Tired Tuesday

Today was tiring.  It's my own fault, really.  The past two nights I've been out late, it's involved alcoholic beverages (wasn't I supposed to be cutting back?), and lots of walking (exercise!).  This morning's alarm went off at 5am and I immediately pressed snooze and slept until 7am.  Oops.  Here's the good thing about morning workouts: if you miss one, you can always make it up in the afternoon, pending you have time.  Lucky for me, I knew I could make it to the gym between work and my dinner plans.

I'm not going to lie- getting motivated to start this round of training for the Bronx Half Mary is incredibly challenging.  I visited my sister in Massachusetts this past weekend and set out for a 6 mile run on Saturday.  It ended only being 4 miles due to rain and my being out of shape.  I am also trying to do this race injury free so am being super cautious of any pains or uncomfortableness I feel. 

Today's run was set for 3 miles.  Once I got on the treadmill I knew it was going to be tough.  My calf muscles started to tighten up and ache again, just as they (almost) always do.  I stretched, got off the 'mill, and got on the elliptical for 15 minutes.  My calves felt loose and so I jumped back on the treadmill for another mile.  You win some, you lose some.  I have a gym date tomorrow morning to work work arms, so plan on doing a mile or so on the treadmill before weights.  I'm also thinking I need to stretch and loosen up on the elliptical before running the treadmill.  I am also beginning to think the treadmill isn't good for me and I need to stick to outdoor runs.  I like them better, anyway.  This means no more snooze button!  It's time for me to get serious and focus if I'm running this race in 8 weeks.  YIKES!


Todays Eats:

Breakfast:
Green Monster
2 handfuls baby spinach
1 banana
1/4 cup blueberries
1/4 cup oats
1 cup Almond Milk

(LOVE starting my day off with a GM and am going to try to do so every day this week. YUM!)

Morning Snack:
Chobani Pineapple

Lunch:
Mixed greens with: tomato, baby portobello mushrooms, broccoli, 1/4 c. chickpeas, Trader Joe's Apple Chicken Sausage, roasted red peppers, 2 tbsp Trader Joe's Goddess dressing

1 Trader Joe's whole wheat British muffin with 1 laughing cow cheese wedge

Snacks:
Snap peas and baby carrots

Dinner:
SUSHI! (I love my sushi dinner dates with Rachel. We always try a new sushi restaurant and choose by whether or not they have sweet potato rolls. DELISH!)
So, I had 3 rolls: vegetable, shrimp and cucumber, sweet potato.  Nom nom nom.