CA Photo Dump & A Hiatus

I was able to spend about 4 days or so in Carlsbad with my sister and her family with my parents this past weekend. It is my last trip out there for a year, give or take. 

My almost 4 year old niece took this picture of my mom and sister and I at the Zoo

Why not stop y a local brewery while waiting for my dad to arrive at the airport?

My mom and Nixon found a friend while we were waiting for the commuter train. 

Carlsbad Village Train Station

Solana Beach

Auntie and Josie

My sis and J

My dinner Friday night at Blue Ocean Sushi was amazing!

Typical sister photo

Paddle boarding with Josie in Carlsbad Lagoon

Lunch on Sunday at Fish House

Gonna take a break from running and pick it up on Saturday. Between work and my house, I am way behind and really need to get everything back in order so I can enjoy my runs. 

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. 

Hold on, Bacon!

Thursdays are hill days and I had a sweaty 5K hill series on the treadmill this morning. I have been staying consistent at level 4 which only takes the incline up to 4 so I am hoping to kick it up a notch here within the next few weeks. I noticed I have to vary my speed when the hills get steep. But as long as I am not walking then it is a success in my book. During races that is usually when my legs start screaming and my head starts talking me into walking. Hill days always kick my butt which means I know I need to work on them more. 

Dave came home last night which means I had a little bit more time to do things for me this morning so I was excited to make myself breakfast. I had almost finished my oven bacon when I realized my one and only egg was cracked! Womp womp! So the next best thing was to call the only place in the tiny town I live in that I eat tacos from - Nortex (I am very funny about how I like my eggs cooked). And since my bacon was all ready made - I took it along to put on my taco! HA! 

And yes, my potato, egg, cheese, and bacon taco was delish. 

Selfie stick problems

Selfie Stick Take 1

Selfie Stick Take 5

Selfie Stick Take 7....I think

 I got a selfie stick for my birthday and finally decided to try to use it. It was pretty comedic. If anyone has any tips/tricks please let me know! I was heading out for 4 miles Monday when I decided to try to use it. I did 1 mile warm up, 3 x .25 sprint then .25 walk, then finished out the rest of my run through the neighborhood back home. 

HIIT was before spin so I did that and completed day 2 of my Plank Challenge for Feb! 

I am pretty sure if  Sara had an IG she might be cranky about the sneaky pics I take of us in spin and post!

Lunch while at work.....cheap, easy, healthy!

Tuesdays mean Core class after my run and before spin!

Still smiling! Tuesday was day 3 of my plank challenge
but by now my shins were killing me!

DINNER!!!! Thrown together leftovers included cubed sauteed chicken then I added pasta salad
from Sunday and broccolli salad

OK so let me explain........I originally posted this on my IG account Tuesday night 

In need of tips/tricks/suggestions/advice....whatever you think will help. I have been getting shin

splints on the interior of my legs. I've had X-rays done to see if it may have been a stress 

fractures and it's not. I just got new shoes - New Balances and I am a neutral heel striker. I 

don't have any runner friends in the small town I live in to pick their brains hence taking to 

IG for help. I follow/learn from y'all and would love if you could help me!

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So the picture (excuse my non-socked feet) - my instructor from the gym taped me 

up tonight. I had YouTubed instructions and she did it similar to what I saw. Is it correct 

for runners? She taped me more on the inside since that's where my pain is.

OK so since then I have received some awesome feedback on my IG account. I purchased some 

KT tape, two Dr. Cool wraps for icing, and I am going to look into the six foot drills on YouTube. 

If there anything else that I am missing please pipe up and tell me!

RANDOM FACT - so my office is at the top of these stairs to the left.
I must go up and down these stairs at least 5 to 7 times a day!

Wednesday was a rest day for me this week. Had to go get dog food from the feed store instead of running before church small group. The dogs have to eat too right?

If you are doing the plank challenge with me this month....how is it coming?

Random

Dave's aunt posted this on Facebook and I thought it was pretty cool!