Friday Night Lights

Little Things I Look Forward To Each Day

July 13, 2011 by Kristy 14 Comments

7/13/11
8 miles temp0 / 1:06 / 8:15 avg pace
*6 miles at 7:50 pace

I was thinking a few days ago about all the routine things I do each day that make me smile, bring me out of a bad mood, comfort me, etc. If you sense a list coming up, you’re correct! Here’s my list of little things that I look forward to each day (most likely in order of appearance!).

1. My morning run: If you couldn’t tell from my 5:00AM wake-up calls, I’m an early bird. Running in the morning is so peaceful (and necessary in the summer). It’s the best way to start the day.

2. Venti sugar-free vanilla non-fat misto: I swing by Starbucks on the days that I go into work (I work from home 2 days a week). Delicious! I know my drink order is super high maintenance but this is way cheaper than a Skinny Vanilla Latte but tastes the same.

3. Readers’ comments: I LOVE reading your comments! I get so excited when my Gmail lights up! Keep ’em coming 🙂

4. Blog reading: I also love to read all of your blogs!

5. Walking in the door after work and seeing Hawk: How can you not love a dog that is so happy to see you every day? He practically looses his mind when I walk in the door.

6. Having dinner with Matt: I love to sit down and eat with Matt (bonus if it’s summer and we can grill and eat on the deck).

7. Taking Hawk for a walk: Bonus if Matt comes along. I enjoy going out for a walk but don’t get the chance to do it very often.

8. Watching a TV show with Matt: We don’t watch much TV so this is a real treat. Usually we watch a show on Netflix (just finished up Friday Night Lights – so so so good!).

9. Bed: Yes, I’m serious. I love to sleep and go to bed early – between 9:00 and 9:30. Yup, call me grandma. But that 5:00AM wake-up call comes pretty fast!

What are some routine things that you look forward to each day?

Taper Insanity

April 14, 2011 by Kristy 5 Comments

I’m only a few days into the taper and I’m already going a wee bit insane. It doesn’t help that this is my second rest day in-a-row. With a race on Sunday, my running schedule was thrown off a little this week. I want to run the marathon, like, now!

Aside from decreasing my overall mileage, this week looks like any other training week – speed, tempo, easy, and the race. I can’t even refocus my taper insanity onto Sunday’s race, since I’m using it as a marathon paced run! This extra time has allowed my mind to obsess. Obsess over the persistent post-nasal drip (gross, I know) I’ve been having. Am I getting a cold? Is it allergies? Since I’m allergic to everything and the pollen count is sky high, I believe it’s allergies. Another huge obsession is with my race day goal. I spend lots of time crunching the numbers and visualizing. More on that next week…that’s a post in and of itself!

Since you know what they say about an idle mind, I have been trying to obsess less and spend more time…

– Relaxing and catching up on TV (specifically Friday Night Lights)

– Taking Hawk on walks. Hawk loves the taper because of all the extra walks!

– Tackling my to-do list. I could do this…or watch another episode of Friday Night Lights.

– Read. Since I have to cut back on running, I may as well read about running! I do have about 5 running books to read.

What do you do to keep yourself (and your mind) from going insane during the taper?

Friday Favorites

February 18, 2011 by Kristy 11 Comments

2/18/11

6 miles easy

56:09

9:21 avg pace

I should have kept my pace in the 9:30 to 9:45 range since I have a 20-miler tomorrow. But I couldn’t contain my excitement – it’s warm out! Feels like I brought some San Fran weather back home with me!

It’s time for Friday Favorites! I want to preface my favorite things by saying these are the first 3 things that came to mind. So that explains the randomness…

Friday Night Lights
Matt and I just started watching this through Netflix. So, so good. We are almost finished with Season 1 and I can’t get enough. I wasn’t sure if I’d like it since I’m not a fan of football but it’s so well written and the characters are great.

Flip Flops and Uggs
For me, these are all the shoes I need. Oh, and my 20 pairs of running shoes. I have some weird feet. They don’t look weird but they don’t fit into shoes well. Shoe shopping is not fun for me. I can go into DSW and try on tons of shoes and walk out with nothing. So I stick to my flips in the summer and my Uggs in the winter. You should see me in heels…I feel like a kid playing dress-up.

Green Beans
I told you my favorite things were random. I love me some green beans. Probably my favorite veggie. No butter or olive oil necessary, just some salt. Side note: since I sweat like a guy when I run (oh so hot), I salt everything. Today I had green beans and brown rice for lunch. I would have taken a picture (a la food blogger) but I devoured it.

TGIF! I’m seeing Black Swan tonight with my friend Michelle. From what I hear, it’s pretty messed up which is perfect for me and Michelle. She shares my like of sick and twisted things.