{"id":11528,"date":"2010-07-11T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=11528"},"modified":"2010-07-11T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T15:58:35","slug":"hot-and-sticky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/07\/hot-and-sticky\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot and sticky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hello my pretty athletes!\u00a0 How are we all doing this week?\u00a0 My week was a little off schedule due to being on vacation but it was still fab and I’m not complaining.<\/p>\n

I had three rest days this week!\u00a0 I know it’s crazy but it’s also vacation so whatever.\u00a0 I’m not going to feel guilty or be upset for relaxing, can you dig it?<\/p>\n

This past week has been hot with a side of hot and some extra hot on top with humidity for dessert.\u00a0 Basically the weather has been miserable and running in it hasn’t been full of fun.\u00a0 It has been challenging!<\/p>\n

I won a contest over at Java Joggers<\/a> and my prize was a Bondi Band<\/a>!\u00a0 YaY!\u00a0 I have been wanting to try out a Bondi Band<\/a> forever.\u00a0 I’ve seen so many other runners wear them that I was curious to test them out.\u00a0 Plus I was on the hunt for something new since my running hat<\/a> wasn’t working for me anymore.\u00a0 The one I won is blue with writing that says “Will run for….” And then it has pictures of pizza, beer, cupcake, and a margarita..<\/p>\n

This is only partially true for me.\u00a0\u00a0 I will not run for a cupcake or a margarita but I will bust my ass for some beer and pizza.\u00a0 In case you are ever responsible for feeding me after a run, now you know what is appropriate and what is not.<\/p>\n

I wore my new Bondi Band on Tuesday when it was crazy humid.\u00a0 I slept-in which meant I was only doing a shortie run.\u00a0 I did 4 miles and it was hard!\u00a0 HARD.\u00a0 I don’t know how people can run in the late morning sun and heat because it wrecks me.\u00a0 That is me right after my Tuesday run.\u00a0 Obviously I’m sweating like Lindsey before a drug test as evidenced by my red hawt face and soaked t-shirt.\u00a0 The Bondi Band worked great at keeping the sweat out of my eyes.\u00a0 I was amazed actually by how well it worked.\u00a0 Expect a product review soon!<\/p>\n

As a side note, the shirt I’m wearing in that picture is one of my favorite running shirts.\u00a0 Its light-weight and shows me how much I sweat which I love.\u00a0 I want to see how hard I just kicked it!<\/p>\n

Wednesday I did nothing but relaxed.<\/p>\n

Thursday I did 5 miles and the first 3.5 were with Scott.\u00a0 Scott was going pretty fast, he was running roughly a 9 min mile the whole time and I totally kept up with him the entire 3.5.\u00a0 That includes the end when he took off sprinting like a brat<\/span>, rookie.\u00a0 His mentality is, “Holy crap the end is right there, if I go faster it will be over faster.”\u00a0 Instead of, you know, keeping a regular pace. :p\u00a0 I sprinted right along with him, dropped him off, and headed back out.\u00a0 I would have done 6 but mother nature called and there was no way I was letting that go to voicemail.\u00a0 I lived with 5 and called it good.<\/p>\n

Friday, I busted out 6.\u00a0 Normally a rest day but I already had some and really wanted to get another run in.\u00a0 Scott didn’t go with me, he said he wanted to sleep in.\u00a0 See?\u00a0 That’s what happens to rookies who bust it out super fast.\u00a0 Y’all wear yourselves out! ;)\u00a0 My run on Friday was awesome and I was so happy to have gotten some movement going.<\/p>\n

Saturday I played Lego Star Wars.\u00a0 This was an exercise involving my patience because I want to toss this game out a window and then run it over with the car.<\/p>\n

Sunday, glorious Sunday!\u00a0 I got up, changed, filled my CamelBak and headed out for my long run.\u00a0 Naturally once the humidity decreases I consider taking my CamelBak out with me.\u00a0 I have a love hate relationship with this thing.<\/p>\n

I love having water with me at all times.<\/p>\n

I hate the “swish swish” sound of sloushing water as I run.\u00a0 It also has something on the right strap that pokes me in the arm.\u00a0 It also slows me down.\u00a0 Or at least if feels like it slows me down.\u00a0 I’m a light runner.\u00a0 Meaning, I don’t like taking a lot of stuff with me on runs.\u00a0 I try to run with as little as possible, so carrying a backpack full of water = not fun for me.\u00a0 However it’s summer and you gotta do what you gotta do, right?\u00a0 I wore it for the first 4.5 loop then I tossed it in the corner like a prom dress.\u00a0 This is because I had to head home to use the facilities. I would have worn it the whole time if I didn’t have to stop, just to see how I would do on a super long run with it.<\/p>\n

My long run today?\u00a0 12 miles!\u00a0 :woohoo:\u00a0 It seems like it’s been forever since I’ve done a double digit run and it felt soooo nice to finally get in a great long run.\u00a0 My pace was pretty great today and I finished those 12 just over 2 hours, clocking in at 2:02!\u00a0 That’s not shabby at all!<\/p>\n

So while this week saw a lot of rest days and a few odd runs, I’m still happy with the end result. :D<\/p>\n

What all did you do this week? <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello my pretty athletes!\u00a0 How are we all doing this week?\u00a0 My week was a little off schedule due to being on vacation but it was still fab and I’m not complaining. I had three rest days this week!\u00a0 I know it’s crazy but it’s also vacation so whatever.\u00a0 I’m not going to feel guilty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,52],"tags":[53],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2ZW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}