Part of this post is not true. anymore.

WORKOUT -

Ran on TM -

7.9 miles/60 mins

1% incline

Walked dog -

2.6 miles

Ran outside -

3.25 miles/28 mins

I thought I only had time for an hour at the gym so I planned on doing 30 mins easy on the TM and 30 easy on the elliptical.

But as I started running at an 8:30 pace, I realized I accidentally brought my game face so I kept speeding up until I was full out sprinting by the end of the hour and averaged 7:35 min/miles.

{The pink was written last night…}

Today’s workout was ridunk early because we’re on the lam and headed out of town all quick-like.

I’ve been home for about a week and a half and it’s hit the open road.  Or at least the traffic through Riverside road.

We’re headed to Phoenix for a long weekend to enjoy some sun because we don’t get any of that here in Southern California.  Really the boy wants to enjoy some cheap golf and we definitely don’t get that here.

So while he sweats his face off on the golf course, I’ll sit by the spool and read books.  Don’t tell me my life is one big vacation; it’s not.  It’s more like a rapid succession of small ones.

Wrote this book last night, me = winning at life.

My mother-in-law did just send me a couple books to read, I think they’re Christian fiction love stories:

{The truth written this morning, post-gym….}

What really happened is that I got up ridunk early, ran at the gym, saw the national weather on the news, came home to an awake husband who had also seen the weather and we both said, “113 degrees?  Maybe going to Phoenix this weekend isn’t such a hot idea.”

what a punner I am.

So we decided to stay home.  I said we should take a “staycation” and he said my whole life was one.  touché.

Then the man made an omelet for himself (he offered to make me one but I wasn’t hungry yet) at 5:30am.  I honestly don’t think he’s ever seen 5am in the flesh and now he’s playing Chef Boyardee?!

It’s been a weird morning.

YOU ASKED/I ANSWERED

A reader emailed me and asked,

What do you usually do right after a run? I lay flat on our wooden floor and just enjoy the sweaty heat in my face!

Perfect timing for me to answer this on such a wackjob morning.

This is *normally* my post-run routine; sometimes I get lazy and sometimes I’m short on time, but generally this is what I do:

*Come home from gym/run and change out of sweaty clothes right away.

This morning I got in the shower right away to rinse off because it was hot at the gym, it’s warm in our house, and I had major swampbutt.

Not my shower but it was for one night.

*Stretch for 5-10 minutes.

I stretched about 7 minutes today; these are some of the stretches I do.  I focus on my hips and hamstrings since that’s what gets tight first for me.

*Foam roll for maybe 5 minutes.

I did this morning for almost 5 minutes; all I roll is my IT bands and hips.  What helps is keeping my foam roller downstairs under our buffet because it’s right beside where I stretch in the living room so it’s easy to grab and do it.

If I have to go track it down in a closet or somewhere, foam rolling isn’t gonna happen.

*Make a protein smoothie, shake, chocolate milk.

I didn’t this morning because my stomach is feeling off; I think it was from getting up so early.  But usually I’ll make a CLICK smoothie – I’ve been using the mocha flavor and then adding sugar-free coconut syrup and chocolate coconut water.  Mighty fine and tasty with a good amount of protein, electrolytes and not too many calories.

*Ice while reading morning devotional and then blogging and then email.

I never take ice baths, I just use a bunch of ice packs.  I also sit on 2, one under each hip.

My grode toes are hiding in shame.

*Eat breakfast.

I had a bowl of instant oatmeal with a scoop of protein powder and fat-free milk.  I usually make regular oatmeal but the maple and brown sugar sounded better.

*Be lazy and do nothing.

I took Marni for a 2.6 mile/47 minute at 8am because it was getting hot and she peeters out when it’s warm.

*Persevere: keep being lazy and doing nothing

While walking her, I decided that I’d run 2.1 more miles in my neighborhood to make 10 for the day.  I told myself, Just run 1 mile out and turn around.  You can do 1 mile.

I ended up running a slower 3.25 miles/28 mins for 11.15 total for the day.

Now it’s high time to go chow.

Do you have a favorite pro sports team?  Least favorite?

I don’t have a pro favorite team in any sport (why are the Seattle Mariners so terrible year after year?!), but I do root for individuals like Josh Hamilton, Bubba Watson and Michael Crabtree.

  I’ve never liked Kobe Bryant or the Lakers reading things like this makes me sorta want to throw up…

Other sports news and other guys named Hamilton… did you read about this?

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