Weeks that is. Time is flying so freaking fast. I’m surprised it’s not Christmas already. What’s been going on in my world?
Sweat rings R hawt.
5k race:
I was up at the butt crack of dawn (6 am) before it was light and got ready for the race. We didn’t get out of the house until 7 and were on our way! At about 7:30 we realized that the website gave the wrong directions – luckily, we found other people that were lost and they had found a couple going for a walk in the area, who pointed them in the right direction. We followed them and got to the race around 7:45, and got registered and a number and headed to the start line just in time. I made my way up close to the front of the line so I didn’t have to wade through the walkers/easy joggers and Zliten stayed at the back.
The course was awesome and rough at the same time. Awesome – because there was nothing but one slight uphill (which we hit twice because it was a two lap course), and it was in this beautiful park/nature preserve area which always makes for a nice experience. The rough was that although 1/3 of the course was on sidewalk, 1/3 was in grass/slightly muddy dirt, and 1/3 was on a trail with HUGE STICKS. That surprised the hell out of me and I probably lost some time the first lap, but the second time around I just ran to the side of it, and it didn’t bother me much. Also – they had mile 1 marked, but not mile 2 (or mile 3, but that was pretty obvious). I was wondering why the second mile seemed so long when I got to the finish, tee hee.
I finished with an official time of 26:31, which included the few seconds to get to the start line (since it was not chip timed). Zliten finished in 35:54 and it’s one of his best 5k times yet! I got through the finish line and walked back, grabbed him water, found him on the course and then ran with him the rest of the way almost to the finish. I placed 11th out of 76 females and 72nd out of 177 people overall. Although I didn’t get my goal time, I did set an official race PR by 48 seconds and am pretty happy with my performance. The race happens each month on the 3rd Saturday, so we’re going to go back next month and try again!
One thing I noticed – does anyone else that races notice this – around mile 1.5-2 I start getting REALLY over it. There is enough of the race left that I’m not getting the “I’m almost there” boost, and you’re far enough in to have the tireds set in. I ran at an 8:33/mile pace. My first mile was 8:18 (that’s the only one I know because of the mile marker issue), and I’m pretty the last mile was pretty close to that. My second mile had to have been over 9 minutes because I just felt so bleh and tired. I hope to figure that one out by next month. If I could stop losing my ooomph in the middle of 5ks, I’d run much better times.
Tee hee, couldn't resist this picture...
Project: Unfluffy Bride:
This is starting officially today and ends October 1st. I’m attempting to eat as close to 1200 calories as I can per day, and modifying my cardio a bit so my appetite doesn’t incapacitate me. The plan is to do 30 mins cardio 4 days this week (running or DDR), 2 weights sessions, and a bike adventure sometime this weekend. I’m allowing myself to do less if I need, or a *little*more if I feel like, but that’s the plan.
The last few days weren’t terribly successful, and they averaged out to about 1700 calories per day instead of the 1500 I’d like, but I am starting off at 155.4 today instead of in 157 silly town, so I must have done SOMETHING somewhat right. Wish me luck with the rest of this week. My first challenge: lunch with the girls today at Tex Mex…
Wedding stuff:
One week four days until I’m hopping on a jetplane to Vegas to get hitched. Most of the details are dealt with, but there is still a lot to do. Right now, the item of the day to figure out is centerpieces – the hotel said decorations were included (which we thought meant centerpieces), but after we pressed them for details, the only thing they actually provide is a black candle holder with a lit candle in it. Not exactly tropical themed.
Now, we have two options. The first is to get centerpieces done to match my bouquet (orange, purple, and white). I am finding out today how expensive this is. The other option is to bring my own centerpieces, and my parents had a great idea of a small circular mirror, some tea lights, and flower petals. Since we have a bunch of other stuff to decorate the tables with (leis, flower hair clips, tropical confetti, those silly little drink umbrellas, etc), we don’t need something HUGE, but just something at the center would be cool. Any suggestions/ideas?
The makeup is going well. I went on a little spree this weekend and am now much better prepared. I went with the bare minerals starter kit for fair skin, and am incredibly happy with it. At first I was a little nervous that it was going to be too light – but it looked amazing after it was done. The rest of the routine involves the pinks look that I did last week, but my awesome maid of honor V gave me some blush and is letting me borrow some bronzer. Hooray!
The hair progress is going a little slower, but ok. Got2Be hair luster lotion is amazing. I hope to never live without this product ever, ever again. I, right now, am on 3 day hair I’ve slept on twice and have not brushed, and there is nothing sticking up as long as I apply a little of this at my roots every morning. I went for a curly look (hence, why I haven’t brushed it) and used Fructis Wonder Waves spray. It makes the hair a little crunchy, which I don’t really want for the wedding, but for daily use, it’s awesome! Like I said, it’s 3 days from being washed, and I still have nice, defined curls as long as I spray it on every morning. None of these products take very long to use, so I can see keeping up with it at least some of the time. I didn’t get a really good picture of this, but I’ll try to take one tonight. I plan to wash my hair then and try something different.
So… yeah. Any advice for the centerpieces? Run any races this weekend? Wanna tell me what your favorite low calorie super healthy go to meal is? Hit me up.
with it. I toned down the eyes a little bit, and played up the lips and blush. I think that’s pretty close to the look I want (just want to get some better quality makeup). The hair took me less than 1 minute to do. It would have looked better if I had sprayed it cause it fell a bit by the time we took pictures but all things considered, not bad. I really like the side shot, and I’m considering ditching the big side flower in favor of little ones throughout the do. I am not sure I like the actual texture of the hair/curls, so I need to see if some friz control fixes that or it’s something I’ll have to fix with a different means of doing my hair (curling iron, etc). Hoping it can be this easy though!
This one is actually one of my favorites. I don’t necessarily want this cut for the wedding, but it’s pretty close to that “I’ll have this look someday” picture in my head with the dark hair with red highlights, bangs, and a little longer than shoulder length. I’ll have to make sure that this one doesn’t make me look horrid if I do my normal bedhead hairdo (which, perhaps, if I looked that nice with some effort, might happen less often but let’s be honest, priority #1 in the morning is my workout, not the curling iron), but I might go for it later this year. The nice thing about hair – it grows back (and mine grows fast).
Here are some of the styles that are just about almost right. The far left has braids like I was playing with, but I think I want a little more of my hair up. Middle – I can ALMOST get my hair to do that, but I can’t quite get the volume and it just doesn’t look as nice. That one would be fun too because I could probably get away with an extra flower in back. Also, if this could be my natural color, I might possibly give my left arm. Right, I like the waves at the bottom better than the one before it, but I like the top part of the other one better. Bottom – I like the curls but it needs something else to it.
10 years older. Do please ignore that part of it, but I think the flower will work. I wanted them all over my hair but I think that more than one flower/clump will be overkill. I think I want more of a “half up” type style more than what’s going on here, but I like the wispy, fresh from the beach style that’s there. For some reason, this picture screams glamour shots. Remember those? I never got them but I was always jealous of the girls who did…
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