Rainy First Day of Break

As every runner knows, running is about more than putting one foot in front of the other; its about our lifestyle and who we are.

~Joan Benoit Samuelson

Hi Friends :)

And welcome new readers! I have been out and about enjoying my first official day of spring break even though the forecast says rain, rain, and more rain. Today was a productive day. I met my friend, Ashley at Panera Bread for breakfast this morning. Oh how I love Panera. I am normally able to make healthy choices when I eat there for lunch but it is so hard to choose a healthy breakfast there because their bakery is so delicious! I compromised with an Asiago bagel and a coffee :) Sports Authority is right next to Panera so after breakfast we headed in. Ashley needed some new workout clothes and I needed to exchange a shirt I bought there this weekend. After some quick shopping we met up with 2 other girls at the gym for Pilates. The other girls had never done Pilates before, but since I speak so highly of it, they were very excited to give it a try! They loved it! We did a long abdominal series consisting of the 100s, single and double leg stretch, and lots of roll-ups. We spent half of the class in supine position (on the back) and the other half in sideline (on the side, obviously). This is unusual because we usually move around a lot more during mat class, but it was great because we got a serious abs and obliques workout!

After class, we hit the jacuzzi and sauna before showering up. I quickly showered and met my mom for lunch, followed by a trip to Whole Foods (my fave). No run today because the weather looks like this:

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Rain 

Tonight

Heavy Rain

Low

48° F

Precip: 100%

Tomorrow

Heavy Rain

High

52° F

Precip: 100%

Buuuut, the good news is the forecast predicts 70s and sunny from Wednesday on. I'll take it. Until then I am going to focus on the gym and getting stuff done. 

Tomorrow, I plan to meet my crazy friends for another 5:45 (yes AM) session of The Mixx. I don't know why I am friends with crazy people. I will also be cashing in on my hot stone massage Dan gave me for our anniversary tomorrow morning after class. I have never had a hot stone massage before so I am very excited. Tomorrow afternoon I have my first session with the new 3rd grader I will be tutoring for the next few weeks. Hopefully the rain will let up so I can squeeze a run in at some point tomorrow. 

I will post the giveaway on Wednesday!

Look out for a Giveaway!

Hi there :)
Thank you for all your great comments! I always appreciate your opinions, advice, and encouragement! I have been blogging for a few months now and have "met" some wonderful bloggers along the way. I am nearing 100 posts, (crazy!) so expect a giveaway soon. The item I will be giving away was inspired by some of your comments ;) That is all I will say about that for now.

No runs Monday or Tuesday this week. Monday was a scheduled rest day and yesterday it rained. Today is supposed to be nicer, so I hope to get a tough hill workout in. Yesterday evening, I went to FIT. It was a great class as usual. We did a ton of push-ups, lunges, balance exercises, etc. We do so many push-ups in that class that I have to do them on my knees. I can do about 10 decent ones but usually in FIT we do 75-100. I can keep up with everything else we do in that class except for the push-ups. Until recently I had trouble even completing that many on my knees but after taking the class since July I have seen a major improvement.

I am excited the weather is getting warmer! Last week the weather was beautiful in NJ. This week, not as much. I am really hoping for nice weather next week because I will be off of work on Spring Break! I love that I have a job that has a spring break. There are a lot of crazy things going on in the teaching profession in NJ right now but (hopefully) spring break and snow days will not change! I am not going away anywhere, Dan just went back to work yesterday after being off/working from home for 2 weeks and vacation days are lowwww. However, I did make my hot stone massage appointment and plan to go to the gym for many of my fav daytime classes that I usually miss because of work.

Finally, April is National Autism Awareness Month, and as I teach students with Autism, look for a post on that coming soon.