Good Friday morning my friends. It’s a good Friday because well, all Friday’s
are pretty good. Today is 4 weeks until
Maui. And yes, I am going to keep this countdown alive and going for the next 4
weeks. It’s probably mostly all I shall talk about. I mean, it’s mostly all I think about, so why
wouldn’t it be mostly all I talk about? 4 weeks from right now I’m on a plane
flying to Maui. CRAZY! And exciting and happiness and nervous. I’m less nervous right now but I am CERTAIN
that on the actual day my nerves are going to be thru the roof. I mean, I was way chill before I ran my first
half marathon up until the night before when I was so sick I wanted to
puke. I puke when I get too
nervous. It’s my little nervous
habit. Anyway, enough about that.
Last night I went off to the gym for boot camp class. I did NOT warm up before class and I can
honestly say I totally felt that. I
barely worked that hard as a result. We did 8 exercises, 3 rounds. It was hard don’t get me wrong but not sweat
dripping constant movement. It was fine
except when I was done with the half hour I had only burned like 130 calories. And that is simply not enough for the evening. I debated just going home but was like, no that’s
lame. You are dressed and here just go
do something else. I was going to maybe
do the stair climber but that machine was in use. Fuck. So I ended up on the treadmill of
course. I didn’t need to run, that is
why it wasn’t my first inclination.
Today is rest day but I don’t mind taking 2 days off from running before
a big run. Whatever, I told myself I could just go REALLY slow and burn some
calories. I ended up doing 3 miles of course. I did slow it down but honestly
it felt fine. Comfortable of
course. Nothing fancy, nothing life
shattering. Just enough. I got my calorie burn to over 500 and called
it good.
After that I ran into the grocery store which is right next
door to the gym and got more Greek yogurt. Well, I went in for the yogurt
because I am not going to lie I’ve been obsessed with it lately. Everything goes in spurts. But damned lately it’s
like my total go-to. I eat an 80 calorie
yogurt with some sprinkles in it and it’s like the BEST thing ever. Of course I ended up picking up way to much
other stuff, all good of course. Salad
dressing, bananas, coffee creamer. You now.
Came home, took the doggies for
a walk and pretty much called it.
Scratch that. I got a tub of blue diamond coconut almonds and those
things are addictive and delicious and I pretty much ate the whole can. Again,
not the end of the world. It’s freaking almonds for crying out loud. But still. We had spaghetti for dinner
because I’m trying out this carb loading for 2 days prior to a long run
day. Plus you know, excuse to eat more
pasta. I didn’t track my food intake
last night. It happens. I know it was too much but boy its freeing to
just dish out pasta directly onto your plate and not weigh or measure any of
it. Granted at this point in my life I
have a fairly good internal judge for how much is enough of stuff. But still.
Felt slightly bad and yet slightly didn’t care. It happens.
So I ate too much.
Whatever. And then I got some
lovely doggie snuggles which are the best thing ever! My Bella really is quite the cuddle bug. If I am sitting on the couch she wants to be
on my lap, giving me kisses. I love a
good doggie kiss but eventually I don’t want to be licked anymore.
So yesterday, I also posted this. This is inside my bikini drawer at home. A couple weekends ago when I reorganized my
clothes and my drawers, I actually got to move stuff around and organize. One of the drawers that got a makeover was the
swimsuit drawer as well. Okay, its
bikini drawer. There’s not a full on swimsuit 1 piece in there. The funny thing is, I NEVER wear these,
right? But I have so many of them and
they are so pretty. I clearly don’t need
to bring ALL of them to Maui with me, but boy am I looking forward to wearing
them. I just pray that the confidence I
have today carries over to when I’m actually in Maui. Sometimes I feel great and ready beforehand
and then something about actually being on the beach in public in the bikini
with other women who look great in bikini’s and I get extremely self-conscious
and all messed up in the head. It’s
pretty much happened most every time on most every vacation. Hopefully having this extra amount of
confidence in myself right now at this point in my life helps to eliminate some
of that anxiety. Nonetheless, I’m
excited right now.
So that brings us to this morning. I feel pretty okay today. Nothing fancy. But hell, it’s Friday and that is worth being
excited about all on its own.
I also noticed this morning my abs looked pretty
decent. I do not understand the rhyme or
reason as to why someday I can’t see my abs for shit but then other times they
are there. Who knows. I have learned to
not question it so much and just embrace the days I can see them.
My belly button is
fucked up because of the loose skin.
That is loose skin around there that makes it look long and deformed
instead of tight. This is me being super
self-critical and that is a shit attitude.
I know it. Instead of looking at
my deformed belly button I should look at the top part and the ab muscles that
I actually see there. Yes, there are
true abs inside and I actually know
these. Even on days when I can’t see them, I definitely feel a hard
muscled core in there. I do not think
you can get abs from exercise. Abs are
just mostly diet. I do think running has
helped tremendously on the abs front because it does require so much of my
core. I’ve always had really good core
strength and I think that is from a lifetime of running. It’s just nice to sometimes see the actual
muscles. I don’t live my life by it or
entirely work hard to get abs, it’s not my top priority. If abs happen while in
pursuit of my other passions then that is great. I mean, I won’t turn them
down!
So the fact that it is Friday means its rest day. I do need
a rest day so that I can effectively run 16 miles tomorrow morning. It is going
to be hot tomorrow morning so that is only going to add to the misery of it
all. Sigh. Therefore today I must relax and rest and let
me legs recover to run said distance tomorrow.
But guess what? I get myself a free massage tonight.. what??? Yup. A guy that goes to the gym that I’ve
known for quite a while is going to massage school. I think he’s in his second year and in doing
so he has to log hours of practice for free.
He has given Amanda a lot of massages so it’s nothing creepy. He’s a very nice older married gentleman. Like in his late 50’s. He’s a hippy guy with long hair. Totally seems fitting that he wants to do
massage. But it’s awesome. So I texted him and right after work I’m
going to his house. He has a “studio” set up, like a massage parlor. I am not worried or creeped out at all. I
know this guy and like I said Amanda has gotten several massages from him. All
professional. He was like, be prepared
to fill out the paperwork and then the first massage is 90 minutes. I’m like hell yeah! A free 90 minute massage. I’m down.
Also this is very good because its rest day and otherwise I’d probably
go home and just end up eating things I don’t need to eat so this REALLY works
for me.
I haven’t had a massage in forever so honestly I’m way
excited for this! Good times. But tomorrow I have to wake up pretty damned
early for the run. This is not a half
marathon but it is an organized training run by a local running group so it is
an official half marathon course. No
medal. No shirt. But no cost either. There weren’t any half marathons this
weekend to do. Sigh. But the point is,
we are meeting at 6:30 to take a shuttle from the finish line to the start line
and running at 7 AM. The location is
over an hour away. So we basically need to leave our house at like 5 AM. Meaning wake up at 4:30 AM. Doesn’t that sound like fun? The things we do because we are motivated and
committed to this. After we run the 13.1
miles Chris and I are just going to run another 3 on our own, because we half
to! This is all fine and dandy but tomorrow is going to be a crazy day for
us. After we do that we are going to
drive home and shower and do all that stuff and then tomorrow night Amanda is
doing a bodybuilding show in Vancouver.
(Back up the freeway again another hour drive) I really don’t want to go to the show because
I think bodybuilding is sick and mean but I love Amanda and she is my best
friend and supports me unconditionally and therefore I support her. This is very important to her so I am going
to go. Chris and I are both going to
go. She is there for me when I need her
so I need to be there for her.
After the show everyone is going out for pizza, so that is
going to happen. That will be my cheat
meal for the week and honestly I will have ran 16 miles at that point so my
body can probably handle it. That’s the
great thing about running, I get to eat!
My body is burning up everything these days. Seriously. I can tell my metabolism is really high right
now.
I have no plans for Sunday.
We are going to sleep in, because we will be crazy tired at that point
for sure. But I would like to do something
physical and active, but we shall see. Maybe a hike. It’s been a while since we
went on a hike and honestly it would be nice to get out in nature. But boy at this point that is a long time
away so we will just have to wait and see how it all plays out!
Have a fabulous weekend my friends.
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