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Marathon Training and PDB Challenge day 8

No run today. Hubbie had to run out to the "new" old house and I ended up as back up daycare for DGS... I sort of expected this to happen, and I tried to get every body here on board with letting dear ol' Mom get in a run this morning, but someone dropped the ball and here I am... At home...

Other Stuff

Last night's party was fun. I had my one drink, ate really clean, and did well UNTIL they served dessert. They had these little gourment cakes that were oh-so-yummy, and the dark chocolate ones were like a little bit of heaven. I could have been completely happy with just desserts last night. I ended up not wearing the jeans like I had planned, but black pants, a silk coral sleeveless top, and black strappy sandals. Hubbie came home from work and filled me in on what some of the ladies would be wearing, so I panicked and changed out of the jeans. Turns out that many of the women wore what I had originally planned to wear. Some women were dressed to the nines, so it probably didn't really matter what I wore. There was live music, dancing and open bar. A good time was had by all, and I'm sure many of them aren't feeling too swift today...

On another online workout board I belong to, several people have decided to delete their blogs because of the potential of having their pictures and words miss-used... Unfortunately, this has happened to a few wonderful people. It's a shame, really. I've met many wonderful people in blogger-land. It is my choice to NOT delete my blog. Perhaps I'll choose my words and photos more carefully, but my blog isn't controversial or earth shattering. I post things about my running, family, working out, running, photography,running, the house, running, current happenings, and running, but not in that order... I know I don't use proper English and my spelling can suck at times. I use this as a creative outlet. My intentions on my blogs are not to verbally hurt or disrespect anybody. I respect the decision of those who decided to delete their blogs. I wish they didn't feel like they had to delete their blogs, but I understand.

Peace

Black Friday

Last night hubbie and I went out for date night but I kept it clean. No alcohol -- I just stayed with water and a lemon wedge, and I had seared ahi sashimi and jasmine rice with veggies. YUM!

Today is a scheduled rest day and I might actually take it as a rest day. Some "rest" days I feel like I should be doing something, so I'll throw some sort of workout in. Tomorrow is supposed to be a run day but I might have to put that off until Sunday again, just due to everybody elses schedule.

The leg cramp is almost non-existant.

Party tonight for hubbies's business partner.... I gotta figure out what to wear. I have a black blouse that's kinda dressy, but I'm thinking of pairing it with a nice pair of jeans and red, high heeled, pointy toed pumps... Well see...

Peace

Rebel Yell

Half Marathon Training and PBD Challenge - Day 6

I got in my 2.5 mile run last night but I managed to get a cramp in my left inner quad. OWWWWWWWW!... that hadn't happened before. Today I did a long round of stretches. The leg feels better but still twingy...

I attempted my own version of chicken satay with peanut sauce last night. I didn't have half the ingredients the on line recipe had, but it was okay. I need to figure out how to make it lower in fat and calories, especially the peanut sauce. We also had a broccoli salad that I picked up at Costco, but I only used half the dressing provided. Much to my surprise, my 3 year old grandson ate up the chicken and the broccoli out of the salad. He called the salad "little trees."

Other Stuff
My son won tickets off a local TV station to see Tom Petty and Beck in concert. He answered a trivia question correctly. He's a huge Beck Fan. He said that Beck opened for Tom Petty, and when Tom Petty was on, he played some Fleetwood Mac songs, then Stevie Nicks came out and sang, which was a surprise because she was not listed as a performer. He said it was a good show. I asked him about the demographics of most of the concert goers, and he said it was mostly folks over 40... He should have taken ME to the concert! LOL...

Peace

Arms Of A Woman

Half Marathon Training - Crosstrain or Rest and PDB Challenge Day 4

Crosstrain - UBW mostly BFL style and Abs.

I kicked my own @$$ today. There were exercises I forgot about because of the tendinitis issuse I had earlier this year. I threw in rows on the row seat attachement on my Bowflex. I got my heart rate up and did those to failure. That was fun! I hadn't done those in ages.

lat pulldowns, 3 grips
rows
upright rows
incline bench for chest flys and presses
bicep curls
Tricep kick backs
Abs - Floor crunches - 2 sets of 150

Food is clean so far. I'm CRAVING dark chocolate right now, luckily I have some chocolate protein bars on hand. Not quite the same thing but it's chocolate and I hope that will take care of the craving.

Other stuff:
The "girls" from work (at my last job) called me today and asked me to join them for a spa day. Ohhhhhh yeah! Sign me up! It was so much fun when they did that last year. So in about 3 1/2 weeks I can be guaranteed a few hours of bliss...

Peace