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A Fun and Productive Weekend

July 10, 2011 by Kristy 6 Comments

7/11/11
8 miles easy / 1:17 / 9:37 avg pace

Let’s recap the weekend!  Friday night was my friend Wendy’s wedding.  She looked beautiful and her dress was amazing (it was so Wendy!).  The ceremony took place outside on this beautiful covered terrace.  It was perfect.

Here is Wendy getting ready to walk down the aisle…

She was a little emotional!

Back view of her dress…

The food was awesome:  mini cheeseburgers and a mashed potato bar?!  I can’t think of a better way to refuel after 20 miles.

Group shot:  Sheryl, Wendy, and me.  Not sure why we are all squatting down (especially me).

Saturday was my first weekend home in awhile and I was prepared to tackle some of my to-do list.  Matt has been asking me for some time to go through all my pictures (pre-digital age…about 3 1/2 boxes worth) and trash/consolidate.  We live in a small house so the less boxes lying around, the better.  This took all day.  And I’m not even finished.  I separated everything into piles based on time but I still need to organize more before placing them in storage boxes.  I got rid of 3 garbage bags worth of pictures.  Who needs that many pictures of your senior prom?  I also got to relive how much fun I had in college 🙂

This is the treadmill's purpose during the summer months

On Sunday I had a 8 mile tempo run planned with 5 miles at 8:00 pace.  I’ve been doing my tempo runs on a shaded trail so my Garmin is always a little off; it often tells me I am running faster than I am.  It’s difficult for me to accurately track my pace so I just aim to run in the “comfortably hard” tempo zone.

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I got back to my car and took a peek at my times.  Holy crap!  That was comfortably hard?!  I finally found my groove and hit my pace on laps 5 and 6.  I obviously need to reign myself in more and control my pace but I do love to see progress!

20 Miles, Take 2

July 7, 2011 by Kristy 12 Comments

7/8/11
20 miles / 3:07 / 9:21 avg pace

One of my Dad’s favorite sayings is “no one ever drowned in sweat”.  I think I came pretty close today.  90% humidity is no joke!  I was planning on doing this run as a long, slow distance anyway but the weather gave me no choice.  By mile 10 my shorts were drenched and sticking to me.  Shortly after that, I started getting exhausted and my stomach started to cramp up.  I dehydrate pretty easily so I always carry my handheld water bottle with me…and I refilled it 4 times!  So after a 4:30AM wake-up call and 20 miles, I feel completely hungover – headache, nauseous, etc.  Awesome.  On days like today, it’s unavoidable.  I drank a ton of water, ate Shot Bloks every 4 miles, and even took electrolyte tablets pre- and post-run.

But I need to recover quickly because tonight is summer wedding #2. My friend Wendy is getting married! I’m so happy for her!

Are you dealing with this ridiculous humidity too?  Please feel free to vent!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Ugh

June 13, 2011 by Kristy 12 Comments

After the knee fiasco on Saturday things got better and then got worse.  I had a great time at the wedding (more on that later) but tossed and turned all Saturday night because my body just ached.  Not long run aches, flu aches.  I was so uncomfortable I barely slept.  I woke up feeling awful, kinda like the flu – achy, feverish, chills.  I took some Advil and we made our way back home.  We got home, I slept for a few hours, parked myself on the couch, and watched TV.  I also begged Matt to get me a DQ Blizzard (hey, there was nothing wrong with my stomach).  Since I know I can’t have the flu, I’m chalking it up to the damn tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis vaccine.  Not only does my arm hurt, it made me feel crappy…for two days!  I’m home from work today because I still don’t feel good.  This needs to end now.  I hate being sick.

Onto more fun stuff!  The wedding was a good time and Camille never looked happier.  Some pictures…

The new Mr. and Mrs.
With Amy and Albert (also friends from grad school)
A little flashed-out but a good table pic nonetheless

What I'm Looking Forward To…

June 10, 2011 by Kristy 8 Comments

6/10/11
A rest day with an easy yoga class at noon!

I was thinking about this summer yesterday and how many fun things we have planned.  So…why not list them?

  • Early morning summer running.  Can’t beat rolling out of bed, throwing on shorts and a tank, and hitting the road.
  • Long runs (do I need to say more?).
  • Summer wedding season!
  • Trips to the Shore for Amanda’s Bachelorette (fun!) and 4th of July weekend (more fun!).
  • Attending the Healthy Living Summit in August.  I couldn’t pass it up since it’s in Philly.  Can’t wait to meet some of my fellow bloggers!
  • Celebrating our 2-year wedding anniversary.
  • Celebrating Matt’s birthday.
  • Running marathon #9 on 9/11 (technically still summer so it counts).
  • Hopefully BQing in marathon #9.
We kick off wedding season this weekend with my friend Camille’s wedding.  I met Camille when I was a grad student at Georgetown.  She is one of the nicest and kind-hearted people I know.  I’m so happy for her and can’t wait to celebrate.
Me, Matt, and Camille at our wedding. We love our Miller Lite.
Dancing away...

What are you looking forward to this summer?

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