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would have thought you COMPLETELY crazy.\u00a0 Amazing how a year or 2 changes things…<\/p>\nI mentioned a lot of these things in yesterday’s monster training recap, but I wanted to elaborate more.<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Saturday was an awesome day.\u00a0 Well, it didn’t start quite so awesome but ended up lovely.\u00a0 I didn’t go to bed until WAY late and had WAY too much to drink and woke up 4-5 hours later nursing a hangover.\u00a0 However, I cooked us breakfast (batter blaster pancakes, two slices of jalapeno bacon, and hand grated hashed browns) and we set out on our epic day anyway.\u00a0 Half an hour in, I felt great.\u00a0 There is nothing like some moderate exercise and sunshine to cure all ills.\u00a0 We rode down from our casa to Run Tex (12 miles), did their 4k walk, ate lunch, did the 4k walk BACK to the bikes, and then rode about 3 miles home before deciding AC was better than dripping sweat and rode the bus.<\/p>\n
I kept thinking – if you told me 2 years ago that I would be taking a 12 mile bike ride to do a 5 mile (round trip) walk, I would have probably thought you crazy.\u00a0 Now, if you would have said that the reason I was walking and not running it was because I had already done 4 runs that week for my half marathon training…I would have thought you COMPLETELY crazy.\u00a0 Amazing how a year or 2 changes things…<\/p>\n
2..\u00a0 For some reason, it took until last Saturday’s ride to click, but I realized that I spend a lot of time in my workout clothes.\u00a0 Especially since we started riding the bikes.\u00a0 I had planned on getting SOME sort of new workout attire before the next race because I felt like a shmuck in what I was wearing (and it was my best workout clothes), but I really needed to replace pants and shirts I was wearing 50-100 lbs ago for regular workout wear.\u00a0 It’s amazing how spiffy you feel wearing workout clothes that fit you and match rather than thrift store sweats and stuff that’s 3-5 sizes too big.\u00a0 I also picked up a running skirt.\u00a0 I’ll let you know what I think of it after I utilize it later this week.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 I chopped my hair!\u00a0 If there’s anything that random people might have identified me with over the last 10 years, it’s “that chick with the long hair”.\u00a0 My hair has been some flavor of length between small of my back to dangerously close to being sat upon, but it is now just a smidge under shoulder length.\u00a0 I definitely used to hide under it.\u00a0 Back fat is trivial when your hair covers it!\u00a0 I might not keep it this short but now that it’s starting to heat up, it’s nice to have a ponytail that doesn’t even touch my shoulders.<\/p>\n
Funny story about how it happened though – Zliten is my hairdresser (yeah, my hair is that low maintenance) and I asked for a trim.\u00a0 As he was cutting it, a big strand curled up and he accidentally chopped it super short, so we just evened it out and now we both think it looks awesome!<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 I am experimenting with different breakfast stuff.\u00a0 I’ve been on oatmeal every day for a few month and just need a break.\u00a0 I’ve been trying out different bars and also seeing whether more protien or more fiber is better Expect a full post on this sometime soon, but I’m open to any breakfast suggestions.\u00a0 The requirements are:<\/p>\n -No prep beyond a microwave.\u00a0 I would be grabbing this and bringing it to work.\u00a0 I am also anti batch cooking for a week of leftovers for the most part but if it sounds REALLY good and is pretty easy I could be swayed.<\/p>\n -No eggs.\u00a0 It can have eggs IN it, I’m not allergic, but I can’t be able to taste them.\u00a0 About the most egg I can handle is egg whites in eggdrop soup and not-too-eggy french toast.\u00a0 Omlettes and quiche are way too eggy.<\/p>\n -It has to be reasonably filling.\u00a0 I plan on eating this on an empty stomach around 10am and I don’t want a peep out of my stomach until 12:30-1pm.<\/p>\n -Under 300 calories.\u00a0 200 preferably, but I’m open to more as long as it rates high on the point just above (fillingness).<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0 I think I’ve settled on what the half marathon plan will be.\u00a0 At first, I was thinking running 5 laps around my neighborhood would do me just fine.\u00a0 Then, I started reading about this guy, Joe Hale<\/a>.\u00a0 I mean, the besides the obvious inspiration on raising a whole bunch of money for a charity he cares dearly about, and the obvious OMG he’s running way further than I can fathom – it really made me realize that I wanted to run an official race.\u00a0 So today I started looking into the Seattle Rock and Roll Half-Marathon, and I got as far as looking into booking the weekend trip on travelocity – it’s just too expensive.\u00a0 It’s definitely on the list for next year because I’ve never been and it would be a GREAT excuse to go.\u00a0 Maybe even by next year, I’ll be running the full marathon!\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 I’m not entirely sure if I’m that insane.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net\/photos-ak-snc1\/v2620\/190\/19\/789139449\/n789139449_1458024_7169612.jpg\")
for me in the morning.\u00a0 This week, I’ve tried Luna Bars<\/a> (tried chocolate peppermint and have a chai tea in queue) and Fiber One<\/a> (have a box of chocolate mocha).\u00a0 The Luna bars are about 180 calories, 5g fat, 9g protien, and 3g fiber.\u00a0 The Fiber One bars are about 140 calories, 4g fat, 9g fiber, and 2g protien.\u00a0 So far, I think I prefer the Fiber One bars, they filled me up more for 40 less calories.\u00a0 I’m going to expand into some higher calorie bars and see if they take the edge off enough to eat into lunchtime calories, and I also want to see whether fiber or protien is more important in the morning.<\/p>\n