Food - haven't tracked over the last few days - have been away
Exercise - Sat - Interval Training, Sun, long run 1.5hrs, Mon - Combat
Shame about the quality of the photo - taken on my MIL's phone and then beamed from phone to phone to PC! (aint technology grand!) but anyway - my hubby's birthday on the weekend. We went out to dinner at a lovely german/swiss restaurant. It was a little pricey - and the meals were small - but it was so worth it! Perfect sizing for me really - couldn't have eaten any more and beautiful vegetables. I'd rather pay the extra for quality any day. MIL had brought a white chocolate mud cake for desert and mentioned I might like to order something else (they are so used to my healthy eating) but I thought - nah - I night off - I'm just going to have a piece and enjoy it. And I did.
Now I might have fooled you with the title and the photo- but noooo - I'm not referring to my husband. I have fallen head over heels in a most unexpected way.
I've fallen in love with a car. And not just any car. A small red sporty convertible - it is just HOT!
Now you might think this is not that unusual, but just days ago I was explaining to my co-worker about how crazy men are about cars (he is male) and I don't really care - I just want something practical to get me from A to B . I even said my fave car was a Smart Car (very small, economical 2 door European car). Then whilst waiting for our dinner the other night - hubby takes me over to the car yard. Says maybe I need a new car. No, I say, I don't need a new car, walking around the lot, no - waste of money I......"OMG get me that car!!!!!!!!" I had spotted a red Renault Megaine Capri Cabriolet (convertible), and within our price range. It is gorgeous - kinda more like a fashion accessory than a car. Next thing you know, I'm ringing him at work wanting to test drive it, and on the weekend we looked at similar cars in Adelaide. Now if I just work on him a bit more.......I might end up with a sports car. Will keep you posted!
On the exercise front - ran for 1.5 hours down at Glenelg Sunday morning. This week ran 10 minute intervals with 2 minute walk breaks - cutting them down by 1 minute from last week. Covered 12 kms - earned a few more blisters, but woke this morning with no residual stiffness/soreness. I've also learned that Ibobrufren works a treat after long runs, I'm now just taking it routinely after the long ones, and the aching legs disappear. I'm a bit frustrated that 90 mins for 12 kms is just sooo slow, (remember I ran 12kms for the C2B in 73mins, and want to run it in 65 this year) but I guess I have to remember that I've really only been back running some distances for a few weeks, have pushed out the distance very quickly to have me ready for an 11km race in 2 weeks, and I actually haven't been doing any other running during the week apart from speed work and intervals! I contemplated pulling out of the 11km race because I'm so slow at the moment - and then realised that would be ridiculous - just run the damn race girl - forget about the time. So next week I'll run the 12 kms again - with 1 min walk breaks and then if needed will put them into the race as well. Its a fun raiser for Make A Wish, so I'm sure the main aim is to support them, not run a PB!
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