Gourmet Runner

Remember how hubs and I were heading to Atlanta for sushi, a Florence and the Machine concert, and an early anniversary celebration? Well....not so much. We left a little late because of some work that needed to be done at the house, and then once on the road heard radio reports of the traffic. Um, yikes. Kinda forgot that everyone in the world decided to drive to the beach for 4th of July weekend. We would have had to skip dinner, wait 3-4 hours in traffic, and MAYBE catch the end of the concert. We turned around and headed home, and I cried just a little. I lied. I cried a lot. There wasn't much I could do about it, so we cuddled up in front of the TV, made homemade bagel pizzas (um, yum!) and ate cookie dough by the spoonful. Instantly makes everything better. This morning I was ready to hit the road for a long run, and made it 8.5 miles in 1:20, so a 9:24 pace. My legs felt so great and rested! But just to be safe, can you guess what I did after the run? You know after a r...

Today was long run day and since my half-marathon is in two weeks, I decided on an 11 mile run this morning. In the past 2 months I have had a grand total of ZERO long runs outside--they've all been on the treadmill to better entertain me! Obviously today I needed to get my butt into gear and run outside. I did what any candy loving girl would do and filled up the pouch of my hand-held water bottle with jellybeans to fuel me for the run: I loved this! Because they're so small I ate one or two every half mile, and it was honestly like I was running for jellybeans. Whenever I got tired I would tell myself, "half a mile longer and you get a jellybean." Genius.  I managed to head out early enough (8am) that it was a nice temperature and not sunny, but after an hour  or so the sun was out and I could really feel myself working harder to maintain the pace. Here's the breakdown of the 11 miles:  If you ignore the last half mile (I finished the run and started walki...