Negative Nancy

I know most everyone has had one of "those" runs, but tonight was definitely my night. Kevin and I had a 40 min run with a sprint workout planned.


By the time Kevin came home - I had no motivation. Not to mention that my legs felt like they each weighed about 3,000 pounds. Monday, we had done a 35 min trail run and then a hill workout. I also did a Jillian-esque circuit/weight lifting workout earlier. Tuesday was 45 mins on the arc trainer and then 2,000 meters of rowing. So I had pretty good reason to be tired.


After I procrastinated as long as humanly possible, Kevin dragged me out of the house for the run, but I was "Negative Nancy" and kept trying to talk Kevin into going different routes to cut our run short. I also needed to "stop and stretch" like 5 times - I just felt exhausted and wanted to walk.


Even with all my antics, we ended up running for about 35 mins! We also ended up doing a basketball themed sprint session. I didn't want to wimp out, so I tried to channel my competitiveness from the hundreds of basketball practices I had growing up.


It worked and I was able to do 5 "suicide" or "separator" sprints. It was extremely tough. I only did 5 of those suckers and my legs felt like jello and I could barely breathe. Oh man - much improvement is needed. BUT, it did feel incredible to be finished.


Guess what I noticed at my grocery store the other day? Coconut water. After reading so much about this stuff in blog land - I bought one to try it out. It was very refreshing and did quench my thirst. I would most definitely buy this again.

I did some cooking yesterday for my grandparents. Since my grand mom dislocated her shoulder a few weeks back - it just hasn't been right. She still cant fully use her arm, so that makes it harder to do lots of things - Cooking is one them. Anyways, yesterday I made them a casserole and blueberry bread.
I cant claim that this blueberry bread was anything creative because I used a blueberry muffin mix and then followed the recipe on the box for Quick Bread. I did throw some brown sugar on top to give it a crumb topping.


For the casserole, I decided to use one of Pioneer Woman's recipes. She is such a talented and entertaining writer - plus her photography and recipes are incredible. Not that the recipes are always the healthiest, but decadent and rich things in moderation are totally OK in my book.I used my new knife that was a gift from my parents, along with other great kitchen stuff, and it was incredible. Nothing like a good sharp knife for chopping.I decided on the Chicken Spaghetti and it did not disappoint.Here it is going into the oven. I forgot to take an "after" picture. Notice the small tray in the bottom - that is Kevin and my portion. We had to try it too! It was SO good and I really don't think there is a palate it wouldn't please.


While I was a busy bee in the kitchen, I also marinated some tuna steaks in a mixture of EVOO, Soy Sauce, OJ, minced garlic, black pepper, parsley, and oregano. Sounds a little weird, but it was based on a marinade I found on AllRecipes.com. By dinner time, I was all "cooked" out, so Kevin was put in charge of the side dish and grilling the tuna.
He is so talented. He sauteed green beans in a little EVOO, added peanuts and then mixed them with Fage 0% greek yogurt and Sriracha. It was SO spicy, but I loved it. The fish was topped with a dollop of plain yogurt, but I thought my piece of fish tasted fishy. Kevin thought it tasted fine, so he saved it for lunch as I made a piece of PB toast to go with my green beans.


PB Toast and spicy green beans - perfect dinner. :)


Quick Question


I am looking for some different workouts. The sprints tonight were fun because it made me feel like I was back in basketball practice and had to finish 5 before I could go home. Do you incorporate workouts you used to do in sports practices into your training? If so, what are they? Do tell.