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Running for Fun

I sort of wanted to get started on my strength training challenge tonight, but it was too nice of a night to be inside a gym.

When I went home at lunch to take out Bailey, I decided that I’d run home from work tonight. I changed at work and left everything but my keys, card case and phone and put them all in my Spibelt. For some reason, leaving work in running clothes makes me grin like an idiot. I ran into Olivia, who wrote an awesome article about running for beginners, and I tried not to grin too hard when she asked if I was going running.

I only live a little over a mile from work, so just running home wouldn’t have been much of a workout. I decided to run from my office to Central Park and back home. I knew I wanted to run at least four miles but no more than six, so I began the loop (which will from here on out be referred to as THE LOOP) and then split off to run around the reservoir.

I took a bunch of pictures because it was a gorgeous night, and because I want to be like Ali.

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I had some stuff I wanted to get off my mind and some stuff I wanted to procrastinate, so I ended up running 6.23 miles. That’s right. I knocked out a 10K after work tonight. I ran it in 1:03:07. That’s a 10:08 pace, which is a little slower than usual, but considering that in the past month, I’ve run three half-marathons and partied like a rockstar in Vegas, I’m okay with that. I’m happy that my first run back after a week off was long and enjoyable. It’s the first time in a while that I’m not training for any race, and it was kind of wonderful. I ran straight to Duane Reade for some coconut water, which I’ve been really addicted to lately.

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I made a repeat of last week’s whole-wheat pasta shells with spinach, garlic and tofurkey sausage for dinner and then stopped procrastinating.

Back in the Routine

During my quick layover in Dallas, my mission was to find something to eat. A Starbucks spinach feta wrap was what I was craving, but airport Starbucks don’t usually have the warmers necessary for the wraps, and DFW was no different 🙁 I didn’t see anywhere else that I thought would have a relatively healthy breakfast sandwich.

So I decided to drink my breakfast.

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My stomach was also feeling pretty unsettled, so sticking to liquid seemed like a safer bet anyway. I got the Pineapple Pleasure smoothie and finished it before I even got to my gate.

When I landed at Newark, my parents and Bailey were waiting for me to pick me up and drive me back to the city, which was pretty awesome. My mom stopped at the Market Basket and got me this chicken franchese with brown rice and broccoli, which I had for both lunch and dinner.

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My back really hurts–I think I picked up one of my bags wrong weird, so I just took a long, hot bath to soak it. In the bathtub, I was thinking about the workouts I’ll plan this week and what I’d eat this week. Ashley and I talked this weekend about eating healthy on vacation. We’ve both been really restrictive with ourselves at times and we’ve also both had the “I will eat whatever I want! I’m on vacation!” attitude, and we both think we’re at a much more happy medium now. We didn’t go all out for every meal this weekend, but we never really denied ourselves cravings either. Now that I do better at listening to my body’s cravings, I’m actually much better with portion control–I don’t have to clean my plate to be satisfied with something. I definitely enjoyed everything I ate this weekend (except for the weird eggs), but I didn’t always feel the need to clean my plate.

I went to the gym on Thursday out there, and that is actually my only formal exercise since the half-marathon last week (other than dancing all night.) I can definitely feel it–my muscles feel a little tighter, I mentally feel a little more on edge. I absolutely needed this break from exercise to appreciate it and crave it again (as well as rest my body), and I’m ready to get back into it this week.

Once I catch up on my sleep tonight.

What’s your vacation eating mentality? Try to eat healthy? Screw it and eat whatever you want because you’re on vacation? Somewhere in between?