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Five Things Friday

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Happy Friday Everyone!  Cheers to the weekend and let’s get this Five Things Friday going!

1.  I am so thrilled that Friday has rolled around because this afternoon Dear Hubby and I are going to travel a bit to visit some friends.  These aren’t just “some friends” either; Dear Hubby and Mitch have been best friends since elementary school, and were best men in each other’s weddings.

Our wedding – June 26, 2010

And I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to spending more time with Mitch’s wife, Amanda (great name, BTW).  She’s one of those women who make you feel like you’ve been friends for years and is so kind and considerate.  Love this couple!

Mitch and Amanda’s wedding day – June 18, 2011

2.  I knew that I would have to get in a powerful workout – screw packing a bag, sweating  at the gym is the perfect way to get ready for a weekend away.  I went to one of my favorite sources for an upper body workout – Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers!

Actually, I knew this workout from one of Julie’s pins on Pinterest, and let me say that it totally rocked my upper body muscles!!!

Honestly enough, one of my favorite pieces of this Abs ‘n’ Arms Workout was the assisted pull up!  I have never been able to do a pull up in my entire life, both awake and in my dreams, so the fact that I was able to do 45 assisted pull ups made my day.

3.  While I was poking my nose around Pinterest, I also found a new blog that I started following this morning: Blonde Ponytail and her running/workout page.  I had two options for my run this morning: 6 miles or intervals.  When I found the 3 in 30 HIIT workout, I knew that I was sold on intervals.  I modified it in a way to fit my level and ended up with the following routine:

 

At around the 15 minute mark I knew that I was spending too much time at the 6.0 pace in my recovery from the 8.0 pace, so instead of only running for 30 seconds at top speed, I extended it to a whole minute.  In total, I ran 4.17 miles at an 8’42″ pace.

4.  I’ve been spending some time online searching out other running events in the Jacksonville area and ran across the St. Augustine 5k, 10k, and Half Marathon.

My family and I have been fortunate enough to spend some time in St. Augustine and and it’s absolutely gorgeous!  It’s America’s oldest city, founded in 1565 by Spanish explorer and admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, it is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city and port in the continental United States. (Thank you, Wikipedia!)

When my parents were in Florida to help us get setup, we spent the day exploring the city and I would love to participate in a scenic run through the city.

 

5.  Reading Corner

I finished reading a handful of books lately; some were for pleasure and some were from the River City Science Academy 9th grade summer reading list:

  • Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn
  • The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
  • Heaven by Angela Johnson
  • The Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
  • (reread) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

 

Books that I am currently enjoying:

  • Wild by Cheryl Strayed
  • Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
  • The Skinny Rules by Bob Harper

 

 

 

 

 

Nike + and Protein

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Morning Workout: 3.1 miles @ 23:43

Plus this Legs/Abs modified routine

(Thanks, Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers)

108.45/1,000 miles in 2012

The Blahs

Happy Thursday, Fancy Oatmeal readers!  I am thrilled that we have plugged through the first half of the week.  I don’t know about you, but I just couldn’t seem to get excited about this week at all.  Maybe it’s the mid-January Blahs, or the fact that I know the end of the NFL season is just around the corner.  I know that for me a big percentage of the blahs has been that I have still felt cruddy.  My antibiotics are helping the cold symptoms that I had, but I cannot seem to get my head out of this fog.  It dawned on me that I may need to analyze what I’ve been eating lately.

The week that Dear Hubby and I returned to the island from Christmas break, a large grocery shipment came in via Bypass mail.  We were thrilled!  I had ordered, what I thought to be, Boca Burgers but instead received these:

I absolutely love the flavor, and have been choosing to eat one about 4 out of the 7 days a week for dinner.  I’ll add in some veggies on the side, some Pop Chips to add a little substance.  It wasn’t until I realized that by replacing my usual chicken breast plus “whatever is lying around the kitchen” dinners and losing some major protein in my diet did I realize there might be a connection between my fatigue and the amount of protein that I was getting in my diet.

Also, I have a naturally low blood-iron level, and there is a lack of dark, leafy greens on the island.  I don’t eat red meat, so my iron levels absolutely plummet while I am here, especially during that wonderful time of the month.  I’m going to have my mom ship up some iron pills to see if that doesn’t help as well.

The one thing that I chose to do was add a scoop of protein powder to my oatmeal.

I had never tried this before; I reserved my Spiru-tein for my smoothies, which I have stopped making due to the fact that our car read -1 degrees this morning.

I’ve been making these changes for the past two days, and I’ll keep you updated on my (hopeful) progress.

Nike Fitness App + Splits

Yesterday, instead of running I chose to walk for an hour/4 miles, and I used the “Walk” setting on my iPod nano.  This morning when I went to sync my 3.1 miles for today, I was sent to two different websites: the usual Nike Running website and Nike + Active.  I had never seen this site before, but it is seems to be a place for people to utilize the Nike App/tracking gear other than simply by running.

My 4 mile walk on Wednesday morning earned me 364 NikeFuel Points.  I don’t know what that means, but I’ll take it as Nike’s way of giving me a thumbs up.

Also while dinking around on the Nike Running website, I discovered that they DO provide your mileage splits.  I had never seen this before and was totally thrilled.

Here are my splits from today’s 3.1 miles:

My splits from the 8-Miler on Sunday:

Questions of the Day:

Are you experiencing the “Blahs” lately?  What do you do to kick them out of your life?

Do you ever go in streaks of eat the same thing for a certain meal?

For the runners out there: Do you keep track of your splits?  If so, what do you do with that info?  Does it affect your future runs?