I. Can. Not. Stop. Singing. That. Song. (Sunnnnny days, everybody loves them. Cannnn youuu staaand the rainnnn?) It's mostly because it was in a movie preview (Oohh Taye Diggs, I can't wait until Christmas time. We'll be reunited soon.) I saw this weekend but it also rolls right in to this week's blog post.
So last Wednesday we weighed in at WW - up 0.4 lbs. Really? 0.4? Grr. That's ok. We'll get that straightened out this week I hope. After that buzz kill I really was ready for our Downtown Mile run with Jaime and my friend Amanda. As the day went on, other hurdles (other than that blasted 0.4) kept popping up. Stupid me let lunch time get away from me so I opted for a protein smoothie and a banana for lunch before heading downtown after work. Big mistake. Big. Huge! Let's just say the natives got restless in my digestive tract. It was game on with every bathroom I crossed (and I have a HUGE public bathroom phobia. Ugh. Ew.) for the next hour and a half. As we trekked up to the park for our race start we hit another hurdle- a giant, close-by, lightning strike followed by a hellacious thunder storm! That lightning strike really did almost make me poop my pants!
As the storm went on, the thunder and lightning calmed down. The rain did not. -But the race must go on, so off we went for our best mile time try in the pouring rain. I might add, here, that our friend Missy (bless her heart) was waiting on top of a roof bar in the weather so she could video us running by! She showed up with cute flat ironed hair and everything, and we repaid her with a thunder storm and a soaked cell phone. Some friends we are, huh.
We ran in the rain. Jaime kept me going along, only stopping for a few little shuffles, and were able to finish in 13 minutes! Big deal for these girls and we weren't last! It was a blast and I'm proud of our time considering I was basically praying not to poop my pants for the second half of the mile. I know. TMI, but you'll all get over it. After the race in our soaking wet running clothes we had a great dinner with dear friends, old and new and it was just an awesome night! {I recommend The Whiskey Jar if you're in downtown Charlottesville!} I really appreciate the support these girls give me and my other friends on the new lifestyle train with me.
I haven't had Big A training hour at the gym since last Tuesday. He's on a much needed family vacation until later this week and I've been trying to keep up the good work in his absence. We'll see what happens we he gets his paws on me this Friday. I've been doing mostly cardio - walking, running intervals, inclines on the treadmill, etc. and keeping up with our 100 squat challenge. It's my off-day for that today but I'll be on 85 tomorrow! I'm almost there. I'm not sure what we do after 100. I guess we'll see. I had a great day out today - 2.92 miles in 47 minutes doing 30-60 intervals; running as fast a possible for 30 seconds and then walking for 60 seconds. It was such a perfect evening for it with the lack of overkill Virginia humidity. It was much better than my outing yesterday, which ended after about 1 mile and 1/2 with my dog lying down in protest in the middle of the street until I picked him up. He's such a mess and he was too proud of himself.
What's on tap for the next week?
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| Post race wet t-shirt girls- Amanda, Me, Jaime. Note that my boobs kept the rest of my shirt dry. Who needs an umbrella? |
We ran in the rain. Jaime kept me going along, only stopping for a few little shuffles, and were able to finish in 13 minutes! Big deal for these girls and we weren't last! It was a blast and I'm proud of our time considering I was basically praying not to poop my pants for the second half of the mile. I know. TMI, but you'll all get over it. After the race in our soaking wet running clothes we had a great dinner with dear friends, old and new and it was just an awesome night! {I recommend The Whiskey Jar if you're in downtown Charlottesville!} I really appreciate the support these girls give me and my other friends on the new lifestyle train with me.
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| Leroy Jenkins too proud of his self after blocking my run. |
I haven't had Big A training hour at the gym since last Tuesday. He's on a much needed family vacation until later this week and I've been trying to keep up the good work in his absence. We'll see what happens we he gets his paws on me this Friday. I've been doing mostly cardio - walking, running intervals, inclines on the treadmill, etc. and keeping up with our 100 squat challenge. It's my off-day for that today but I'll be on 85 tomorrow! I'm almost there. I'm not sure what we do after 100. I guess we'll see. I had a great day out today - 2.92 miles in 47 minutes doing 30-60 intervals; running as fast a possible for 30 seconds and then walking for 60 seconds. It was such a perfect evening for it with the lack of overkill Virginia humidity. It was much better than my outing yesterday, which ended after about 1 mile and 1/2 with my dog lying down in protest in the middle of the street until I picked him up. He's such a mess and he was too proud of himself.
What's on tap for the next week?
- Back to beast mode training.
- More running outside.
- More deep breaths as our busy season at work gets going. All of our student-athletes are coming back to school and we're gearing up for fall sports; starting with our football team which reports for training camp this weekend. Fall fun is fast approaching!
- Hopefully I'll be a loser rather than a 0.4 gainer.
- A yard sale at my momma's house - because I can actually get rid of some clothes that are too big, rather than too small!
- I'm going to listen to this over and over:
