Walking, Running, Cooking, Napping
| September 17, 2012 | Posted by Carrie under family, food, Running |
A little rewind from the last few days – -
I went on a walk on Thursday afternoon. I thought I was going to walk along the cliffs, but it turned out that I had forgotten that a portion of the road had fallen into the water and the road was closed. So, I changed my route and had a little cliff section and then went through a neighborhood.
The cliffs in this direction of the peninsula offered up a great view.
I also decided to walk up what I thought was a decent hill. As I started going, I realized it was rather a hill from hell. Ouch – talk about working up a sweat. Made me think of some of the hills that XLMIC *runs* up. I walked. Now, this is a hill.
As I walked back down the hill, here’s what I saw. I had started way down by those cliffs.
Can I tell you how sore my butt was from this walk? I was seriously sore for 3 days. Walks are good.
On Sunday I went for my long run with my friend K. We did 11 miles at a 3:1 run walk interval. I was really really glad for the company. Last week, during my 10 miler, by the end my ITB was screaming at me. I haven’t had any pain during other runs, but I was a little worried about the 11 miles. Everything went well! I think my body likes the 3:1 ratio.
For some reason, I like looking at the intervals on my Garmin. It’s such a nice and consistent pattern.
It was also good to see that our run pace was pretty consistent between 12:00 and 12:30. I did the last mile on my own and decided to run them straight. I think that started at about number 70 below – look, my last two intervals were the fastest.
And, as all good long runs should – this one ended with an ice bath and some fantastic pancakes.
Now, what I forgot was that I was also hosting our whole family over for Erev Rosh Hashana dinner. Oops – first problem, I had used up all of our ice… MMT to the rescue and we restocked. Second problem – I was kind of exhausted and it kind of pooped me out to take on the cooking project. A well timed nap around 2:30 was fantastic.
Dinner involved soup (my grandmother’s recipe – yes, it was 100* and we had soup) and apples and honey (we had the honey from my Foodie Pen Pals box from Heather a few months ago – it was amazing). I love having a nice family dinner where I can pull out my pretty china dishes (well, except for the hand washing part).
Needless to say – I was as wiped out as Petey by the end of the weekend. Although I chose to nap with a pillow instead of snuggling up with a table.
Man I love the Southern California coastline! It is just so beautiful!! The hill sounds not so fun, but would still make for a great hike/workout! I’m totally jealous!
I have some China I inheritied and have never used it….I need to do that someday
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Yes, you need to break out the china. Those things are meant to be used!
Those cliff views are just beautiful!
Yep always pull out the china for holidays – but cleaning up is a pain
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Sounds like the perfect weekend! My body needed a nap this weekend, too… I think I actually crashed on both Sat and Sun afternoon when L did… so nice!
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It feels so indulgent to take a nap – let alone 2 in one weekend. Awesome!
That hill is enormous, OH MY GOSH! I would never be able to run up that thing. You are so incredibly lucky to be able to run with those views. That almost makes up for that big hill, right?
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Oh – I totally walked that hill!! But, I do love the scenery, I’m so thankful and appreciative of it.
That photo of Petey is too cute. I have felt like that! I just wish I could sleep everywhere like kids and dogs can! That was a huge hill you tackled! Great job! I bet your buns were screaming!
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Those pictures are beautiful! It makes me want to take another trip to CA!
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It does make the workout go by more easily to have beautiful scenery.