This and that
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by Carrie under 5K, comfort food, Running |
A little this and that catching up today…
Race results from yesterday… I finished 8/26 in my age group. 95/176 overall. My official time (not a chip timed event) was 35:01 with an 11:16 average pace. I think it’s interesting to compare placing in age groups – - last year, my official time (from their website) was 33:07 (10:40 avg pace) and 10/18 in my age group and 109/230 overall. Almost seems like an entirely different group ran the race this year.
I feel good today, my quads are a little sore probably from the hills. My knee is fine. I think I’m just going to go to yoga this morning and get a good relaxing stretch and skip the spin class. My knee will probably thank me.
Catching up on some topics from The Fitness Cheerleader’s Blogger Challenge… I missed:
5 Weird things I Like
(Friday’s topic)
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I heat up my the milk for my coffee in the mug before I add the coffee. I don’t like the milk cooling down my coffee. I want it scalding hot. I heat it for 42 seconds.
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I always sleep with my hair in a ponytail. I hate the feeling of my hair falling around me.
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I like to drink with a straw. Probably every time I have a drink, I have a straw (except coffee).
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I like the sheets on my bed to be perfectly smooth. I will smooth and tighten the fitted sheet every night before I get into bed. Wrinkles in the fitted sheet really irritate me.
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I like carrots in my salads. I know this doesn’t seem weird, but my husband doesn’t really think that carrots belong in salad. I shred them so they don’t change the texture too much, but I’ve always felt that carrots belong in a salad.
A Famous Person I’d Like to Workout With
(Saturday’s topic)
I do love my Biggest Loser trainers, although they scare me, I’d have to say Jillian, Bob or Dolvett. I’d probably want to talk to them too much and they’d yell at me for not focusing. But as long as they promised to not make me barf, I think I’d love to workout with them.
My Favorite Junk Food
(Sunday’s topic)
This is a hard one…. I think I have to say chips. Probably tortilla chips. I hardly hardly ever buy them because I really can’t resist eating way too many. Although there are some in my house right now that have actually been there for a week or two and there’s still 1/3 of a bag left. Maybe I can be mindful around chips – but they’re just that food that once you get started, it’s hard to stop. Especially with a good guacamole around. Yum!
What’s your favorite junk food? Do you think carrots belong in a salad?
My apologies for the picture boring post – I’m having technical difficulties with my photo stream and pictures are not appearing on my computer as they used to, so it’s a pain to get them up here. But, here’s a picture of the sunset last night that we saw while out walking after a yummy date night birthday dinner.
I see nothing wrong with carrots in the salad. The more veggies the merrier.
Congrats on your race!
Val recently posted..By: Trainer-Val
Thank you. Yes, the more the merrier when it comes to veggies.
Ha i think carrots belong in a salad too. My husband on the other hand doesnt think lettuce belongs in a salad. Just vegetables and thats how he eats it too.
That is something I’ve never heard of – no lettuce. Interesting.
That’s funny about your milk, since I add the milk so my coffee will be cool enough to drink! Otherwise, I don’t need that much of it! I also am a fanatic about a smooth bed; it drives my boyfriend crazy. He would leave it wrinkled and unmade every day, but I am neurotic about having it smooth so when we get in it’s nice!
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I love the feeling of smooth sheets. Especially on a hot night and if they are perfectly smooth and cool. (Said as I’m doing laundry and looking forward to perfectly smooth sheets tonight).
The one thing I rarely have in the house and my favorite junk food is tortilla chips [with salsa]. Yum
I would love to workout with Jillian or Tony Horton. Yes, carrots belong in a salad.
Have a great day Carrie!
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I’ll give us both credit for being smart and keeping those ‘dangerous’ foods out of our houses.
Nice job with the race! I agree, that does seem like an entirely different group of racers this year.
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Thank you. It’s interesting that a little race isn’t just the same people each year.