This morning I took a STRIKE class at the gym. It’s like Kickboxing with a light bar. Unfortunately, the class was not a good work out and I didn’t get my heart rate up or get sweaty. Boo. I hate feeling like I am wasting time in a class. I didn’t wake up at 5am to just stand around with…
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All that Zazz
I am obsessed with seltzer. Like, imagine how it feels to be obsessed with something and then multiply it by five million and you are halfway to how obsessed I am. Fact. Anyways, one of my favorite seltzers is Zazz because it’s cheap and comes in a few flavors. The only negative about Zazz is their cardboard containers have broken…
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Running Hair
I run. I have a lot of hair. Not that kind of hair, I wax. Anyways, my hair can cause a lot of problems on my runs. This is me after my first marathon (excuse the drunk look in my eyes, I did just run my first mary and all)… It took me a very long time to get this…
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Satisfaction Guaranteed
While I am not willing to put a “Satisfaction Guaranteed” label on Run,Eat,Repeat – I did have a satisfaction related revelation today. I found myself snacking after breakfast and lunch today and knew it was stress related. But, I also realized my meals weren’t what I actually wanted – they were what I thought I should have. I am less…
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Sleep Running
Instead of sleep walking I think I was sleep running this morning! I went out for an easy 6 miler and at the turn around point glanced at my Garmin. Um, I guess I never thought to turn it on. So, I turned on half way through my run 🙂 Wake up Monica! When I got back I warmed up…
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Gourmet Day
Ben said we had a gourmet day today! It started out normal with a BIG yogurt bowl. I always am hungry on the day after a long run so I made sure to pile this with fruit, yogurt, a lot of cereal and PB. I also “cleaned” this almond butter jar with a spoon. I was going to put the…
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California Wine and Thai Food
Ben and I used to eat Thai food once a week in Irvine. But we don’t have a “go-to” Thai restaurant. We decided to hit up a local place we’ve been to a couple of times and like, just not love. Well, we were very pleasantly surprised to see one of our fave CA wines on the menu! We visited…
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Mind or Body
After a week of bad runs I have to ask myself if it’s in my mind or body? At first I thought it was all physical – I’ve felt tired and heavy on every run. But, today I realized once I feel physically bad it affects my mind too. The physical and metal aspects are very intertwined because once one…
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Cake Walk and Magic Bullet Winners
Ben brought home two massive pieces of delicious looking cake today! We have to find an anniversary cake because our wedding site somehow managed to slice up and serve our top tier even though the contract stated we ordered more than enough cake for everyone so I could have two slices plus the anniversary layer. Even talking about this breaks…
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