It tasted great...minus the spaghetti. You can find the recipe I used here. It was pretty quick, easy, and yummy.
I've been having a lot of trouble getting motivated for long runs during marathon training. I get my week day speed and tempo runs in all awesome-like, and then the long run comes and I. can't. run. I realized why I vowed to never, ever, ever run another marathon. I hated the long runs and how I felt the whole weekend after my long runs. I mean, don't get me wrong...it feels awesome (to my ego-athletic side) to be able to actually run 20 miles, but I'm then shot the rest of the day...and playing catch up the rest of the week because of it. So Friday, I decided I to bump myself down to the half marathon.
Saturday morning, we woke up and biked 22 miles instead of the run we were supposed to do, since now the half marathon is the goal. Biking 22 miles is a breeze compared to running it. Plus, I'm apparently pretty fast on the bike. John was totally jealous of my skillz... Ok, not so much jealous, but I was pushing the pace. I have an awesome burn line on my back due to the sun-that-hid-through-the-clouds-that-made-me-think-I-didn't-need-sunscreen...what kind of Floridian am I?! Ugh, it's still painful today. I'd show you a picture, but the shirt I have on today does not allow for an ideal image of those lines. I am at work...trying to be a professional here :-)
Saturday night, we had a Harry Potter movie night. We watched
and John and I made Harry Potter cupcakes for our friends. I like to theme things...I'm not that big of a HP fan, although I do enjoy the movies. We needed to catch the boys up to Part 1, so we can all go see Part 2 this week!
These were my inspiration...from here.
Sunday was a day of fun! We took the boat out for a while. It was not so sunny so it wasn't quite as hot as it has been, but it was a beautiful day out with friends. Then, we went and saw
I thought it was pretty funny. That about covers recent evens in my life.
Catch me up on you!
Did you see any movies this weekend?
If so, what?
How were your runs or other workouts?
Have you ever changed your plan part way through training for a race?
7 comments:
I wanna pick your brain about a full ... I think I might be running one in November.
Haha I didn't see any movies. I didn't do any running. And I wish I could bump my half marathon down, but I'm going to suck it up and run it. :)
okay. I have seen these 26.2 and 13.1 stickers everywhere and was wondering what they were for, so glad I stumbled across you blog today, thanks for clearing that up! I'm not a runner, so had no idea.
LOVED HP, I thought it wrapped up the series well. We also saw Horrible bosses this weekend, it's super hilarious, I seriously laughed the whole way through.
& your dog is cute. serious cuteness right there.
Your HP cupcakes are so cute, love them!
I watched Horrible Bosses last week---not bad, but more a guy's movie I thought!
I think I feel the same way about marathons. Once I'm done with this one in November so I can say I ran one...I probably won't do a full again. It SUCKS getting up every weekend for a long run and then I'm starving uncontrollably the next day. So far my legs have been fine after a few hours, but I've only done 16 miles so who knows once we get to 20 and 22.
sounds like you had a great weekend! i just found your blog and am now following you :-) i agree biking 22 miles is MUCH better than running, those cupcake cones are adorable! meg
Eeeek! Did you not take pictures of the cupcakes you made?!?! Oh and biking is ALWAYS better/easier than running...in my opinion :) I am seeing HP tomorrow night!!! EEEEK! :)
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