Nine and a half hours of sleep last night! Success. I know that they say you can’t make up sleep by sleeping in but it sure does make me feel a million times better. I woke up around 8:30 a.m. but enjoyed the comfort of bed and catnapped until about 9:30.
I was famished when I got up and experiencing serious hunger pangs. I headed straight to the kitchen to make breafkast and coffee.
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I had toasted rosemary sourdough with sharp cheddar, strawberries, vegetarian sausage and an egg. I ended up piling the “sausage” and egg on my toast and eating it kind of like an open faced sandwich.
I was really back and forth about running. My body was saying “no thank you” and my mind was saying “do it, you’re running a marathon in THREE WEEKS!” I’ll give you one guess about the decision I made…sometimes you just have to put mind over matter and DO IT.
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Once I got out there it was surprisingly easy. My body is finally feeling semi back to normal after last week’s 20 miler. 10.5 miles in 1:33:18. An 8:53 pace. Whoo! I will be running 16 next weekend, 8 the next and then race day. Hard to believe!
Le splits…(First three miles with Sullie – she is a little slower than me and got a tired on the last mile! 😉 )
Mile 1 – 8:59
Mile 2 – 9:04
Mile 3 – 9:14
Mile 4 – 8:38
Mile 5 – 8:45
Mile 6 – 8:49
Mile 7 – 8:43
Mile 8 – 8:55
Mile 9 – 8:51
Mile 10 – 8:49
Last .5 – 8:58
And then I spent a good amount of time in down dog trying to stretch my tight calves.
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They need to get with it. No more of this annoying tightness, please!
No rest for the weary. I had to teach a group strength class at 3 p.m. so I quickly showered and refueled.
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I was craving Greek yogurt so I assembled the following: plain nonfat Greek yogurt, diced banana, leftover apple compote, granola, chia seeds and almond butter. So good and refreshing.
My class went really well this afternoon but I am really feeling the effects of teaching two strength training classes, a 90 minute yoga practice and a 10-mile long run in two days right now. There are not even words to describe how sore my chest is from the insane amount of flies that I taught over the weekend. And I have to teach BodyPump in the morning…fun times! (Really, not complaining. I LOVE teaching! I’m just sore and whiny right now!)
I was so hungry for dinner tonight. Lots of activity over the weekend = huge appetite.
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My mother in law sent food home with Brandon so I incorporated some of that in my dinner. Leftover Chicken and Dumplings (the recipe is posted on Bakin’ and Eggs!), a biscuit, green beans, carrot and a potato with a dollop of Greek yogurt. I ate everything but the potato. I just wasn’t feeling it with all the other deliciousness on my plate. I will be hitting up the dessert tonight too!
It’s been a great weekend. I’m feeling refreshed, happy and ready to tackle another week!