Wednesday, August 10, 2011

It's cold outside--Thank you Florida!!

Well, ok, it's not exactly cold...but in the high 70's and 80's the past couple of days here in not-so-sunny Florida.  Thank God!  We needed this break from the heat and we really have needed all this rain we've been getting!  I wouldn't mind it keeping up until Saturday at 6am! I was almost in shock when driving home from the gym at 6:30 last night, I saw 77*F.  What?!  I did a dance!

Speaking of the gym, I went last night.  I ran.  8 miles actually.  In 72 minutes.  I was happy with that.  That's about the pace I want to run during my 1/2 marathon in November.  I told myself I was going to do between 8-10 miles.  If I ran it within a 72min:--second time, I could quit at 8, if not, I'd have to run to 10 and hope to get to a 9:00/mile pace by then.  Well, I was quite speedy after my first couple miles.  I ran the last 1/2 mile at a 6:58!  Hey, gotta do what you gotta do to finish.  I had to force myself into running last night (as I have had to do a lot lately) but I was happy to have finished it.

Stuff's been going down in my neck of the woods.  Not the best kinds of stuff either.  I'll be happy to be eating hibachi with some of my girls here in a bit.  Maybe take a bit of a mental break, although the hubs has been awesome at mental breaking with me lately too.  We enjoyed some of the finest foods today for lunch:
 We had "Messy Mexican Dogs"...it looked a little something like this...with jalapeños!
Delicious!  But so, SO unhealthy!

I'm not gonna lie.  It was worth it.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway!  This is your last chance!  I'll be drawing the winner via random.org and announcing tomorrow!  Good luck!

5 comments:

Paula @ Eat: Watch: Run said...

Yes! I have noticed the big drop in humidity. It's sooooo nice. Still hot, but sooo nice. If it stays around, I'll have a great run on Sat. :-)

Amanda said...

YAY for a good run! It's been 3 days since my half and I'm already itching to hit the pavement...

henning love said...

congrats on the cooler temps! good luck with your half marathon in November. I need to pick one and start the training soon. What half marathon are you doing? and that hot dog is exactly what i would allow myself to eat after exercising last night

Meg O @watchmegorun said...

yayy it finally cooled down here a little too. Those mexican dogs look both good and gross all in one lol

agalandherdog said...

Send some cooler weather our way! And that hot dog while you're at it! Haha!