Up and running

I had excellent plan follow through today.

Buddy wasn't sure why we were up so early.

All geared up with my road id and fitbit on one wrist and my garmin on the other.

This is my absolute favorite sunscreen for my face. I hate feeling all gooey, so this stuff is awesome.

I made it out the door and drove to Sleepy Hollow to meet up with the group. I wasn't even the last one there!

My slow/injured running buddy is no longer slow or injured (he's actually marathon training right now), so I had to keep up. Running with them definitely helps me run faster than I would on my own.

It was hotter than we thought it was going to be, so it was a very sweaty 6.5 miles on the trail. We finished in just over an hour.

Buddy was patiently waiting to help me stretch when I got home.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing, reading, and watching some tv. I suppose I could have done some dishes or started my laundry, but there's always tomorrow for that.

I'm planning on a repeat of this morning tomorrow. Up early and running before it gets hot. We'll see how my plan plays out. Worst case, there's always the treadmill...

The day I drove to work 3 times

We had some pretty cool clouds this morning.

I managed to drive to work three times today. In the morning (obviously), at lunch time (to let Buddy out), and again an hour later because I got peed on (the joys of working with toddlers!) and had to come home and change before a conference. Good thing I live close to work!

My fitbit app on my phone updated the other day, and it has a new "excercise" feature. Buddy and I tested it out on our walk this afternoon. It uses GPS (like apps like Map my run) but then it syncs all that data with your fitbit. Pretty neat little addition to the app. The GPS lost us for a little while, so the map looks like we took a bee line through a bunch of houses.

I'm taking a rest day today since I did 11 miles yesterday. I am trying to be good about rest days (and cross training) for this upcoming training cycle. I pretty much didn't do any strength training/cross training before my last two races, and I want to see if doing some non-running workouts can help bring my time down. Always chasing that next PR. :)

I'm planning on heading to bed a little early to catch up on some sleep tonight - we have all 11 kiddos in class tomorrow, I will need all the energy I can get!

I've got a dinosaur on my head

The neighbors have been putting some really random things in the recycling shed lately.

I got a fun package in the mail from my aunt yesterday. It had some new music for the kiddos. They are already obsessed with the song "I've got a dinosaur on my head," or as they call it, "Dinosaur my head." We listened to it a ridiculous number of times today.

It has also been stuck in my head all evening.

She also sent me a potholder for our cast-iron skillet (shown here with my awesome orange potholders that my dad made - we're a crafty family).

I wanted to test out the "burst mode" on my phone's camera, so naturally I used Buddy as my test subject.

We started with a denta-stick.

And then

This picture makes me laugh so hard!

And a happy mutt.

Today was a rest day on my training plan, so I got caught up on dishes (didn't I just do that?) and enjoyed getting to sit down for a few minutes since I'm on my feet all day. I have mile repeats on the agenda tomorrow, I'm both nervous and excited for them!

Now I'm off to get things done so I can go to bed at a reasonable hour - I was just shy of 8 hours last night, according to my fitbit - way more sleep than I have been getting lately!

Random Friday things

I haven't seen the official tally, but I'm confident that I worked over 50 hours this week. That's a lot of hours, especially working with kids.

Buddy wasn't happy that I had to work later than usual today. He expressed this frustration by shredding some recycling.

This is his I'm-guilty-but-please-forgive-me face:

Please disregard the clutter on my table. I haven't been home long enough to care what it looks like.

This picture is dark (I took it during nap time), but I'm very excited to start this with my kiddos when the weather starts getting warmer.

I just looked at the little girl on the box - terrifying.

I learned yesterday that my fitbit matches my jacket.

Tomorrow morning I will be clearing glass out of the Jeep. I am driving it to get looked at and I'm hoping it isn't raining for the drive - I can't very well drive with a trash bag covering the driver's side window.

For now, I'm off to bed. Maybe with a little rest I can finally kick this month-long cold I've been battling.

Tell me something random about your day!

More snacks please

All I did today was eat. I mean, I was at work and did all the things I needed to do (for 10 hours), but otherwise all I did was eat. And drink TONS of water. I get hungry every 20 minutes.

Since I knew I would need some extra snacks today, I brought some from my RunnerBox.

These were almost too crunchy, but the flavor was really good! I would totally eat these again.

I was sad when this was gone:

It was really good, chewy with lots of good coconut flavor, which I love. If I see these in the store I will not hesitate to buy them again.

My fitbit tells me that my normal day (work and walks with Buddy) is a little over 16,000 steps. And that's not even with any running! It allegedly translates to around 7 miles.

It's really a fun little gadget.

I'm off to feed the mutt and myself. I'm trying to get to bed early tonight - my boss told me I looked tired about 4 times today.

Are you insanely hungry for days after a race?

I'm not very organized.

Some things about today:

• Someone called me at 2:30am and 5:00am. I did not answer because I didn't want to talk to anyone at either of those times. They didn't leave a message so I have no idea who it was.
• Work was pretty mellow, only 7 kids and way less crazy than earlier in the week. We made astronaut pudding (basically instant pudding in a ziplock), they had a lot of fun squishing it around in the bag. I squeezed the pudding into a bowl for them, I think it would have been a disaster to let them eat it out of the bag!
• I had just settled in for a relaxing after work time when the doorbell rang. The neighbors stopped by to let me know that the windows were broken in Tom's Jeep. It clearly looks like something backed into it, breaking both the driver's side windows and the side mirror. So my relaxing evening was spent taping trash bags over the windows and talking to a police officer. 
• While I was outside talking to the police man, Buddy ate the chicken that I as going to have for dinner. Thanks, dude.
• I still haven't decided what I'm wearing for the race tomorrow, or even what time I am going to wake up. I'm not very organized.
• I got my fitbit in the mail today. I'm really excited to play with use it, once I figure out what all the different flashing lights mean...

Time to start thinking about my game plan for the race tomorrow.

How far in advance do you plan for race morning?

Any race day routines?