WORKOUT – 10.15 miles/1 hr 22 mins
We arrived home safe and sound last night after our epic 13 hour drive. I’ve got a picture post coming up but first things first, I had to get a run in. It’s been exactly a week since I’ve ran, and I think I forgot how to.
The first 8 miles felt really slow, cumbersome and sluggish. Or maybe that was me… I think I ate way too much over vacay. Oh well, nothing a few million miles can’t fix, right?
The last 2 miles I picked up the pace, and throughout the run I threw in a lot of shorter hills to kick my own booty.
Overall it was good. So good of a run that I’d give it an award if Madelin and Angela hadn’t beat me to it…
Madelin gave me this award:
Thanks Madelin; apparently I’m beautiful. But we already knew that, didn’t we? Ok, time to step away from the mirror…
And Angela gave me this award:
Besides being beautiful, I’m a ray of sunshine! Double fist pump!
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Yesterday I received an email from eFITology.com, a company that “delivers and assembles affordable exercise equipment”, about a contest: if you take their 10 question fitness quiz and score 100%, you’ll be entered to win one of 3 big prizes. (One is a $1400 recumbent bike)
HERE IS THE LINK if you want to take the quiz; it takes like 30 seconds.
Just to let you know, I got a 90%. Apparently you aren’t supposed wash down a big meal with a Big Gulp margarita, put on cement sneakers and then swim in a tide rip. Who knew??
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And lastly look what reader Jamie sent me: a Starbucks VIA with a cute little note. She has now catapulted onto my highly prestigious list of people I’ve never met but will probably put in my will. Thank you Jamie!!
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haha, did you miss the stretching one?
I did…boo. Oh well, I like my bike trainer anyway!
yes! thats the one i missed. i thought stretching was good?!?!
That’s the one I missed too!
Trick question
I got a 100! Wooo!
I am having a melanoma on my leg (boooo) removed in a month and HAVE to take 10 days off from running. I am super stressed about it! Happy to hear you voluntarily took 7 days off and didn’t lose all your running skills.
Sarah
Hooray, 100! All the millions of dollars I’ve invested in fitness magazines has paid off in the form of a good score on an online quiz haha
Haha some of those quiz answers made me laugh
You totally inspired me to buy some Via, and now my mom and I are hooked. Don’t expect us to be sending you a packet any time soon. We’ve got a death grip on ours. But geez, that was nice of Jamie!
I have yet to try Starbucks Via but I have heard mixed reviews – some love it, some hate it…I am generally not picky with brewed coffees but most instant tastes off to me!
haha excuse my ignorance but I have no idea what Starbucks VIA is?!
Thanks for the mention! Your ski trip looked fun
I took the quiz and got 100!! I almost missed the stretching one, but I had heard that before, and it stuck with me because I LOVE to stretch.
I got the bulky body builder one wrong. I’ve seen some pretty manly looking women in those body-building contests … I mean, I’m sure they take steriod supplements, but really now?