Happy March

Happy March. Holy cow where did Jan and Feb go?!

I've been "on leave" having a staycation at home. Ben and I were supposed to take a trip to London or Ireland, but plans kept falling through. And then we planned a trip to some cities in Italy, but I was already in a not so good mood, so those plans fell through too... So we've been staying and relaxing at home. 

The silver lining has been the opportunity to continue working out. Because we all know I wouldn't have done any running/working out if we had been anywhere else!

After my 6 miler the other day, I knew I would need to do another run yesterday. Since I've been soo upset about my slowness, I decided that the run would need to be a speed workout. So googling I went. I was terrified by the speeds I would need to complete. There's  a great pinterest board I found and started following, hopefully I can do some of these when I get faster. They were truly terrifying to contemplate doing.

That was my reaction to having to actually do one of them...

These were my favorite workouts that I saved to my computer, I thought they were the most doable for me and where I'm at now. 

(sources 1, 2, 3, 4)

I did the first one on the top left. It felt pretty good and I was surprised, since my 6 miler was mind numbingly slow. During the last mile, the fast walking was killing me, so I had to run the last lap because my feet couldn't take it anymore. Overall, not a bad time. 

I'm scare to do the tabata workout. I may have to do the sprints a little slower than 10 because I'm fairly certain I would fly off the treadmill. 

Today I did another one of my Nike Training Center workouts. Those mountain climbers and burpees are the worst part of my day... 

But then Ben grilled some 98% fat free turkey hot dogs for dinner. Don't worry, I had melted muenster cheese on bread to put it on. Delicioso. This is our go to meal!

In other news. I better start getting serious about my sit ups and push ups since the PRT is only a month away. Crap.

Fondue

I had that wonderful bowl of fondue with bread for dipping. and boiled potatoes. And that wasn't the only night, we had almost the exact same thing again the next night at a different restaurant! This was in Geneva, Switzerland. Apparently that's what they're known for and we took full advantage. It's not like the chain "The Melting Pot" that you've seen in the states where you get healthy stuff like vegetables or an apple along with the bread. Delicious!

These aren't such great meals to have when you're supposed to be on the second week of training for a half marathon. I swear we came back from that and I was 10lbs heavier. Worth it.

But now I'm back on track with training. Did all three of my runs so far this week and I'm still dreading my "long run" this Friday. 5 miles will be the farthest I've ever run.My friend Leah and I are running a half marathon in April and my favorite length to run is 3. So yeah. We'll see how it goes.