Week One

I was shooting for 13 miles this week and only made it to 11. Close enough with this heat and humidity.

Monday - yoga class
Tuesday - excuses not to run
Wednesday - 2.13 miles run/walk with Bryan around stadium loop (hills)
Thursday - 3.18 miles group run on trails at the river
Friday - rest day
Saturday - 2.95 miles group run at Knobby 5k course in Casar (terrible hills)
Sunday - 2.27 miles w/Bryan at Gateway Trail (hills)

I am sick of hills this week. The Knobby 5k is in two weeks so I have that long to dread running that course again. Worst 5k course I have ever run but a friend is putting it together and I'll feel guilty if I don't show up. The heat is killing my speed but for now I'm just trying to continue logging those miles. Continuing to say no to the treadmill as long as I can. We'll see how next week goes!

Thursday night group run

We usually meet uptown and run the same loop but tonight we ran the trails along Broad River Greenway.  It was a nice change of scenery.  We ran down river about a mile and turned around.  This part of the trail is overgrown pretty bad and the poison ivy was hard to avoid.  Once back at the parking area, we ran up river where it's wider and covered with sand for soft running.  The group kept going and I turned back because it was getting late.  My total mileage was 3.18 but it felt like more.  I took off my shoes (new balance minimus trail) and rinsed my legs and arms at the parking lot.  Home and straight to the shower to get the river funk and poison ivy off.  Enjoying a bit of the tour de france before bed but just knew I needed to post this before I get out of the habit.  Hoping I can look back later and see progress.  Night all! (by all I mean my one follower Sherri)

I'll run tomorrow

It's Sunday night and I'm thinking about that half marathon in October... thinking I should start trying to stick to a training plan.  My weekly mileage has been pretty low to none lately.  I can blame it on the heat or just being lazy.  It just seems so easy to put it off another day since October is so far away.  So... I putting it here to keep me honest.  Yoga on Mondays, always.  Tuesday I will run even if it's a bazillion degrees outside.  Promise!

Homemade Iced Coffee Fail

I have a problem.... I love coffee.  I mean, really love coffee.  I enjoy my coffee at home each morning and then bring a travel mug full of coffee goodness with me to work.  By lunchtime, I am craving my next fix.  We have a local coffee shop but they constantly have new employees that probably don't even drink coffee.  I can't imagine... but anyway, they either ring up my order wrong or the espresso has a bitter taste.  So I often get frustrated at the lack of proper coffee shops in my town and look for alternatives.  This morning I tried something new after browsing Pioneer Woman's recipe for iced coffee.  No I didn't follow her recipe.  I tried my own... drum roll.... it's awful.  Actually has a hint of old coffee pot or ashtray somewhere in it.  I made an extra large pot of my normal coffee, enjoyed it with breakfast, prepared travel mug for work, and poured the remainder in a Nalgene bottle.  I topped it with lots of skim milk and vanilla syrup.  So exciting!  Now it's after lunch and I pour my coffee goodness over some ice in my favorite Starbucks plastic tumbler cup.  Hoping that will make it taste like Starbucks iced coffee.  One sip... eh.  Two sips... uh oh.  Three sips... what is that twang? Four sips... ok this is not good.  I accept defeat but I will drink it because that's what a junkie would do.