Sometimes life seems to have no rhyme or reason. Like the fact that it is Monday again already. Or that I leave for Healthy Living Summit in three days. Or that I have already cried today and I still have T minus 2 hours before dropping Makenzie off for her first day of preschool. No rhyme. No reason. Just like the post I’m about to throw at your eyeballs. 

Ice Baths Are Torture

I have succumbed to the torture technique known as the ice bath to help my legs heal after my long runs. It works. I haven’t felt sore at all, despite mileage increases, since taking the frigid 15-20 minute dips over the past few weeks.

I Like Free Stuff

I received a coupon for a free recovery shake from my gym. Free is good. I cashed in on the drink yesterday afternoon after my 3 mile treadmill run and 15 minutes on the stepmill. I picked up a blend of strawberry, pineapple, and coconut. Verdict?

Yowza that is too sweet for a smoothie! You all know I like sweet (reference below), but this was over the top for a smoothie. But free is good, so you better believe I still drank it.

You Will Hate Me For What I’m About To Do To You

I made these this weekend. And you have to wait until Wednesday for the recipe. No amount of begging can help your cause. Just like no amount of begging I do will make these “health food” as I so deeply desire.

Surprisingly Good

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The movie Just Go With It with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston pleasantly surprised both Peter and I. We had an unexpected open night on Saturday and decided to have a night in together since I go out of town next weekend. We had some pizza (duh), ate too much sugar (you did see above, right? so…duh), chatted, and watched this movie. A predictable movie, but pretty funny too!

Strange & Bizarre at Church

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In our Sunday group study this weekend we had some interesting tangent conversations – like wanting to ask God what happened to the dinosaurs and is there any other life out there? Random. I know.  Also random? In fourth grade I had a dream that aliens abducted me. It felt vividly realistic and I still remember it in detail…including waking up and immediately projectile vomiting. It creeps me out even though I don’t believe there are aliens like depicted in films out there.

I told you. No rhyme or reason. But it’s all good, baby. Unlike that smoothie.

• Do you think there is such a thing as too sweet? What things can be too sweet easily to you?  

• What random thing do you always wonder about?

I don’t think I have ever looked forward to a workout as much as I did this morning. I guess not feeling too well for a week means motivation suddenly through the roof! I didn’t even mind being called out of sleep at 6 am to eat my pre-run fuel. It’s like my body screamed at me to get back on the bandwagon NOW! I said “let’s get the party started” with some Pink and set out for my long run of the week.

Knowing I had taken off since my not too successful tempo run on Wednesday morning, I simply had one goal in mind. Take it slow, so you can finish.

After a week of feeling less than stellar, my body didn’t quite feel the same. Not in a painful sense, though. Purely in a what-the-H-E-doublehockeysticks-are-you-doing-to-me sense. It felt like a brutal wake up call. A GOOD brutal wake up call because once I got going I felt on top of the world. I finished with an unexpected average 9:30 pace. I will happily take that 8 miles!

After a less than optimal week on the healthy living front, a run left me with a ginormous craving for a green smoothie. Today’s mix went back to a basic favorite of mine -

• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond breeze
• 1 frozen banana
• 5 frozen strawberries
• 2 large handfuls fresh spinach
• 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
• pinch xanthan gum for thickening

Ahhhhhhh. A run and a smoothie (in a wineglass of course!) are good for the soul, I tell ya! Now I plan on foam rolling the heck out of my legs to make sure they don’t put me in soreness rehab as I get back on track. I got a half marathon to train for, after all. It’s only 14 weeks away!!!

• When is the last time your body said “what-the-H-E-doublehockeysticks-are-you-doing-to-me”?
• What foods/activities help set you back on track with your goals?