Where's the Beach?

Long Run on a Long Day First of all, I won't even apologize for not posting yesterday. I think perhaps I should take more weekend breaks and just enjoy life rather than blogging about. And honestly, I wish that more bloggers would do the same. While I had slight twinges of regret, I remembered that there used to be a time when I didn't stop every day to recap the day. I just enjoyed it. And that's what I finally did yesterday, no regrets. I set my alarm for 7:15 am not to beat the heat for a change, but because I needed to get my long run in before the day began. On tap was my niece's birthday party (an hour away), a work related stop, a neighborhood festival (Hillcrest Harvest Fest), then my sis came to stay then night and that also meant drinks with friends, then pizza night. Wow, long day right? But a good one; worth every moment. So, got up for my run. I thought I had plotted out a 13-mile route. Apparently I was really off. My 13 mile run ended up being 13.5 m...

Saturday Run Thanks for sharing your favorite pizza types and toppings. I wish we could all get together for Pizza Friday and have a build your own pizza buffet. Wouldn't that be fun?! Usually Saturdays end up being chest days for me. It sort of happened that way because I knew Jason would be around to spot me with the heavier weights. But today I decided to do away with the norm. Instead, I actually sat on the couch and watched some Food Network before even thinking about working out, chores, anything. It was nice easing into the day and something I should do more often. Now if I could just figure out how to sleep in too. So, doing away with tradition, I didn't do weights at all today. Jason and I went for a run along the river trails on the north side today. We started off and realized quickly that it was warmer than we had anticipated and it was super windy. I had no clue it was that windy when we left the house. So the first 2 miles were straight into the wind. Tough. ...