Short Week!

I was going to say how glad I was that this was a short work week, but then I realized that's pretty obvious.  Who isn't happy with a short work week?

My weekend was good. Sunday was awesome because I had a deep tissue massage and some "me" time sweating out the toxins in the wet sauna and then went to see The Descendants. I'd highly recommend it! Besides the story being engaging and the acting top-notch, the Kauai scenes had me itching to go back there. It's not my favorite island because of all the driving you have to do to get around and the resulting traffic on the two-lane roads, but seeing Hanalei Bay made me nostalgic for a surfing trip I took there in November 2010. 

After the movie I headed to the gym for a yoga class. My marathon schedule dictated 60 minutes of cross-training, so I did 30 minutes of cardio (20 on the elliptical and 10 on the bike) and then took the yoga class.  I guess it did something because my obliques, back, and arms are all sore today. 

Saturday was a bit of a blur. I slept in a little (if you can call 7AM "sleeping in") and then did my 5 mile recovery run (through Fisherman's Wharf and down the Embarcadero). Then it was home for some Instant Netflix time on the Wii (watched my first episode of Breaking Bad and loved it) and a little reading. 

I'm currently reading Sideways on a Scooter by Miranda Kennedy. It's fascinating to read about what it's really like to live in India (from the point of view of an upper middle class American, that is), but reinforces my desire to never visit there. I can't even camp, so visiting India would be out of the question.

Later I went dancing, but didn't have that great of a time. It wasn't awful, but I'm just not big on dance music from the "90s, 00s, and 10s." I just stayed for 3 hours and then headed home.

My plans for this week start with looking over my marathon training schedule: 

Monday:  Rest
Tuesday:  Boot Camp (60 minutes)
Wednesday:  Run (4 miles easy)
Thursday:  Run (Turkey Trot 10K = 6.2 miles)
Friday:  Rest
Saturday:  Run (9 miles)
Sunday:  60 minutes Cross-Training
Total:  19.2 miles

I modified the original schedule, which had 18 miles for the week and no 6.2 mile run in the middle of the week.  I just tweaked it a little so the mileage wouldn't go too far over the 18 miles, but I could also do the required 9 miles on Saturday. 

Today I'm at work and then I'm getting together with my favorite college roomie and her family!  I got a surprise call from her last night and always have a good time together.  We'll probably go to dinner and wander around Fisherman's Wharf.  We're all big ice cream fans, so I'm sure we can fit that in even with the cold San Francisco weather today.

Have a good week!

XOXO
Kim

What Happened to Sunday?

This post was started on Sunday, but I'm just finishing it now!  It's been a crazy week and I was meaning to add some photos to this to make it less boring, but that just didn't happen.

My Sunday was productive, but it slipped away from me.  I woke up early and made my usual smoothie and then went back to sleep until 8:15.  That's crazy for me.  I would have lazed around, but I needed to get my rear end down to The Fillmore to get tickets without those pesky surcharges!  I nabbed tickets for my friend and me to go to Stevie Nicks, The Bangles, and Peter Murphy/She Wants Revenge and saved about $38 for each of us.  Yay for being OCD.

Then I headed over to New People in Japantown to have one of their Blue Bottle lattes and continue reading Born to Run.  My half marathon and upcoming marathon training are nothing compared to the distances that these people run so effortlessly.  (150 miles in Death Valley in July?  Crazy.)  It was nice to just hang out a while before the icky part of my day.

The icky part of my day consisted of cleaning out one closet, which turned into two clothes closests AND four clothing drawers.  I have five (FIVE) leaf bags full of clothes and shoes plus another one of trash (underwear, lame socks, etc.).  Can you say "hoarder"?  I have no idea how all this crap fit.  Before it gets all jacked up again, I'm going to The Container Store and buying some organizers for the drawers and the closets.

The rest of the week was taken up with running workouts, a Yelp Elite Party, and a yoga class where I was finally able to do an arm pose...the Firefly...minus the straight legs.  (Now if I can ever do the Crane, I'll know I've progressed!)

XOXO