ABC..easy as 123

As simple as Do Re Mi, A B C 1 2 3 Baby you and me girl…oh Michael..what a cutie you were before you grew up

Workout: 3 miles “easy” in 26:55 on the treadmill + 15 min of the elliptical.  Followed by ice! I am not following my training plan at all this week but I am going at attempt to get 20 miles again so as long as that happens I don’t care how.

And since everyone else in the blog world is doing an ABC’s post theses days..

Here are the ABC’s of Smash!

A-Age: 22

B-Bed size: Full

C-Chore (s) you hate: I used to really hate doing dishes but its grown on me..mopping the floor!

D-Dogs: My family has two..Mia and Maggie..none of my own yet! Hopefully a bulldog soon

E-Essential start to the day: Breakfast! I must eat immediately upon waking up

F-Favorite Color: Pink and Orange

G-Goals this year: Finish a half marathon under 2 hours and buy a bike and a new computer!

H-Height: 5’4

I-Idiosyncrasies:always have to sleep with one leg bended up..can’t fall asleep any other way

J-Job title: General Manager-run a corporate fitness site

K-Kids: NONE YET..I am one still

L-Live: Chicago!!

M-Moms Name: Jacki, also known as jwow, Jacks, lil J

N-New foods to try: Quinoa! I just bought it and now have to attempt to make it!

O-Overnight hospital stays: Never..thank goodness!

P-Pet peeve: When you try and talk to someone and they are on their phone texting or looking at twitter the whole time

Q-Quote: Hmm don’t really have a favorite..but “Shorty kinda crazy but it turn me own”..actually a song lyric

R-Righty or lefty: Righty

S-Siblings: Older sister Lexy and 3 younger siblings Andy Michael and Abby

T-Time you wake up: 5:12 3 days a week and 8:45 the other two..weekends who knooows

U-Underwear: Ha..

V-Veges you dislike: used to be all..but since I am attempting to like them I still can’t get behind zuchinni

W-What makes you run late: attempting to actually get ready or do something cute to my hair

X-X-rays you’ve had: Broke my foot in high school

Y-Yummy food you make: Banana muffins, pumpkin cheesecake muffins..any muffins

Z-Zoo animal favorite: TIGERS! or the elephants are pretty sweet too

Time to finish watching eclipse and go to sleepies..

What’s your P:pet peeves?

Hot Chocolate 5K

I am a very happy girl today… MY GARMIN WAS FOUND!! I was seriously having a panic attack about losing this and trying to figure out how long I would have to wait before I bought a new one..I have become addicted to this thing quite fast! Thanks dad, your the best

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Workouts: Rest day? Oops..I was reallly sore from my weight workout yesterday (oh hai one legged squats and deadlifts) and my shins were hurting so I decided not to do my running workout until tomorrow.  I probably should have done some ellipticalling but cest le vie.

Since I have decided to make this blog more of a running/exercise blog I think it is only proper that I give a race report of my first official road race since high school, The Hot Chocolate 5K.

I decided I wanted to train for a race when I went home one weekend in September and went to my mom’s team’s cross country meet (She coaches my old high school’s CC and Track teams).  So we developed a 6 week plan to get a speedy 5k time.  My goal was under 22 minutes.

I followed the training plan almost exactly but also developed some pretty bad shin splints.  I think it was a combo of running on a treadmill without an incline, bad shoes, and too much running too fast.  By the time race day came I was ready to get it over with.

Race day ended up being FREEZING. It started at 7:30 am and it was under 20 degrees, in November.  Meaning it hadn’t really gotten cold yet so I wasn’t used to running in the cold.  My legs pretty much felt numb from the beginning.  I didn’t run the race I wanted too, I think I psyched myself out about it because I never saw the first mile marker so I kept thinking I was running too slow but then saw the 2 mile at 15:30, I was on pace for my goal.  I ended up finishing in 24:55, not my goal but I did it!

The BEST part about this race though came later that day.  I kept checking the race results to see what my actual time was, and then much to my surprise when they were finally posted I saw my name listed as one of the top three females!! But with a 24:55 and over 12,000 runners, there is no way that was true.  The race must have gotten my chip mixed up with someone much quicker!  It was my bib number, my name, my age, just NOT my time.  I emailed the race directors and they said they would check into it but nothing was ever changed.  And then about a month later I received a huge plaque in the mail for being the 3rd place women with my picture on it and everything! It was quite funny but I do feel bad for whoever actually got that time and place.  I did report the error so there wasn’t much else I could do.  The plaque now hangs in our kitchen as a joke, but whenever someone new comes over they are immediately impressed with my skillzzz.

Did your race place/time ever get messed up?

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Mood Busters

Today was just another Monday and I could not for the life of me be in a good mood.  I got plenty of sleep but still was so tired and cranky all day.  I think it was a combination of having a fun weekend at home with my family then having to leave, coming home to so much unpacking and cleaning, having to get up and go to the slowest work day ever AND my garmin has gone missing.. I can’t find it anywhere which mean’s it has to be at my house in Springfield but no one there can find it either

Instead of whining I’ve come up with a list of mood busters..but first training update!

Workouts: After a great 8 miler with my sister I ended official week 2 of Half Marathon training with 20 miles.  Not bad for only running 3 days.  I also did 2 days of cross training with elliptical and weights, as well as a long walk on Sunday.

Today I was supposed to run 3.5 easy with weights so I did one mile, 10 min upper body weights, 1 mile, 10 min of core, and then my shins were feeling really tight so I did a mile on the elliptical and 10 min of leg work.

Smash’s sure-fired way to improve your mood:

1. Take a walk.  Sometimes just getting some fresh air, or leaving the place you at helps a lot to relieve some tension and relax.
2. Hang out with someone who makes you happy.  If you have a friend or family member who normally makes you happier and you can talk to then go see them ASAP.
3. WORKOUT.  This one is huge for me, sometimes when I am really angry or sad or lethargic all I need to do is get a good workout in and my mood improves drastically (*also works with hangovers*).
4. Get busy. Sometimes when you are in a bad mood and you have nothing to do it gets worse because you just think about it and sulk. Trying to distract yourself with something else will help you forget what you were sulking over in the first place.
5. Cook: This may not work for everyone but I always enjoy baking something or making a big meal when I am feeling cranky.  Not so much for the eating aspect of it but I find baking relaxing.
6. Watch your favorite movie or listen to your favorite songs.
7. If all else fails..find some candy That sugar rush can’t hurt.

So today I

1. &2. Walked over to Sean’s building and had lunch with him, got some fresh air and hung out with someone who makes me happy.  Plus he gave me carmel corn and cookies so that helps with number 7 as well
2. See above..lunch dates with boyfriend = happiness
3. Did a great running/weight workout and felt 1 million times better after..then remembered my garmin was still missing
4. I tried my best to be productive at work
5. I made my favorite salad when I got home.. chopped lettuce, strawberries, apples, feta and poppyseed dressing
6. I listened to my ipod the whole train ride home. I normally forget to do this because I am too busy catching up on blogs and now I am going to watch Across the Universe as I fall asleep.  It is my go to bad mood movie.. Junior year of college I had a rough first semester and I literally fell asleep to this movie every night for a month
7. I found the Valentines day treat bag my mom gave me and ate mass amounts of swedish fish and a fun size snickers and twix.

Now if only someone finds my watch I will be such a happy Smash.

What do you do to help improve your bad mood days?

Have you ever used a Nike Plus? What do you think of it?

-I have one that I am going to use until my garmin is found