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The First Day of the Rest of My Life

Dramatic title? Maybe. But, hey, being laid off is a little dramatic, too.

It really hit me this morning that I didn’t have to be in the office. But when I woke up at 7, I started working immediately. Thanks again for everyone who e-mailed me with job and project leads. I should also mention that I’m going to be doing some social media consulting, so also feel free to e-mail me at theodora@theodorablanchfield.com if your company (or blog) needs some social media help.

So after writing yesterday’s post, I went out for a run. I don’t know if it was the emotion or the heat (or both), but it was a difficult run. I ran three miles and stopped to sit down at each mile.

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It was MUGGY, and I was a sweaty beast when I got home, but that felt sort of amazing and so needed.

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I made my run end at the special Chipotle. It’s considered a test kitchen for Chipotle, and they do stuff like brown rice (which I have asked about at other Chipotles, and they’ve said that they tried it in other locations and it didn’t sell well), use local ingredients and prepare everything on-site. I’d been curious about it for awhile, and decided yesterday was as good a time as any to try it. It did not disappoint. I got a burrito bowl with brown rice, mild salsa, lettuce and guac, and I licked that bowl clean. I realized that I’d barely touched my breakfast, since I got the call from HR while I was eating, and then, not surprisingly, I lost my appetite.

Afterwards, I met up with Lacey at Ginger Man for a few much-needed beers.

It’s not even 11am yet, and I’ve already gotten so much done.

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Like breakfast.

While I was running yesterday, I started thinking about what else I could do with the blog and how I can use this extra time to change my fitness routine. My Equinox membership was part of a corporate deal, so I’m not sure what my gym sitch is going to be going forward. I do know that I’ll definitely be running and biking a lot and looking for lots of free fitness events around NYC (like the yoga in Bryant Park. That will absolutely be a standing part of my Tuesday morning routine) and writing about them. Is there anything else you’d like to see here? Some posts I have planned coming up:

  • my thoughts on SEO (after the Fitbloggin’ SEO presentation)
  • my thoughts on blogger responsibility and integrity
  • summer running tips/clothes
  • FINALLY doing my FAQ page

 

Strength Training Check-In + Breakfast for Dinner

I have still not gotten over my fear of strength training alone in the gym, so I still haven’t gone to the gym alone to lift. Despite having perused this book.

But, on the upside, I’m still remaining conscious of pushing myself to do things other than cardio to keep strong.

Last week:

Monday: Barre Burn

Wednesday: hot yoga

Friday: forgot to blog about it, but I did hot yoga again with Selena

That’s a total of four hours of strengthening. I’ve been shooting for 120 minutes/2 hours, so I’m pleased with that.

It’s been nice not having a training plan since I finished my last half-marathon last month, but I think I thrive on training plans, so I’m going to start training this week for my upcoming sprint tri.

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Courtesy of my man Hal Higdon.

The race isn’t for another 10 weeks, but I’m starting early and just doing weeks one and two twice each. I’ll be doing Physique for my strength until I run out of classes. I have an incredibly busy month of travel–by June 1, I will have spent time in: NY, NJ, MA, MD, DC, NC and possibly RI–so I’ll likely have to move some of these workouts around and possibly forgo a few. I’m totally doing this race for fun, so I’m okay with that. I don’t know much about triathlon-ing, so I don’t know what a good time is or isn’t (and don’t want to know!)

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I had a turkey burger, brown rice and broccoli for lunch today.

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When I got home, I realized I didn’t have much food (being in NJ yesterday meant that I didn’t get to go grocery shopping), but I still wanted to challenge myself to cook. I’ve been spending too much money on eating out lately. I made an easy egg wrap for dinner. I scrambled two eggs with a bit of almond milk and threw in some salsa. Boom. Dinner in less than 5 minutes.

One of my things that’s been on my blog to-do list for a while is to put up a FAQ page. So what do you want to know?