not too tired at the end of it like some of my other 5ks in the past where I tried to run the whole thing. Different parts of my lower legs do ache a little, and I'm making sure I take care of them. For this run I got up right around 6:30am so that I was out the door sooner than later to get ready for my dentist appointment later that morning. I'm happy to say that my plan worked out great, and I plenty of time to stop by the apartment to get clean and eat and be ready for work. Score! However, by the it was time for work I was ready for a nap! 

Day 319: 0 Miles - Rest day and a busy day at work. I had to wear inpractical work shoes for a meeting and it suuuuucked! My shins were not happy! I typically break the dress code an wear Converse with arch supports, and my supervisor is OK as long as I don't get caught. But a meeting at different location changes all that.

Day 320: 3.11 Miles - My run the morning wasn't has easy as the one on Tuesday. I blame my achy legs. I had the day off today, and I spent it with my family. It was nice to spend time with them and not be anxious or busy with wedding stuff. Life is getting back to normal.

Day 321:  0 Miles - I did not want to go work today. I feel out of sorts emotionally. I basically wanted to be in pjs in bed and veg on TV. Part of it is that I'm missing our family doggie, Emme. In some respects I'm glad I've cut out eating candy or sugar, but today I wish I could let myself slip. But I know I can't.

Day 322: 0 Miles - Rest day. Got a lot of stuff done at work. At home I made Salisbury Steak from scratch, and it was soooo good! 

Total Miles this week: 10.23 Miles -

Miles to Date: 333.56 Miles

2017 OMaD - Weeks 42 - 45

OMG! Where has the time gone! I can't believe that I've missed out on almost a month worth of postings! Things have been cray-cray over here, but it's all ends beautifully!

In the time that I've been away I tried my best to fit running and workouts in.. however the closer I got to our wedding day... the less time I had.

I'm happy to say that I'm married to my best friend and almost stress free!!


October 15 - 21   

Day 288:  3.18 Miles - A good 5k in the park. Nothing special to report.

Day 289: 0 Miles - This was a crazy day! First thing in the morning, M and I got our marriage license! Eeeeeh! S$%T got real, man! We celebrated by having breakfast at Cindi's New York Deli and Bakery. Yum! After that we had our final meeting with the wedding venue. Then! We went to the State Fair! So much fun! We got our Fletcher's Corny Dog (SOOOO GOOD! I could've eaten 3 of them, at least!), a Tamale Donut and I got a pineapple and chocolate swirled ice cream cone! 

Day 290: 0 Miles - No running today. I honestly can't remember why! 

Day 291: 0 Miles - I got up early to go to a special work training this morning, which meant I got out of work early later in the day. I met my mom at our wedding venue to test some things out. She then took me shopping for a new pair of jeans for our trip!

Day 292: 0 Miles -No running today. I was starting to get tired. I worked an event in the afternoon, so I was crazy tired when I got home.

Day 293: 0 Miles - Today, was the day for a breakdown. I basically worked on printing some wedding stuff during the day, and tried to cut the papers on the work's paper cutter (totally allowed) and it was messing up. Basically.... I broke down in the car after work. I was so upset that I couldn't get my wedding errands done. I went home and bawled my eyes out and called my mom. I ended up going to her place for help and M met me there after he got off of work.

Day 294: 0  Miles - Today was better... but I was very tired so thankfully with my mom's help there wasn't much I needed to do.

Total Miles this week: 3.18 Miles -

Miles to Date: 305.12 Miles


October 22 - 28    

Day 295:  2.51 Miles - I tried to run today, but I was breaking out in what seems like hives when I was running. I think it was stress, sweat and a reaction to a different lotion I've been using. I swear the itch on my skin was worse than chigger bites! I had to cut my run short to get home quick to shower.

Later that night was my Bachelorette Party. My friends took me to an Escape Room, which was loads of fun. We totally did a great job solving the puzzles, but we were in a room that needed more players so we didn't make it out in time. But it was so much fun! After that we had a totally delicious dinner and drinks at Mesa Maya. Yum!

Day 296: 0 Miles - I honestly can't remember what I did today.

Day 297: 0 Miles - I remember going to work and having a pizza party with my coworkers.

Day 298: 0 Miles - This was my last day of work. I was working hard on getting things prepped for people would be filling in my spot for me. I also printed out all of the wedding programs and cut them out by today.

Day 299: 0 Miles - First day off! From what I can remember, M and I went to get M's hair cut and to pick up his suit and we worked on packing things. We had a awesome BBQ dinner with Mark's aunt and cousins from Ohio.  We did go to the grocery store to buy a butt load of food for our rehearsal dinner (potluck) and to make rice cripsy treat wedding favors.

That night was full of stress, a lot of tears, a lot of frustration, a lot of everything. I ended up with a stress migraine. Because of misunderstanding with my bridesmaids, M and I were up till 4am working on the rice crispies.

Day 300: 0 Miles - The day before the wedding! That morning I stopped by my mom's to see if they needed any help with the flowers. Then I came back to my place to meet up with two of my friends/bridesmaids. Our wedding rehearsal was in the afternoon. We drove to downtown Plano and got some much needed coffee (let me tell you, I love the Dirty Chai at XO Coffee). The weather was crazy that day! It was 80 degrees on Thursday and today it was in the 50s. It actually started to sleet on the way to the venue!

Our rehearsal went really well, and we all felt confident! We all dispersed ways to only meet up again at my parents house for a potluck rehearsal dinner, which was a lot of fun!

After the dinner, my friends and I stayed up late with my mom, aunt and sister-in-law to make the bouquets. It was a late night, but it was fun. I love my SIL for the fact that she knew how to do bouquets!!!!


Day 301: 0  Miles - IT'S HERE!!!! WEDDING DAY!!!! Aaahhh! I work a little later than expected. I decided on the fly not to get my nails done with one of my bridesmaids cause I was tired of driving everywhere. My two other girls, who spent the night, and I had coffee then went shopping for accessories for their hair. While I got my hair done they bought some cardigans for their dresses since it got so cold.

Every so often M would call since he and his dudes were in charge of decorating the venue. They did an awesome job!

After getting my hair done, I checked into the hotel that M and I were staying at that night. A nice little special touch! Then the day was starting to be a little bit of a blur in some respects. We got to the venue and into the bridal suite. It took a little longer than expected to get ready so we didn't have as much time for bridal pictures as we expected, but it was ok.

The ceremony started a little later than expected, but that's OK I guess. I remember walking in with my girls through a bar next door to the venue (that was an experience!) then the venue staff did a great job helping us with staging walking down the hall to the ceremony room. They weren't their for coordination but to take care of the facility, but they did this anyway! So awesome! I remember seeing my dad practice his "Her mother and I do" in the hall" while I was around the corner. I waved at my soon-to-be Brother-in-Law who was helping with our music. He was so worried that he would mess up, but did amazing! I remember the venue girls fluffing my dress a little, and my dad and I started walking in.

I fixed my eyes on M and the ceremony went to by so fast and yet not fast at all... I wanted to giggle I was so happy. I nearly cried during my vows. It was awesome!

After the ceremony we took pictures outdoors and then we were back inside. The reception was great! It was so hard to talk to everyone - we had about 60 or so, but maybe less. We had a great buffet dinner. There was a Polaroid camera photobooth. Cake was awesome! We had glow stick necklaces for everyone to play around with when we exited the venue. It was a lot of fun! I can't believe it happened!

 We stayed in our hotel. We were so tired that we basically got into PJs and talked about our day leading up to the wedding and at the event. Then we passed out in bed! :P

Total Miles this week: 2.51 Miles -

Miles to Date: 307.63 Miles


October 29 - November 4   

Day 302:  0 Miles - First day as a married person! Whah?! M and I got donuts and cappuccinos near our hotel after we checked out. Mmmm. We got home and started packing for our honeymoon. I actually needed to do a load of laundry too. We took the kitty cat Jackson down to my parents house, and we got to see my siblings and aunt one last time before they headed home. We ate dinner at Afrah Mediterranean.

Day 303: 0 Miles - M's Dad picked us up dark and early this morning to take us to the airport. Going through ticketing and security was a breeze. We had egg bagel sandwiches while we waited for our flight. We landed in Boston and I got to drive through the highways out of Massachusetts and into New Hampshire and into Vermont. The fall colors were ah-mazing! 

Day 304: 0 Miles - We love Vermont! We stayed in Woodstock, which is a gorgeous little town. We stuck close to our inn and enjoyed the town. Did some shopping. It was so nice!

Day 305: 3.11 Miles - I went for a run through a cover bridge on the carriage roads that were part of the Billings Park/Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park that went up the side of Mount Tom. It was a lot fun and so so so quiet and secluded! Later in the day M and I went to a maple syrup and cheese farm. It was so cold and fun! We brought home a lot of stuff from the farm! :P Oh! And I ate apple pie with cheddar cheese for the first time!

Day 306: 0 Miles - Another nice quiet day. We ate our last dinner in Woodstock at the Simon Pearce restaurant. We got to see the glass blowing forges below the restaurant. Fun! I ad creme brulee for the first time for dessert!

Day 307: 0 Miles - I was sad to leave Woodstock. I loved our stay. So did M. We ate breakfast at a diner and went to an antique mall in Quechee before driving into Boston for last part of our stay.

Day 308: 8  Miles - Ah! Boston! We walked the Freedom Trail today, which took all day instead of a few hours like we expected. It was a lot of fun though!  I'm totally counting 8 miles this as an exercise it my body totally felt the trek. The trail is 2.5 miles long, but add in leaving and going back to the hotel (2 miles) and somehow all the weaving around we ended up with 9 miles that day. For dinner I had my first ever Lobster Roll and New England Clam Chowder!

Total Miles this week: 11.11 Miles 

Miles to Date: 313.05 Miles


November 5 - 11   

Day 309:  4.0 Miles - I ran in Boston! I ran from our hotel through the downtown to Boston Commons. Not even halfway through this 0.80 portion I lost GPS and didn't get it back until I was in Boston Commons. I ran part of the Commons, but more so in the Public Gardens. I saw the Make Way for Ducklings statues and I took a lot of pictures. I did run on part of the Commonwealth greens, which was gorgeous! I didn't lose GPS on the way back to the hotel, but it totally thought I went on a crazy route and said I had my fast mile (8 min/1mi), which I'm doubt really happened. It was a lot of fun, my feet only hurt a little bit after the long we had the day before.

After getting back to the hotel to get clean, M and I got my donuts ate Kane's Donuts and walked into the city. We found the Boston Public Library, which I heard is gorgeous inside (it was closed unfortunately cause it was Sunday morning). I was more excited about seeing the Boston Marathon Finish Line, which was right next to the library! It was awesome! Mecca!!!

We got back to the hotel to chill before checking out. In the time before we left for the airport we did stop by a massive Old Navy and I bought a new cardigan. Airport ticketing and security wasn't as easy going home as before, but it wasn't horrible. My parents picked us and took us home.

Day 310: 0 Miles - Our first day back! We did gobs of laundry and started working on the

Day 311: 3.17 Miles - I thought it was a little warmer than what it said it was on the weather app (windy, especially) so I a little under dressed. It was a good run, and it was nice to be back at my old park, but I do kinda miss a different scenery. 

Day 312: 0 Miles - Rest day. I'm not quite ready for gym work just yet

Day 313: 3.10 Miles -This was a little bit of a harder run that Tuesday, but it was nice and cool out, and dressed just right. It was good to get a run in before going back to work for the first time in two weeks! Thankfully it was a quiet day! I had a lot of emails to catch up on.

Day 314: 0 Miles -It was a Staff Training Day. I was going to go to the gym to work out (burn off the junk food from training), but the elliptical weren't working and the other gym with the spin bikes was being used for soccer practice. So, I just walked around for 2 miles. Since I literally sat all day long I'm not counting the 2 miles because it's what I would've done at least if I was working normally.

Day 315: 0 Miles - Rest Day at work. I did sneak in some time to work on my training schedule for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon that is happening at the end of March 2018. :-)

Total Miles this week: 10.28 Miles -

Miles to Date: 323.33 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 41

Well... straight onto week 2 of getting back into a routine. And less than 3 weeks till the wedding! Life is getting hectic again, but thankfully, working is providing me with an outlet! Why did I ever take a break?

October 8 - 14   

Day 281:  4.12 Miles -Surprisingly, I work up (granted a little later than I had hoped for) and felt mostly fine and normal. Yay! No cold yet! M on the other hand might be getting the seasonal sickness. Anyway, I actually woke up right when he was leaving for work. I got to the park around 8:10. The temp was sooooo nice! Hello, 63 degrees! I also wore my new tank top, and it was great! I felt good enough over all that I ended up with 4 miles instead of the standard 5k. Yay!

Day 282: 0 Miles - Arm Day! I arms didn't ache as bad they did last week! Yay! Once M was at work I went to my mom's so that we could work on the wedding flowers!

Day 283: 3.12 Miles - I honestly don't remember this run! But I do remember it being chilly! I wore capris and a t-shirt!

Day 284: 0 Miles - I did a mini kettlebell workout cause I was losing energy quickly! I got off of work early so that we could meet with the wedding photographer.

Day 285: 0 Miles - I didn't run today. There was so much to do on my day off. M and I did some wedding work. Then I took the kitty cat to the vet for his check-up (he's healthy!). Then I had a hair appointment to get it all trimmed up and add new highlights. After that I met up with my friend HL to shop for some wedding make up. Whew! After we hung out for a couple of hours, I got the oil changed in the car and went to Hobby Lobby for some photobooth stuff. I finally rested at my Mom's house for a while before heading home.

Day 186: 0 Miles - This morning I was getting a little overwhelmed with everything. I just sat there and read the news instead of going to the gym or doing yoga. At one pointed I ended up in bed for a about 10 minutes to get away from the world.Work was very busy, thankfully! After being freed from work I spent the night with my best friends at Shakespear in the Park eating Chinese food. Mmmm!

Day 287: 0  Miles - Last day of the week! I'm so tired! I'm glad that the weekend is here, but I know that it's not going to be a relaxing one. Maybe I'll be able to catch a nap at some point!

Total Miles this week: 7.24 Miles -

Miles to Date: 301.94 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 40

It's OCTOBER! I have less than 4 weeks till our wedding. I wrote up a training plan to get back to 15k distance that will lead me to a half marathon distance after 10 weeks of the 15k training schedule. I don't start the training just yet, but I'm going to get myself back to the routine before I jump into it.

October 1 - 7  

Day 274:  3.12 Miles - I ran a 5k, and it was rough. I definitely feel out of shape. I need to get everything back! Ugh! My besties were suppose to come over for lunch, see our new home, and do some wedding shopping. But, alas, they couldn't make it. Boo! So I spent the day veggie in front of Netflix.

Day 275: 0 Miles - Upper Body Strength Training! Mondays are when I do my upper body now. I was so nervous of maybe having someone beat me to the gym and hog all the equipment. But I lucked out and I was practically alone. When I got back after 20 minutes I also did 50 sit ups. M had to massage my arms before I could even lift my coffee cup to my lips! During breakfast M and I worked on our wedding ceremony planning. Then! While he was at work, I went shopping and recon on other things to buy for the wedding reception. After everything I went to the grocery store started dinner. It was a LONG day!

Day 276: 0 Miles - I had no motivation today to go for my run. I got up early. Drank my coffee. Stared out of our living room window at the drizzly rain that was going on out there in the world. I have no one to be accountable but myself and maybe M. But, some days, that is not good enough. I wish I had a running buddy, like HC, that I could run with. But I don't (she's training for a marathon and is far past the limit of mileage that I can do.). Anyway, I pretty did not go for my run. And I totally regretted it later on... when it was too late for me to go. It sucked. Pretty much the rest of my day was crappy, but ended well. 

Day 277: 0 Miles - Kettlebell Day. I had my first "wedding related nightmare" early, early this morning. Pretty much right before my 6:15am alarm I had a nightmare where we were at our wedding venue (which really wasn't our venue) and I realized that I left my make up (something I typically don't wear) and accessories at home. My bridesmaids went out to collect everything, but they were lost and couldn't find anything. But my phone was some weird looking clicker with missing buttons. Basically, the entire wedding was running late. It was nasty and uber stressful.

So I forced myself up and I got my kettlebell workout in. The rest of the day I went well. I finally got all my bridal shower "Thank You" cards done during my lunch hour. After work I also picked up a couple items for our centerpieces to play with.

Day 278: 3.14 Miles - I got up before 7am and tried to stretch while sipping my coffee and catching up on the news. I was going a little slower than I should have and didn't get out to the park until a little before 8am. But it was not bad. I felt good running a 5k. I could tell my pace was fast but I wasn't overly tired and winded. I was definitely sore from working out earlier this week. My 5k time was 40 minutes and some change, which is not bad. M and I worked on some wedding plans before we both headed off to a crazy day at work! 

Day 279: 0 Miles - Another Cross-Training Day! Instead of going to gym to cycle, I decided to experiment with yoga. The reason? My muscles - from my arms to my hammies - were so so so sore it was hard to move at times yesterday. Last night M had massage my arm it hurt so much. Anyway! I tried out half of Runner's World's Class 5: Beginner Yoga and half of Runner's World's Class 1: Essential Yoga. So far, I'm liking Class 1 more (I should've gone with that one instead of starting with Class 5). I totally can tell that I do not have any finesse with yoga, but I'll still give it ago again! I can definitely say that my arms feel better, my legs may not be as sore. Though, I may have a crick in my back shoulder from one move.

After work I did, what felt like, a gobs of errands. I went to an Asian market to get some mung bean sprouts for dinner. Then I went to a Hobby Lobby to get some more stuff for the wedding. Last, I went to Dick's Sporting Goods to get a shirt that I saw the weekend before and a new running tank top. Then I was home for a quick break before I started making dinner, which was a Asian bowl with tempeh. I've never had tempeh before. It was actually really good, especially since we marinaded it in a sauce all day. We were still a little hungry after the vegan dinner so we had some Halo Top ice cream. 

Day 280: 0  Miles - Rest Day! I'm sure glad it's rest day! I woke up feeling sore, uber tired, and stuff going on in my sinuses that made me wonder if I'm finally catching the cold that's around me

Total Miles this week: 6.26 Miles

Miles to Date: 294.70 Miles

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2017 OMaD - Week 37 to Week 39

Welp... I did it again. Life took over and I totally didn't even think about the blog. There's been a lot of ups and downs the past few weeks. Most of which I will not share here, but all is going well.

Wedding planning is still happening. Run... eh... sadly, not so much.




September 10 - 16 

Day 253:  3.29 Miles - I got in a short 5k and some change in before I had to get ready for my first bridal shower. My best friends (aka my wedding party) did a wonderful setting a low-key party at a local tea parlor. This one was for my family and closest friends, and it was so nice! I was nervous as all gets out before hand, but it was great once we go going!

Day 254: 0 Miles - Today M and I spent the day out. First we had a meeting with our caterer to go over the details of our reception. We finally got the menu you down! Yay! After that we drove up to Denton to have lunch at a Chinese place we both use to go to back in the day (years before we even met). Then we totally got hooked on buying records at the downtown square. It was a good day!

Day 255: 0 Miles - No running

Day 256: 0 Miles - Can't remember what I did this day.

Day 257: 0 Miles -Memory still a blur!

Day 258: 0 Miles - Ditto!

Day 259: 0  Miles -Yep, nada!

Total Miles this week: 3.29 Miles

Miles to Date: 285.28 Miles


September 17 - 23 

Day 260:  3.16 Miles - Another 5k run and another bridal shower! For the run, I had to park in a different are of the park due to a church fundraising 5k race. I didn't want to get mixed up in that. So I looped a 1 mile road a few times. After that I got dressed up really pretty (a nice dress I bought the week that M proposed to me, but never wore until now) and an old pair of earring that my grandma gave me for the wedding. The shower was hosted by my coworkers, and it was even more low key than my first shower. It was really nice. We had brunch (complete with my favorite ... cinnamon rolls!) and just chatting. I did get gifts as well.

That night M and I went out to dinner to celebrate our Engagement Anniversary (yes, we're silly) at Ida Claire! It was so yummy!

Day 261: 0 Miles - Today M and I had a chance to get some wedding things taken care of in the morning, then we had lunch at a friend's restaurant.

Day 262: 0 Miles - No running

Day 263: 0 Miles - Like last week - can't remember what I did this day.

Day 264: 0 Miles - Yep, the memory still a blur!

Day 265: 0 Miles - Eeeeh... Ditto!

Day 266: 0  Miles - Today was awesome! Me, M and our friend BM drove down to Austin to catch the Descendents concert! We got to stop at the Czech Stop and Buccees, two experience that were new to BM. When we got to Austin we went to Waterloo Records (a must!) then found a great little pizza place Hoboken Pie that the greatest Mediterranean Pizza (sauce and cheese with artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, and feta cheese) that was so good I was thinking about it for days! The concert was across the street and it was amazing! Afterwards... we drove back home to Dallas! Crazy! M did the driving and had lots of caffeine in his system. I feel asleep for a time. It was a great day!

Total Miles this week: 3.16 Miles

Miles to Date: 288.44 Miles


September 24 - 30  

Day 267:  0 Miles - No running today. I was way to tired and full of junk food to consider going out.



Day 268: 0 Miles - Today my mom and I worked on making a game plan for our wedding flowers. Yay! When M and I got home from the store later that night I discovered that our cat decided to eat the toxic flowers in the bouquet that I made. Dammit! He never got sick, but I was certainly sick with worry. He did sleep next to be that night, which he typically doesn't do. But he was just fine! Whew!

Day 269: 0 Miles - No running... I forget why.

Day 270: 0 Miles - Busy day at work.

Day 271: 0 Miles - Long day at work. I started working on a course for HM and MW's 17 mile run. At least I'm somewhat involved with my running buddies.

Day 272: 0 Miles - Today M and I had our first dinner guest at our apartment! M's brother DS came over. While we talked and hung out M cooked Tikka Marsala, which was soooo tasty! It was a great night!

Day 273: 0  Miles - So HM and MW told me that they missed me during their 17 miler (for one thing I'm good at directions), and it kinda bummed me out. I'm so out of shape. My endurance is gone. I'm getting fluffy. I'm starting to regret not trying to train for another marathon this year. Along time ago I decided not to cause I knew I would need to focus on the wedding planning. But honestly... the mornings of the days that I could have gone running we don't do much wedding planning. I'm desperately starting to count down the weeks till the wedding is over so that I can get back to a normal routine.

Total Miles this week: 0 Miles

Miles to Date: 288.44 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 36

Oh, man this is the calm week before having something planned every single weekend for the next few weeks! 

September 3 - 9
Day 246:  5.28 Miles - I got myself up and out for a run before work. It was so humid that it took away any joy to the fact that it was 73 degrees outside. I cut my run from a 10k by a mile or so cause I was tired and done with it.

Day 247: 0 Miles - I had a well-earned coffee in bed for a couple hours after M went to work early, early in the morning. Then I did my chores. Then... I went on a hunt to find some gas for the car. I finally found a station that had been resupplied after the dodos freaked out over a potential fuel crisis after Harvey. (News flash... they created the shortage!). M got home and we did some wedding stuff shopping before heading to the grocery store.

Day 248: 2.70 Miles - Busy and stressful day. I didn't go for a run in the morning. But after work I headed to the gym to get on the elliptical. 

Day 249: 0 Miles - I did a mini workout when I got home with the kettle bell. I feel so proud of doing good so far.

Day 250: 0 Miles - I didn't run today cause M had another chiropractor appointment in the morning. I was a little jealous cause it was 64 degrees outside, and I would've felt amazing running in that temperature. Overall I had a great day off. I spent the day with my mom. We went to the antique store to find books for centerpieces for the wedding (we're having a vintage-y wedding). Then I got some ribbon to wrap around a hat that I'm wearing to one of my bridal shower on Sunday.

Day 251: 0 Miles - I did not feel great today all day. My stomach felt achy. I could eat, but I felt like I was punched in the top of my stomach. I was also tired. I was falling asleep at work right towards the end. I went home and laid in bed for a while, and even took a nap before cooking dinner. M didn't feel awesome in the morning, so we're thinking something about dinner the night before (lentil chili) did sit right.

Day 252: 0  Miles - Work was a bit chaotic at some points, but I felt so much better today compared to Friday so I'm thankful for that. Honestly, I'm starting to get nervous butterflies about my bridal shower tomorrow morning!

Total Miles this week: 7.98 Miles

Miles to Date: 281.99 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 33 to Week 35

Sooo, I've been crazy busy at work and with life and with the wedding planning. A lot of days blend together. So I'm giving you some recaps all at one.

August 13 - 19

Day 225: 5.27  Miles - We had lightening stores all through the night. It actually started Saturday night before 10, but I was already falling asleep and missed it. The rained through the night, which mean the park was flooded in some areas. So my route was changed. Initially, I was hoping for a 10k, but with said new route I was going up more hills than planned so my legs were pooped. I started out later in the day (thanks to the fact that I was so tired I didn't wake up early with M, who had to go to work, and finally got out of bed around 7:30), but the temperature wasn't too bad. Humid. But not bad. It even rained on me at some point. Overall, it was a very good run.

When I got home, I chilled for a bit before calling a very good friend of mine and doing chores at the same time. Once M got home we totally undid our vegan/vegetarian ways by eating some really good BBQ.

Day 226: 0 Miles - What. A Busy. Day. First off, we went to a chiropractor to work on M. Then walked the mall. Then lunch. Then we had a meeting at our wedding venue with my parents and best man BM.

Day 227: 0 Miles - A blur!

Day 228: 0 Miles - A blur!

Day 229: 0 Miles - Still blurry!

Day 230 0 Miles - Even blurrier!

Day 231: 3.10 Miles - Today was the Melon Dash 5k in McKinney today. It was HOT. HUMID. My Garmin would not connect. So I ran without any guidance as to pace or distance. I passed buddies HC and MW at the beginning, but I had to walk due to the heat and humidity, and eventually MW passed me. The course was a lot hillier than predicted, but I did pretty good overall. My finish time was 00:35:49, which is a lot better than I was expecting. I just wish the humidity hadn't ruined my pace. Too bad breathing is crucial to running.

Total Miles this week: 8.37 Miles

Miles to Date: 261.79 Miles


August 20 - 26 

Day 232:   Miles - HC had asked if I wanted to run 10 miles with her, but after the race I felt horrible. I could hardly keep hydrated and my muscles was not happy. Plus, I had a big day this day.... I was meeting up with my friends and my mom to make our wedding invitations!

Day 233: 0 Miles - I spent the day with my mom. I got to mail our wedding invitations during the total eclipse too!

Day 234: 0 Miles - I totally rested

Day 235: 0 Miles - All

Day 236: 0 Miles - Of the w eek

Day 237: 0 Miles - To Recoup

Day 238: 0  Miles -From the race

Total Miles this week: 0 Miles

Miles to Date: 261.79 Miles


August 27 - September 2 

Day 239:  6.35 Miles - I was finally ready to run again.

Day 240: 0 Miles - Can't remember

Day 241: 3.17 Miles - This was a long run. I can't wait for it to cool down!

Day 242: 2.70 Miles - M has been going to a chiropractor Thursday morning, which means I can't get a run it before work. So, I went to the gym and hopped onto the elliptical to get a workout.

Day 243: 0 Miles - Busy.

Day 244: 0 Miles - I need a break! I did do a kettle bell work out after work. It was a tough since I've been a lazy but for a long time!

Day 245: 0  Miles - Can I rest now?

Total Miles this week: 12.22 Miles

Miles to Date: 274.01 Miles

2017 OMaD - Week 32

My on-going shoe drama (well, not really drama, but problems). Continuing with the plant-based cooking too!

August 6 - 12

Day 218: 3.10 Miles - So, I had set my alarm to get me up early so that I could get a descent run in before meeting up with the family. I got up, but I was moving slow. So I only got a 5k in, which isn't too bad. We got to the family's house on time, and we headed out to Trinity Forest Aerial Adventure Park. This was a lot of fun. Buut, I want to say that the second round we tried a harder course, and it was hard from the get-go. M was in front of me so I would have to ask how he did something. I will have to admit I little-cried a couple of times cause I was getting tired and was doubting myself in my ability to do something. But I did it! After that course my arms were pooped. So I just watched my siblings do another course.

After that morning fun, we had a nice lunch before heading back to the house. I basically passed out on the couch with M for about an hour. We eventually left for home where we worked on wedding stuff. We had a nice dinner at a new spot (Fish City Grill). Then I basically passed out again. The heat totally sucked out our energy.

Day 219: 0 Miles - M had to work today. So it was just me having adventures. I visited my doctor to hear my blood results (I'm healthy people!). Then I spent the day with my mom and sister-in-law. We stopped by the running store to get fitted for shoes again. I was fitted for an 11wide in my Saucony Omni, but I liked the feeling of the 11.5. I felt good when I left. We had Greek for lunch (YUM!) before continuing on our adventure before my brother and sister-in-law had to leave for Houston. At the end of the day Mom and I headed to Old Navy to continue the hunt for a dress for my bridal shower (I wanted something other than the ordinary dresses I wear to work). I eventually found one, which is pretty and is flowy loose. It's the style with the elastic waste that let's it drape around the bust. I'm not use to that look, but it was comfy, which is nice. It'll look great with the straw hat I bought for it. Plus, I have a cardigan that would look so cute with it if it's chilly in the room! Yay!

Day 220:  0 Miles - So, I tried running in m 11.5 wide shoes. And, my legs were still tired and my feet hurt. I think that might be do to lacing of the shoe (unknown at the moment), but I think the shoes are too big - even as a wide. Even M thinks so. Soooo. I'm going to try the 11 regulars I bought online and see how they work out. I hate this shoe drama!

Day 221:  2.50 Miles - Day Three of cooking from a plant-based cookbook Forks of Over Knives Cookbook - Pinto Bean Stew with Hominy and Spicy Cilantro Pesto. Pesto was made with tofu, and it was surprisingly really good! M did all the prepping of veggies and made the pesto for me so all I had to do was whip the stew together when I got home.

Day 222: 3.10 Miles -Sooooo. I ran today! A complete 5k with minimal discomfort. No burning aches. Very line shin stuff. I ran the the original Saucony Omni 11 regulars that I ordered online last week. Sooo. Maybe my mind was playing with me, and there is nothing wrong the shoes? I think I'm going to keep them and exchange the running store pair for the correct size.

Day 223: 0 Miles - No gym again. I totally slept in, which was very much needed. M had the day off, which involved him running errands including getting x-rays done to take the chiropractor next week. I didn't have much in the prospects for lunch that sounded awesome to me, so M loves me enough to pick up a sammy from Which Wich, which is one of our favorite sandwich places in town, and brought it to work. It was really nice to spend the lunch hour together. Of course, I really wanted to go home with him and take a nap instead of going to work.

Day 224: 0 Miles - Work, work, and more work!

Total Miles this week: 8.70 Miles

Miles to Date: 253.42 Miles