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.
