Day 2 of me bringing Lean Cuisine for lunch - - and actually eating it instead of letting it grow an ice sheath in the office fridge
Day 2 of me not blowing $ on lunch out
Day 1.5 of me not visiting my office neighbor, the vending machine. (Can't count two days yet, the afternoon is young.)
24 days until the Chicago Marathon sign up
25 days until the Lake Geneva 5k (crap!)
82 days until the Chicago Shamrock Shuffle
278 days until the Chicago Marathon
Tallies and Countdowns
Day One
Day One of my plan to bring lunch to work more often. So far, so good. Haven't found an excuse to buy lunch out yet (which I do often) and have been eating food brought from home. Also haven't visited the vending machine yet, which is right next door to my office. Terrible location for frequent temptation. Also started keeping a food log to curb mindless eating and help get in shape for running. Like I said, so far so good on Day One. Will be hard to keep up all week but I'm trying! Hoping I don't raid the pantry in sheer hunger when I get home.
The Relay
Just ran 2 miles outside and it was tough. Took me about 6 minutes in again before I felt like I wasn't going to die. Not bad for first time outside since Thanksgiving, though. At least I made it out there. Now I just have to keep up my running schedule for the week.
It's warm outside, so once Mike got home from work we did the "HurryupgooutsideandrunwhileIwatchthekidsandI'llgosoonasyougetback
sowecanbothrunoutsidebeforeit'sdarkout" relay.
Addicted Again
I wish I was posting to announce that I was once again addicted to running, but I'm still working on that. Instead, I must admit that I am once again addicted to Red Bull. There was a time when I would idiotically and proudly boast to my work colleagues that I drank 5 - 6 cans a day. When I started getting the shakes and dizzy vision I conducted research and found that the sale of Red Bull is banned in some countries - - banned! - - in Denmark, Norway, France, Uruguay and Iceland. I decided that heart failure due to overconsumption of Red Bull would be a sucky way to die, so after two miserable, bitchy weeks of going cold turkey I was forever cured of my Red Bull addiction!
Or so I thought.
I need to see what impact, if any, this has on my running. Will it pep me up right before I head out? Of course, I need to get on a regular running schedule again in order to conduct my experiment.
Sigh.
AH HA!
Found it! Ok, so maybe I didn't do a good job of searching in my work tote first time around. I also found a pair of earrings I had been looking for :) Now all is well in my running world. I'll stop whining now.
Missing: Nike + iPod Thingy
Still haven't located the Nike + iPod thingy (I think the proper term is actually "wireless receiver") and I need to run tonight. Between Mike's iPod dying and my iPod thingy missing, what is Apple trying to tell us?
It's not in my purse, it's not in my work tote, it's not on my dresser, it's not on the treadmill, it's not on the kitchen counter, it's not on the laundry room counter . . .it's not still connected to my iPod. I even looked in the carry on luggage I took to NJ in November (when I thought I was going to get up early before the work meeting to run, yeah right) and in my five-year-old's school backpack (yes, it's possible).
So this just leads me to the conclusion that I need to stop at Dick's or Nike soon and pick up a new one. If I'm going to run outside on Sunday (that is the plan) then I really, really need it. If you detect whining, well, that's because I am.
Getting Back into the Game . . .Slowly
Started off 2008 with a 2 mile run on the treadmill. The first 5 - 6 minutes were not fun! Could be that I'm a bit under the weather today too, but more likely because I haven't run in over a month.
Preparing for the treadmill run was not exactly smooth. I noticed with despair that my running clothes did not fit quite as well as they did a couple of months back. Definitely packed on a few holiday pounds. Then, I could not find my little Nike + connector thingy for the iPod. Damn! I really need to get organized.
Searched high and low and still haven't come up with it. I'm really hooked on the Nike + for running, so need to find it or get another one before I start running outside again.
Mike and I signed up for the Chicago Shamrock Shuffle. Thankfully, my parents agreed to walk the 5k portion and take care of the kids. Shuffle web site says goodie bag includes long sleeve tech shirt; pretty impressive!
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