My favorite past time

I took a break from everything this weekend to enjoy time with Dave and friends doing one of my favorite things - fishing! I only caught Gulf Coast Blue Crabs ( not even kidding ) but a bad day on the boat is better than a great day at the office! I had so much fun this weekend. 

Saturday night we went to a friend's house to celebrate her graduation from med school as a physical therapist. It was nice to meet some of Dave's friends from high school that are still around this area. And I seriously could not remember staying up past 2 AM in a while but we did!

Random side note - I saw this on Pinterest and just fell in love with it! I wish we were building our house sooner so I could have it! 

Today meant back to work getting my butt in gear. I am planning on incorporating more boot camp workouts right now because I am burning myself out on running only. So Mon-Wed-Fri will be boot camp workouts and Tues-Thurs-Sat will be my running days. I hoping this will help with my attitude towards getting out of bed at 5 AM!

Started on the elliptical then headed outside to join Garza's class. It was a good workout! I made it through two rounds of 1-6 before i had to leave to get ready for work. 

Monday Miles & end of hitch week

 I had every intention of running Sunday morning but I have never been so sore in my life from running as I was when I woke up. My lower back and my calves were not having it. So I decided to try my hand at banana pancakes for breakfast. And I will say that I will never make pancakes from Bisquick again. Lord knows the crap they put in it and this was super easy!

I used 1 banana, 1 egg, splash of vanilla, two dashes of cinnamon, and I added a 1/4 C of almond flour. It made 4 pancakes! When we finally have kids this will be such a healthier alternative to the store bought mixes. 

Sunday afternoon was spent doing laundry and lounging around with the pups. Dinner was at the inlaws so it was nice to not have to cook and mess up my kitchen. 

This morning was a 5K on the treadmill to get back into. It felt good to work my legs out and have a good sweat session. 

The best part was breakfast so far! If you haven't tried the Paleo Angel Power Balls, you need to! 

And in 48 hours I get to see this sweet face after two weeks on hitch. 

I am looking forward to being able to spend the weekend together at home!

Monday miles and some honesty

I spent the weekend in Georgetown visiting my parents and it was a nice needed mini vacay. I took Bailey with me and she always enjoys to travel. Downtown Georgetown is so quaint and the antique shops are full of some pretty amazing things. But my favorite part is there is a satellite location of Grape Creek Vineyards there. I have to stop in every time and pick up a bottle or two. You cannot buy their wines anywhere but the wineries or you have to be a wine club member. 

Saturday we also made our way to the Round Rock Outlet mall so I could get my very first pair of Chucks! I am getting used to them, as I normally only wear running shoes. They kinda feel like I am wearing skis or something but I bought them to wear to work. I like that I can wear them with skirts, casual dresses, and pants. 

I told myself I would run while I was in Georgetown but it was nice to not have a schedule so I took the weekend off. But this morning it was back to it. I had a great run this morning. Other than my SI joint acting up since last week, my legs and shins felt amazing! I am looking forward to increasing my mileage to 5 this week if this keeps up. 

I found this on Pinterest and I thought it was pretty funny! During the hot months in South Texas, a treadmill for me is an essential piece of equipment however it can get so boring after a while. 

So after the wedding I tried to stay to my good eating habits but it seemed all I did was worry about what I was eating, how much I was working out, and how the house always seems to need to be cleaned. I told myself I was going to stop worrying about the need to look a certain way. Well, that in-turn made my eating habits head off into left field and as of this morning I have reached my highest weight of my life. With that being said it is back to better eating, drinking, and better sleeping habits. I am going to start keeping up with my weight loss here as a way to hold myself accountable and to have a record of it. 

Right after college (almost 10 years ago) I got up to 185 (my current weight) but I started working out with a trainer and eating right and I got down to 155 or 160. It was awesome! I felt great. Now I am not so sure that 160 would be attainable but if I can get back down to 170 or 175 I would be stoked. So here it goes. My path to lose 10 to 15 pounds starts today! 

Monday Miles & Beer!

Over the weekend the America On Tap made their stop into good ol' Corpus Christi. Needless to say we were excited! Our friend Val made the awesome pretzel necklaces which was a genius idea. She should have brought more to sell because everyone was asking about them. 

The main reason we all went (besides the beer) was that Val is making the move, again, to Alaska at the end of the month and it was the only weekend we were almost all able to get together. Dave was off which was great! We were missing two gal pals though...one recently had a baby and the other couldn't get off work. 

Monday means back to the grind. I am still working on my consistent four milers. It was a little tough after taking a few days off to have fun and get stuff done around the house though. But I pushed through and I am looking forward to Tempo tomorrow since it is more fun that just plain running. It seems the more miles I do the more boring the treadmill becomes. 

I just got my email about the registration opening! Has anyone ever done this before? My sis did San Diego not long ago and she had a blast! I am hoping I can get a few girl friends to tag along with me because I am so signing up right when bibs are released tomorrow!

4 on the 4th & Monday Miles

The Corpus Christi Road Runners put on the 4 on the 4th every year and this was my 2nd year to participate! The route was a little different but as always, I enjoy running along the bayfront of Corpus Christi. 

Dotted along the bayfront are these little pergolas that you can hang out in and people watch, that is what I do atleast. We have one that is dedicated to the memory of Tejano star Selena so if you haven't found it yet, it is along there somewhere. 

Our little city doesn't have a whole host of things to do but when they built the splash park I thought it was such a neat idea. The concrete running path is right along side this. Normally in the early morning when we run it isn't up and running but if you are ever in the downtown Corpus Christi area, you should check it out! It is near the visitors information stand.

Just as last year, my Nike GPS fouled up and I didn't get a super accurate reading from it so I went off the race clock to sync my run. If you lock your phone before the run begins it won't really start tracking your run. Slower than last year but I am OK with that. I have decided I am running for mileage not speed. Either way, I had fun, enjoyed the scenery as well as the company of other runners. 

Monday miles in full force today. After sleeping on and off for almost 14 hours Saturday night my body was recharged for this morning. Living in a small town that I am not from means not too many friends and my only close one here just moved to Montana Saturday. 4 miles is the minimum for runs this week. The 15K trail run will be here before I know it so I have got to get my mileage up.  

I did a little run/walk scenario this morning which made the run much easier. Burned over 600 calories which was a bonus too! Looking forward to my tempo run tomorrow with this mileage. 

Adios Andrea!

I kicked off my Saturday morning with a run down on the Beach Walk at North Beach in Corpus. I was picking up one of my close friends for a girls night in San Antonio at the Riverwalk so I thought it would be good to change up my locations. Plus it is so much harder running by the water. It is a good challenge considering the trail run is in Corpus in just 6 weeks. Even though Alice is only an hour away the humidity and wind are so much worse it seems. 

The Beach Walk goes along the beach (obvi) from down by the USS Lexington to a turn around point before you hit the bridge to go into Portland. It was a short run but it was brutal. If you have never been to Corpus Christi, you at least have to come once. There isn't a super bunch to do but it is a great little town. From the bay here in downtown to North Padre Island to Port Aransas. I have been in the Coastal Bend now for six years which is the longest I have ever been anywhere other than where I grew up in San Antonio. 

The crew for Saturday night....Me, Sara, Andrea, and Kelly. Andrea is moving to Montana to join her husband who has been working there for almost three months. I have only been close to her for about 6 - 8 months but I am going to miss her bunches. We met through church and just clicked. We are both oilfield wives which is nice to have that in common. Not many women understand the life of an oilfield wife. I don't have many friends and I am loosing one. But there is great hunting and fishing in Montana so we will be making a trip up to visit soon. 

Monday miles were not what they were supposed to be. My runs where all supposed to be at minimum 4 miles this week but I had a restless night of sleep and I just wasn't feeling it this morning. I got is 2.5 and abs which is better than staying in bed. 

I am going to finish June out strong! I am hoping to hit 45 miles for the month which is a new monthly record for me. I will let you know tomorrow how that goal goes!