Yeah, yeah, I know. Another week of Week 2. After taking a “sick week” last week, I can’t very well just jump right into Week 3, now can I?
I had two flax waffles for breakfast along with a cup of enriched soy milk. Then (well, a half hour later) I did 20 minutes of aerobics and my ab workout. About ten minutes before I ran, I ate an apple. I want to pick up some almond butter so I can make that Shazzie choco-nut spread that I love so very very much. I started out spreading it on bananas, but I absolutely love it on sliced apples. Somehow, it reminds me of taffy apples and taffy apples make me think of Autumn and childhood and my grade school’s annual book fair. Those were the best times. I’ve always been about the books. My mom still jokes to people that ”since they were little, my girls have read four books at once: two in each hand, one propped up on the table and one in their laps.”
But I digress. The weather was absolutely perfect for running. 44° and sunny with just a bit of a breeze coming in from the south. I wore a hoodie over my tank top and by the second run I had taken it off and tossed it in the grass by the fence. I feel like my skin is getting ready to hibernate and I have to store up as much sunlight as I can. It starts getting dark here at around 4:30, so I have to plan my runs carefully. Not so early that my lungs freeze up, but not so late that I need a gorram flashlight to find my way around the track.
The run itself went pretty well. My calves didn’t hurt all that much, which I attribute to my working out before I went to the track. Christie mentioned a while back that she thought my sore calf problem might be helped by getting a good pair of running shoes. I do plan on going to an actual running “store” sometime in the future so I can get the proper shoes, but right now I can’t afford it. As it is, the running shoes I have now are actually the best pair of gym shoes I've owned in ... probably ever. Thank you, Nordstrom, for your mixed-size shoe policy!!!
So today my calves weren’t so bad.
By the fourth run, I was really out of breath and realized I was pushing myself too hard. Once I slowed down, I did much better.
I’m so glad to literally be back on track!
I’m leaving for Florida in about a month, and I don’t know what I’ll do about exercise. The front room in my mom’s condo is big enough for me to do aerobics and strength training, but not only does she not have a DVD player (for my aerobics DVD), but her front room is currently housing a bunch of boxes she had shipped in from our old house in Chicago. So I’m not sure where or how I’m going to be working out for those six weeks. I’m not even sure if I’m going to run. There’s a nice park nearby, but I’m leary of running alone in a neighborhood full of lunatics. Okay, it’s not that bad, but still. I need to make a list of everything I have to bring with (VWaV, VCToTW, V-com). Oh, and I should probably buy a suitcase. Goodwill, here I come! (My mom says, ”Don’t get a suitcase from Goodwill. Somebody probably peed in it.”)
I had two flax waffles for breakfast along with a cup of enriched soy milk. Then (well, a half hour later) I did 20 minutes of aerobics and my ab workout. About ten minutes before I ran, I ate an apple. I want to pick up some almond butter so I can make that Shazzie choco-nut spread that I love so very very much. I started out spreading it on bananas, but I absolutely love it on sliced apples. Somehow, it reminds me of taffy apples and taffy apples make me think of Autumn and childhood and my grade school’s annual book fair. Those were the best times. I’ve always been about the books. My mom still jokes to people that ”since they were little, my girls have read four books at once: two in each hand, one propped up on the table and one in their laps.”
But I digress. The weather was absolutely perfect for running. 44° and sunny with just a bit of a breeze coming in from the south. I wore a hoodie over my tank top and by the second run I had taken it off and tossed it in the grass by the fence. I feel like my skin is getting ready to hibernate and I have to store up as much sunlight as I can. It starts getting dark here at around 4:30, so I have to plan my runs carefully. Not so early that my lungs freeze up, but not so late that I need a gorram flashlight to find my way around the track.
The run itself went pretty well. My calves didn’t hurt all that much, which I attribute to my working out before I went to the track. Christie mentioned a while back that she thought my sore calf problem might be helped by getting a good pair of running shoes. I do plan on going to an actual running “store” sometime in the future so I can get the proper shoes, but right now I can’t afford it. As it is, the running shoes I have now are actually the best pair of gym shoes I've owned in ... probably ever. Thank you, Nordstrom, for your mixed-size shoe policy!!!
So today my calves weren’t so bad.
By the fourth run, I was really out of breath and realized I was pushing myself too hard. Once I slowed down, I did much better.
I’m so glad to literally be back on track!
I’m leaving for Florida in about a month, and I don’t know what I’ll do about exercise. The front room in my mom’s condo is big enough for me to do aerobics and strength training, but not only does she not have a DVD player (for my aerobics DVD), but her front room is currently housing a bunch of boxes she had shipped in from our old house in Chicago. So I’m not sure where or how I’m going to be working out for those six weeks. I’m not even sure if I’m going to run. There’s a nice park nearby, but I’m leary of running alone in a neighborhood full of lunatics. Okay, it’s not that bad, but still. I need to make a list of everything I have to bring with (VWaV, VCToTW, V-com). Oh, and I should probably buy a suitcase. Goodwill, here I come! (My mom says, ”Don’t get a suitcase from Goodwill. Somebody probably peed in it.”)
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Where in Florida are you going? It may be nice to get out and see something new, even if you just walk around.
I'll be in Tampa-ish. I'll scope the place out for a week and then see how I feel about running. But you're right, it'd be nice to just walk around and explore!
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