Not much to report from this week. I did my first couple short easy runs and today is a 6-mile long, slow run. I started messing around with intervals on Friday's run: I tried 3/1 (3 minutes running, 1 minute walking) and didn't care for it much at all. 1 minute walk breaks is way too much and made me feel like I never even got warmed up before it was time to stop. For today's run I'm going to try 2:30/:30, but at a slower pace than what my "normal" speed would be. Tomorrow is not a run day, but I may attempt a "magic mile" just so I know what pacing I should be using for my training. For those who don't know, the magic mile test is where you run one mile as fast as you can, but without feeling like you are going to die at the end ;) You would then make calculations from that time to determine race pace, long slow run pace, etc... I haven't done a magic mile test in about a year, so I'm curious to see if I've improved at all.
On the food front, I've been terrible at tracking this week (again) and am thankful to have stayed between 113 - 114 all week. I went grocery shopping yesterday and found (what turned out to be) really good Pad Thai meal starters. The box just has rice noodles and sauce, to which I added sauteed zucchini, mushrooms, green onions, and bean sprouts. I portioned it into 4 containers and then proceeded to eat 2 of them, Lol!
I also made another batch of my Jalapeno Hummus and my Super Salsa (see Recipe tab above). Today I'll be making a TVP crockpot taco concoction to batch up for the week, and I also cut up and bagged a bunch of romaine lettuce for quick easy salads.
Oh, last night I broke down and chopped my hair off. Then I dyed it blonde. It didn't come out quite the color it was supposed to (my hair is naturally red so anything I put in it just turns a different shade of red), and I can't decide if I like it or not. It kinda glows ;)
So do I leave it or do highlights (or lowlights)? Hmm, decisions... decisions... Stay tuned :)
4 comments:
I just googled the romaine listeria thing and it appears it was just a precaution and only a few cases were pulled from the shelves. I will probably buy some as soon as I get back to Tucson on Tuesday.
I think it's as safe as anything we have. The listeria thing is scary because they say you can eat something now and not actually get sick for two months. That doesn't seem possible. :)
I like your short hair and the color. You are doing so well with your running.
I love the hair cut and color!
Hi Laura! I love glowing hair--especially in the sunshine.
You're doing great on your running. You seem to have good gut instinct about how you should/should not train.
:-) Marion
You're doing a great job with your running. I have an award for you on my blog! Have a great week!
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