TGIF!

It is finally the weekend!! I am a little tipsy right now, I sat out by my pool with my fam and some friends all night and drank vodka with orange juice. So delicious. Now I am in bed hydrating and preparing myself to wake up early to run in the morning.

My alarm went off at 5 am this morning and I did not feel like getting up but luckily I was meeting a friend to run and I didn't want to bail on her. I had a blueberry clif z bar on my way to the gym to meet her and we ran a quick 6.5 miles.

Fridays at work at casual days so it was so nice to just throw on a pair of jeans, a cami, a cardigan and some ballet flats and be comfy all day. After I got dressed I made myself an almond butter and banana slice sandwich (see pic above) it was amazingggggg. I never expected to like almond butter but I love it. Stopped for an extra large coffee with light cream on the way to work.

On Fridays at work we get out an hour early so we work for lunch. I heated up a Trader Joes meal, it was grilled veggies with couscous. It was delicious! I had that with some watermelon and a luna tea cake. Snack time was an apple and some oatmeal.

When I got home from work I collapsed on my bed, shoes on and all and slept for two hours. When I woke up my sisters and I ran to the store and to pick up pizza. I got myself some stuff to make a salad and a slice of veggie pizza. I didn't eat pizza for almost a year because of the calorie content, so this was a pretty big step for me. I had pizza about a week ago also. I can't believe when I was younger I was able to eat 2-3 pieces! Now one is more than enough. I also ate some choc chip cookies and a ton of pretzals so I def went over my calorie goal for the day but thats okay, I will get a ton of exercise tomorrow. Today was just a hungry day.

I'm off to bed, gotta get up at 5:45 to run and then take a spin class! I love my Saturday morning workouts and then I plan on collapsing next to the pool for the rest of the day. Week 6 of marathon training is almost complete! Have a great weekend everyone:)

4 days until the weekend!

Hey everyone!

Monday is almost over! 4 days until the weekend. Today was a pretty easy day at work, we are kind of slow right now because so many people are on vacation so I basically fooled around on facebook and runners world all day. Even my boss was on facebook so there really is not much to do these next few days.

Today was a rest day, definately needed after my 13.5 yesterday. It wasn't the best run, I havent been eating too "cleanly" and definately felt heavy and sluggish on my run. My pace was a 8:54. Oh well got it done. One of my friends I ran with gave me good advice...I was saying how it is runs like that one that make me think how am I ever going to run 26.2 and she said just to file this run away and not think about it. So that is what I am going to do. No point in stressing over it.

Today I woke up to crazy hot/humid weather here in NJ. I made myself my favorite breakfast- packet of low sugar oatmeal with half a banana sliced up and mixed in, half a banana mashed in, tons of blueberries and a spoonful of peanut butter. I promise to start remembering to take pics of my meals! Then I got to work and saw that someone brought in panera bagels for someones bday. I decided not to deprive myself and took one for later. I ended up getting hungry at about 11am so I ate part of mine, it was a french toast bagel. I have always wanted to try one and it was soooo good. Since I ate that at 11am by the time my lunch break came I was not really hungry so I went and hit up the Gap and Pier One and some other shops and just ate my yogurt and some fruit. I saved my turkey and laughing cow wrap and had it for a snack later on with a clif z bar.

I hit up Whole Foods and Trader Joes after work and bought way too many clif/luna bars but they should last a while. Also bought some premade veggie enchiladas, a big box of puffins, almond butter, and some low fat blueberry bran muffins. Looking forward to trying my new stuff out!

Well I am off to do some yoga and then start a new book. I love to read and can read super fast. On Saturday afternoon alone, I spent 3 hours sitting by my pool reading and read an entire 360 page book. (Shopaholic & Baby-I highly recommend it). The book I am starting now is a memior by a 9/11 widow. I can't remember the name of it butit looks good/sad.

Running 7 miles at 5:30 am tomorrow, ugh morning is going to come too fast. Have a good night everyone!

Weekends Go By Way Too Fast

Hey everyone! I am sorry I have been M.I.A for quite some time. I started a new job just around the time I started marathon training and have been quite busy.

There is not really much to report in my life, I am following my training plan and it is going well so far and trying to really focus on appropriate fueling. I think I am maintaining my weight which is good. My speed is starting to come back after my long lay off from being hurt and I am hoping for a sub 4 hour marathon come October.

I will be back once I have something more interesting to write about!