Weekly Workout Recap and Giveaway Winner!

This week was pretty interesting, fitness-wise. I decided last week to drop my mileage, give my head a break from too much running, and really focus on cross-training and stretching instead. How did I do?

Monday: 45 Minutes of yoga, 30 minutes of upper body and abwork
Tuesday: 1 hour of P90X Plyometrics
Wednesday: Ran 6 Miles
Thursday: 45 Minutes of Yoga, 30 minutes of upper body and abwork
Friday: 1 hour of P90X Plyometrics
Saturday: Ran 8.5 Miles
Sunday: 45 Minutes of Yoga, Walked 2 Miles

Total Mileage: 14.5 Running (16.5 total)

So...that's about half of my normal mileage, but I felt pretty great about it. Managed to get in 3 yoga sessions, 2 interval workouts (P90X) and 2 strength training sessions in.

This week: I'd like to keep my mileage low. Aiming for around 20 miles this week, and again focus on cross training. Then I'll head back into running mode!

Ok, now I know you're all just sticking around to see if you won a box of BumbleBar Jr's. I entered everything into the random calculator and got......

The 25th comment belongs to.....Run with Jess!

Congrats Jess! Send me an email so you can get your box of BumbleBars. I know these will come in handy, you're probably pretty hungry after your 18 MILE RUN this weekend!!! Definitely stop by her blog if you haven't already, this woman is amazing!

I hope everyone is having an amazing 4th of July today! And if you don't live in America, I guess it's just Monday. Sorry about that.

What is the tastiest red, white, and blue food concoction you can think of?

I think I would mix up some red strawberries, blueberries, coconut and greek yogurt. Yum!

What are your fitness goals this week?

Focusing on cross training again, and my goal is to have 3 days where I focus on upper body and get in my push-ups!

Race the Bar 5k Recap (AKA: A Personal Worst!)

Do you remember a few weeks back, when I was all braggy about running in Florida in February/March? Sunny mornings around a lake with a light breeze off the water have turned, cruelly, into humid stretches of time where I am humbly reminded of my own limitations. You guys, I see these gazelle-like creatures, men and women alike, who prance on my running route with compression socks, a soft glow of perspiration at their brow. It's beautiful. It's also a harsh reminder that I am not them. I am currently running in the thinnest, smallest items of clothing I can without offending anyone (shirt stays on, people). I dare not step outside without some awful visor or wide-brimmed hat. When I hop in the shower after a run, my face is a deep crimson that causes my husband to voice his concern for my general well-being. Have I mentioned this is what happens after my easy runs, with a few walk breaks thrown in? Yeah. It's humbling. Now, I'm not complaining. It's beautiful

Active Bands Review and Giveaway

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Brace Yourselves: Cuteness is Coming

One of the hardest things about moving, for me, was wondering how the cats would adjust each time. Although our cats are super travelers at this stage, I feel really guilty every time we have to pack them up and force them onto a plane. I remember my grandma telling me years ago that when she moved with a cat, they put butter on their paws. That way, the cats spent the first day in a new house licking their paws to get them clean, and that was enough time to lose the "smell" of the old house. I love that story, and I wish the same principle applied to longer moves. Anyway, that's a super long intro to say that for the fellow cat ladies out there, our three fur babies are insanely happy in this jungle gym of a home here in Florida. It's warm, there are plenty of sunny spots to curl up a take a nap, and they have lots of room to spread out. Despite the space, of course, they still usually want to take a nap on my head at night. Obviously. They also love climbing on ou

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