June 2011
72 posts
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marathon training sheet is complete!
YIKES!! i just sat at my computer for the last 45minutes putting together my Marine Corp marathon training program. I am determined to make sure i build a lot of strength and change it up so i don’t get hurt - since well as we all know i have weak ass and hamstring muscles i am going to be incorporating biking and swimming and strength training as well. I decided to use the FIRST training...
emilydoesscience asked: I'm running Marine Corps too!!
Good luck training and see you there!
Good luck training and see you there!
so hungry
why is it the day after a long run i am just starving all day…really not hungry on the long run day, but the next day S T A R V I N G!!!
so far i have eaten a smoothing with protein mix, a larabar, a huge salad with they lovely pulled pork i made, 1/2 and avocado and some salsa dressing type stuff and i just at bunch of grapes…i think i am good for now - i should make it though the...
May 2011
70 posts
swimming
i actually got my ass out of bed this morning and swam! and then lifted weights!! it was awesome! and i did it all myself too - i figured i would test myself today and see if i could get up with out @tribander’s help and i did it!!! i am so proud of myself :) and swimming felt awesome today. i only swam for 30mintues since today is technically a rest day after the 10miler yesterday and my...
that just wasn't smart
so i ran 10 miles this morning with my training buddy - somehow i have convinced a good friend of mine to do all my 1/2 marathon and marathon training with me at least the long runs - yeah she is kinda awesome is so many ways.
and the not so smart thing - after running 10miles and then eating some food, i came home took a shower and then decided it would be a good idea to paint the living room -...
10miles here I come
It’s only one more than last week, right? Yeah I can do this - getting into the double digits is a bit scary though.
i beat the slow cooker
Pulled pork tacos - well i had paleo tortilla like things and the guy had regular tortillas…but OMG the pulled pork!!! it is soooo f’n good! and i have 4lbs of pork to go through, which once cooked down is probably less…i wanted to crawl into the slow cooker and live with the pork it is that good. obviously i have a ton of left over meat and i am crazy happy for that!! i am now...
slow cooker brisket - FAIL!
right so the slow cooker is winning right now and not in a good way as i am losing. the brisket is so f’n dry it is almost jerky and not in a good way at all. so i put the probe in like the slow cooker told me to and programmed it to the meat temp it also told me to and apparently that was for if i wanted to make jerky. all of the garlic cloves fell out so there are now huge holes in the...
NSV for the day
so i am sitting at work and one of my favorite co-workers (really she is awesome I would like to adopt her as my favorite aunt) comes over to make coffee in my office (our offices are in an old apartment building and mine is one that has a kitchen) and she just looks at me and says you look beautiful! i didn’t do anything special or different today - she says, it is more than the weight...
Garlic studded brisket in the crock pot →
robindoesrunning:
Vicki let me know if this is what you had in mind.
I can’t wait to try it. Its next on my list.
This, yeah this right here - this is in the crock-pot as we speak (er, type)….thanks Robin!! I can’t wait to try this tonight :)
Random dinner
Yeah it was one of those nights where I just didn’t feel like cooking - so made some plantains - then I was stuck so went for some a couple of eggs and remembered we had some broccoli left over from last night. Added a little sriracha on top of the eggs (fried - runny yolk) put on top of plantains and had some broccoli on the side - turns out it was all pretty good :) I do love plantains so...
crock-pot!!!!
THE CROCK-POT IS COMING TODAY!!!!! it is out for delivery, it will be there when i get home….guess who is having brisket tomorrow night for dinner!!
really, it is just a bit bizarre how excited i am to get the crock-pot
the scale
so the scale and i aren’t really friends - i mean i just don’t really care about what the number on the scale says…the main reason i weigh myself is to make sure i don’t all of the sudden end up back at 220lbs - yes i know it doesn’t happen all of the sudden, but the scale help keep me in check to a point and remind me at times….however this morning i did want...
pondering awesomeness
yep awesomeness - it is a word…trust me.
so i was thinking today about how truly amazing and awesome this little (ok, not really little) tumblr community we have here is. i mean really where else can you have someone you have never met call you in the morning to make sure your ass is out of bed? where else can you post truly how you feel about your self image and be ok with it? where else...
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wakey-wakey
ok i finally made it to work so can finally post my super big huge THANK YOU!!! to @tribander - seriously folks this lady is super awesome - at 5am my alarm went off and then like 30 seconds after that i got a phone call making sure my ass was up. the funny thing is i actually woke up at 4:50am and laid in bed until 5am waiting for my alarm - i think that i was nervous of missing my alarm and...
unfollow - follow
I just did a massive unfollow (not you @cajundre) and i just got a lot of followers this morning.
I did the massive unfollow as i realized there is a lot clogging up my dash and there are people i am not getting to read their posts as they get lost in the clutter and i do care about the people i follow.
so if i unfollowed you and you are all like “WTF?!??!” shoot me an ask and let...
i used to be a morning person
and i still am in my heart - i do prefer to work out in the morning to not have to rush, to have the gym pretty much to myself, but lately i just can’t seem to get my ass in gear. the alarm goes off and i turn it off rather than pop out of bed get dressed and go to the gym, get my workout in, come home make breakfast - it was so nice….but for some reason the last few weeks, despite...
taco tuesday (errr...monday)
well sorta…the guy had hard tacos and i had these now admittedly quinoa is a no-no if you are super paleo, but i allow it every now in then and would much rather have it over corn if given the choice (i also allow cheese on the rare occasion too so there is that)….anywho…the “tortillas” were pretty good - looked nothing like the picture at all and i had a hard time...
awww yeah...
guess who just ordered a slow cooker/crock pot - whatever you want to call it!! yep, you guessed it ME!!! is it weird that i am so f’n excited about it?? i just couldn’t wait on it and @robindoesrunning keeps posting things i don’t have the patience to make without one - i went to amazon.com today and one will be arriving at my house in the next 3-5 days. so excited!!! i...
9 miles done...
and some chaffage and i am beat! seriously my camelbak or my tights or a combination of the both and i have chaffed on my back - ugh….didn’t realize until i showered and then ouch. right now i am being lazy and making my grocery list, but i just can’t figure it out and think i may nap and then regroup on the grocery list thing when my brain is functioning better…and the...
Break on through
I am about to head out for a 9 mile run the longest since last June and really despite the fact I did a 1/2 marathon last June I did have to stop running at around mile 8 - so really this will technically be my longest run ever! I’ll see you all on the other side :)
la la la la la...
so right now it is cloudy after a few truly spectacular days we are back to the clouds - which in a way is good as it will keep me inside today and i really need to paint the bathroom and start on the living room as i am determined to get both done this weekend! i did however run 4 miles this morning and i decided to try the jeff galloway approach and do 3 minute running 1 minute walking and you...
in case you needed another reason... →
yeah, yeah i know organic is more expensive…but we all spend money on gym memberships and the like to make ourselves healthier, but then we buy food that has been covered in chemicals - if you can even buy some of your food organic it is better than nothing at all and this is a good list of the ones to try to always buy organic…
The best laid plans...
Just dont always work out - I waited for the bus FOREVER seriously like 30 minutes so that killed my hopes of the gym, but it is so f’n nice out that I think it was the universe telling me that I really should finish my run outside with the pup and let’s face it the pup could use the run :) and then I made some paleo pizza and this is the best version so far. Next for some more...
Well that sucked
Left work with my running clothes on and backpack strapped to me - started running got 1.5miles right shin is hurting :( now I am waiting for the bus and am going to the gym to lift. I don’t want to do my normal thing of ignore the pain and keep going until I hobble - it’s just not worth it, maybe I need to rethink the running with a backpack it just may not be the smartest thing to...
“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It...”
– John Bingham
i so want to do this
i really want to take this class, but alas no skates and no $$ to buy skates and knee pads and i have to go to portland the first day that the class starts to pick-up the guy after the STP…but i am going to keep my fingers crossed that they do it again, maybe in the fall…
NSV - and i have a grill!!!
so i am waiting at the elevator today and a co-worker of mine comes out of the meeting we were just in and he looks at me and the following conversation happens:
co-worker: vicki, i don’t know how to say this…it is a little akward.
me: um ok
co-worker: well it is just i don’t want it to come out wrong.
what happens in my mind: oh geez what does he want to say to me, is there...
“This is so very true!!!!
People become really quite remarkable when they...”
– Norman Vincent Peale (via happyhealthyheidi)
WIW - i kicked my ass this morning
SW - 220ish
LW - 171.6
CW - 171.0
GW - 155ish
hmmm - well i guess maybe possibly perhaps i am not on a plateau and will just be losing super slowly - whatevs i am cool with it - cause i feel super crazy awesome even though my left IT band hate me a little….which is annoying since last year at this time it was my right one and now we have moved to the left one, but i know what to do this...
blankmoments asked: HII!!!
I saw that you had a race on this weekend and I just wanted to wish you luck!
I saw that you had a race on this weekend and I just wanted to wish you luck!
Bay to Breakers recap
OMG this race is so much fun! 12k one big hill (really wasn’t that bad) salmon swimming up stream, nakedness (ok that part not too awesome - really flabby butts should not be allowed to run naked), costumes, a really good friend who ran her first 12k with little training and a lovely San Francisco morning all combined to make a great race.
We woke up at 4:30am and drove down from Marin to...
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beckles:
I love Seattle Persons!! :)
traderjoesandgymming:
One week left! Where are my sTumblrs at?
I live in seattle - Ballard to be exact :)
So full!!
So tonight was a really good friends bachelorette dinner type thing it was at this awesome restaurant Aziza in san Fran - I got to say it was way more than I would ever normally eat, was not paleo - but kinda not too far off actually, so that was nice - although right now I am really full not something I have felt in a while and not really the hugests fan of it, but it isn’t often one of...
San Francisco here i come
ok fine, i don’t leave until tomorrow morning officially, but i am super stoked to go see my good friend before she moves to colorado….i’m also excited because i am doing the Bay to Breakers on Sunday with her - technically my 1/2 marathon training schedule only calls for a 10k, but really a 12k isn’t too much more and there is a massive hill from mile 2-3 apparently so...
woohoo
7 x 400 done and done!! YES!! take that mr. treadmill, i kicked your butt! ok fine you kicked mine, but whatevs cause i did 7 x 400 this morning all under a 9min mile and i am feeling awesome - of course that was followed by some stellar weight lifting that kicked my butt and not i am enjoying my breakfast smoothie - although for some reason not so hungry right now :( and i probably won’t...
