Wordless Wednesday

Some fun pics I took yesterday of the kids. I took 132! These 2 made the cut!

Monday, Monday......

Sunday~ OFF
Monday~Spin class --it was a hot one! Intervals galore.
Totally Toned at noon. Biceps galore!

I started a 10 day cleanse on Monday and feel great thus far. I am in the beginning stages of cleaning up my less than perfect diet. I am basically flooding myself with even more water than normal and eating tons of veggies and fruits. That's funny; isn't this how I should be eating?!??! Duh.
On tap for later today is speed work at running club. 800 repeats on the track. It could be worse and the weather could be worse too. SO I better count my lucky stars!

My 6 year old is funny. Yesterday she changed into her running gear and Nike running shoes. She told me she was going for a run. She proceeded to run up and down our street (sidewalk) for a good 10 minutes. She came back inside and told me she had to go teach a spin class! Love her!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday Slacker....

So yea, no workout for me on Sunday. It started with good intentions, but then those went out the window.

I wanted to run and then I wanted to lift and then I wanted to do kickboxing.....and then Amara and I made Christmas cookies and we all went out for pizza. Ha! Take that workout!!

I snapped a picture of Amara (im) patiently waiting the 5 minutes for the cookies to be done! We had a blast!

Saturday Long Run and birth stories...

I am not sure if I missed running or not, or taught one too many Spin classes this week! Either way, I choose running over Spin today.

We ran 10 miles. 10 hilly miles I might add. Our pace was just over 9 minutes. Totally fine with that. It's usually slower than that! ha.... but as I always say this is a not a race. I don't see the need to do super fast miles for my long runs. I save my 7 minute miles for race day. Sometimes I like to go hard or faster for my long runs..but not often! Maybe if somebody was paying me to run....

Anyways...it was pretty chilly out this morning. A brisk 29 degrees when we started. So naturally my hands were frozen solid by mile 4. Love that. Ouch. I could barely move my hands to hold my cup of Gatorade. Can't wait until it's actually COLD out. I ordered new gloves that are supposedly the best of the best, but we will see. People are always recommend gloves for me, but they have NO IDEA.

The 10 miles was good though. I met a new friend and ran with people that I know, but don't normally run with so it was good to talk to "new" people. Somehow we got on the subject of childbirth and exercising while pregnant etc. So of course I had to retell my trauma/drama of Miles ( remember? He was a few oz. shy of 11 lbs. for a non c section birth). Most of the girls listening were young with no kids. I think I scared them. They cannot understand how someone so fit and little ( their words, NOT mine), could get so huge and have a huge baby. I told them to believe it! What they really can't believe is that I would do it all over again in a heartbeat and want to! I ain't scared!!

Anyway..it's always a fun story to share with unsuspecting people. I only tell that story when asked--usually! This made the last 3 miles of hills go by fast since I was doing most of the talking for once. I think my hands even thawed out naturally too. It was a great day for a run!

Sunday Slacker....ahhhhh feels good too!

Today I slacked. That's 2 whole days off in 7 days. Totally normal for someone else, but not this chick. I feel great though. It was a long weekend. I had an awesome run yesterday, not to mention a great week of workouts. No big deal. I planned on going to the gym for a full body workout and cardio. A dear friend called and wanted to meet up at a nearby park for a play-date. There won't be many more nice days as there were today so I felt I had to take advantage. We went to the park and played Duck Duck Goose and a bunch of made of games. I guess I was kind of active--running around with a 5 year old and (2) 2 year olds! It was a lot of fun.
I also racked 4 piles of leaves....I only have about 94 to go!!
All in all it was a great day!