Father Teds 10K

I woke up and had my peanut butter and banana toast with one cup of coffee. This seems to be my typical race day breakfast.  It was about 40 degrees this morning and about 55 at race time. We got there early and it was a small race, so not much of a wait to get our bibs. 

I really like Notre Dame's campus, so many old buildings.  I need to watch the movie Rudy again and see if I recognize any of the places we ran by.  I ran at ND last month for the Holy Half.  It made me want to do another race on campus.  Maybe one day if I get good at carrying my phone I can take some pictures on some courses.  They had a bagpipe player at the start and then he moved during the race to a spot on the lake and it really made the sound travel.  Bagpipes instantly make me get teary eyed.  Plenty of water stops, but this time I brought my hand held bottle with lemon lime Nuun.  Its much better than gulping down water at the water stations.  My Friend Mandy rode with me and ran the 10K also.  I posted on FB if anyone wanted to come with me and she was the lucky winner(the only one who said yes).  We had a great time, it was nice to have someone come with me.

I finished at 1:01(The course may have been a little short, but don't tell anyone)  I averaged a 10:34 pace, which I am very happy with.  Stopped at Eddy Street Commons after the race and got a big burrito bowl at Chipolte, YUM!

Rummage sale

Rummage sale find. $1 for Nike running shorts:)

Thursday weigh-in

Today was my weigh-in for my weight loss challenge.  I lost 2 pounds this week, but I was gone at the dental convention last week, so this meets my goal on 1 pound per week. 

I attend meetings at a local Herbalife shake club.  It  costs $30 for 12 weeks of classes and $27 of the money goes back into the winnings pot.  The top 3 biggest losers get the prize money.  It's really a great incentive if you are highly motivated by money.  I was close at the last challenge, but not close enough.  I won a challenge about 4 years ago and lost about 18 pounds, but then I was looking so good, I got pregnant with baby #3.  My next mini goal is 7 pounds.  I really want to get to 170.

I did a run outside today and it was windy!  That's the good thing about signing up for races, it makes you get out there no matter what. 10K on Sunday!

Wednesday workout

25 minutes elliptical
15 minutes treadmill with incline on 3

Raspberry herbalife shake for breakfast.

Tomorrow is my weigh in for the weight loss challenge. My goal is one pound per week.

Breakfast

This mornings shake is blueberry oatmeal. I used 2 scoops vanilla formula 1, 1 scoop vanilla PDM, 1/4 cup oats, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, crushed ice and water.

I made the mistake of filling my Magic Bullet blender too full, so I had to take the lid off and stir it up to get everything to blend. It was delicious!

3.15 miles at 34:46

Nice easy run.  I am registered for a 10K on Sunday.  Father Teds 10K at Notre Dame.  I love that the race starts at 10:00 AM, plenty of time to get there without waking up at 5AM.

Dental convention

I went to the Michigan Annual Dental Conference on Thursday and Friday.  I attended 2 great continuing education seminars and 2 not so great.  Nothing like a boring lecture!  My favorite was Dr Odiatu who talked about the body and mouth connection.  He is also a personal trainer and fitness guru.  Very inspiring!!!!  I would highly recommend his lectures.  He basically talked about a healthy lifestyle(sleep, diet, exercise and low stress)  Unmanaged stress is huge inflammation trigger. 

I also got myself registered as a bone marrow donor.  It was very easy to do, maybe I can help someone one day :)  I also got to go shopping with no kids!  I bought these Sanuk's at DSW.

Strawberry oatmeal protein smoothie.  Even the Charlotte like it.

Pizza:(

Well, so much for the goal.  I had two shakes on Monday and then one today for breakfast.  We had a staff meeting at lunch today and she brought in Pizza Hut.  I have no will power so I did have one piece of pizza and 2 bread sticks.  The pizza was at least thin crust with veggies and I ate a pear along with it.  Tonight I had to stop at Meijer on my way home so I picked up a nice ready made salad.  I hope I can get a workout in tonight.

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Weekly goal

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sunday long run

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Picture of Lake Michigan

Great day to run by Lake Michigan. Love living here! Ran a 10k.

1/2 Marathon

Testing this out.  This is from my first half marathon.  The Holy Half at the University of Notre Dame.