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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

12.5 Miles!

I finally feel back on track with my Marathon training!  My cough is almost completely gone (yay!) and I feel good when running again!

Since Monday, I’ve logged 12.5 miles!  That’s really good for me so I’m excited about that!  I think I’ll beat my previous most miles run in a week! (so far, it’s been at 25 miles)

Monday was a beautiful day!  I brought my running clothes to work and went for a run during lunch. I was able to do this because our schedule wasn’t very busy and I was able to complete 5 miles!  The routes I used during lunch are also some that I run on Saturday mornings with my running group. I work right by a lake and it’s so beautiful out there!  I took a few pictures with my Iphone!

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Something I LOVE about this route…a home that has a lake house across the street had this installed for runners/walkers…and at the bottom, there’s even a place for doggies to drink! Aww!

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These are the homes that were built out on the route!  Right across the street from the house is the Lake.

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Sorry my finger was in the way…. :0)

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Our town is a big import town and has a HUGE port!  You can kind of see it from this picture…

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The road…to the right are the amazing homes and to the left is the water!

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One of my favorites! :0)  I love love love the front porch!  These are million dollar homes here!

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Each home also has a boat house on the water!  See that tall building to the left of the picture?  That’s our Capitol One tower.  ALL of the local 5K’s use this route.  I always know when I’m coming back and the tower is getting bigger and bigger, that I’m almost finished!! Haha!

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After my run, I had a salad for lunch!  I love fruity salads!  This had romaine lettuce, mozzarella cheese, almonds, raisins, pineapples, oranges, and chicken with Raspberry Vinaigrette dressing on the side!  Yummy!  My favorite! :0)

Fast forward to Tuesday…it rained ALL DAY LONG!  It was so gross!  I figured my run would be messed up from the rain but I put on my running clothes anyway!  I started out on my run and the sky was so gloomy and it started drizzling so I came back inside.  Not even 30 minutes later, it looked like this outside….

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Incredible how fast the weather changed!!  I got 4 miles in on Tuesday!

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I also tried a few new things on Tuesday night!  We had this in the pantry so I decided to cook it! It was SO good! I’ve never heard of Good Earth but I bet it’s an awesome restaurant! :0)

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Sporting my new Wine and Dine Half Dry Fit shirt! :0)

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I also tried a peanut butter/banana smoothie courtesy of my good friend, Heather!  It is SO good and it’s my new favorite smoothie!  Go check it out on her blog! :0)

Now today, I had to stay in town after I got off of work so I decided to bring my clothes again and run the lake route after work!

3.5 miles done…and with a beautiful view at that!

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Hope everyone has a fabulous day!! :0)

3 comments:

  1. beautiful hoems! neat about the water fountain. I love that hal higdon has one in his yard too. maybe one day if I live on a popular running route I will do that lol! Love that dogs can get some, too!
    YAY for smoothies! I ahve been adding a couple ahndfuls of spinach in mine to get veggies in. I love how you can't taste it!!

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  2. great job on all the runs! I will have to try that smoothie and see if I like it or not! Oh and guess what I am about to watch.....the rest of Spirit of the Marathon. I finally found it and can't wait to finish it!

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  3. You've been busy! Your running route looks absolutely gorgeous and that dinner looks delish!

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