Finding Fit at 30

It’s Been a While May 19, 2009

Gawd, I haven’t posted in a while! I’m so lazy! I wish I were a little more Type A, I’d get more done. The weather is just too nice out for me to be anal about anything, I’d rather be outside playing! Speaking of nice, it’s 88 degrees here today, bring on the summertime!

I met my friend for a 4 mile run, of which I didn’t do very well. Must be the humidity? I’ll blame it on that anyway. I’m trying to follow a training plan as I do believe I’m signing up for this half next month. I haven’t signed up yet and the husband keeps calling me a wuss and that I just need to do it. I’m just scared as I’ve NEVER ran that far before. I don’t even drive that far to work! I did an 8 mile run last week and it went really well so I’m hoping I’ll be prepared for it. I have a 9-mile run scheduled for Thursday, eeek!

With all of this running I’ve been doing, my poor old Nike Air Max 90 shoes need to be retired. They’re not used to so much use! I have had them a while though and it was time to replace. 2 weeks ago I strayed from Nike and bought the gel Nimbus Asics shoe. I hadn’t done any research and thought I’d just buy some Nikes again. Unfortunately the store I went to had Nike Air Max shoes but they were $159 and that’s about $50 more than what I wanted to spend. So I thought I’d try the Asics as I’ve heard they’re excellent shoes. My husband has some and really likes them. Thankfully the Finish Line has this 15-day return policy. Meaning you actually get to wear the shoes for two whole weeks and if you don’t like them you can take them back. What a rockin’ exchange policy! So it’s what I did with these Asics. My feet didn’t hurt as bad in my old Nikes as they did in these shoes. My toes hurt, my arches hurt, even my ankles hurt. And I got a blister on my 8 mile run on the inside of my right foot. I’ve worn them almost every day for two weeks hoping they just needed more breaking in (I hate returning stuff) but they never got better. Guess I’ve learned not to stray from what I’m used to! Here’s a pic of the new babies:



They’re the Nike Air Max Tailwind style. I really don’t like getting shoes with so much white as they’re impossible to keep clean but they’re really comfy and didn’t have any other color options so I’ll just make do.

As far as food today, I started this morning off with a green smoothie that included:
*Banana
*Pineapple
*Blueberries
*Blueberry juice
*Spinach
*Flaxseed
*Scoop of Perfect Food

After my run is when I ran to the mall to return my shoes. I was starving so I headed home and heated up some leftover Curry Tempeh Tacos from a couple of nights ago. I got this recipe a while ago from a magazine out of Vegetarian Times. These are so good and easy to make. I added a little feta cheese which the recipe doesn’t call for but cheese of any kind makes anything better.

I’ll have to wrap this up for now. I’m off to shower, find a birthday gift and take my friend to birthday dinner. Oh, and do some laundry, don’t be jealous!