Must Be The Skirt

Good morning!

I can already tell that a siesta might be on the agenda for later. This morning Ryan was the one getting up at the crack of dawn, for a change! He was out the door by 5 this morning to go out into the gulf fishing with his little cousin and a couple guy friends. Right now (apparently) is the best season down here for grouper fishing and that is Ryan’s passion! Its so funny to me how he is wide awake ready to go, no matter what the hour, if he is fishing…. yet if I tell him we need to be somewhere early and try to get him up, he whines and whines and whines. Men!

Anyways, I also rose early this morning, around 5:00 and headed into the kitchen for a little pre-run snackie!

A yummy piece of honey wheat toast with almond butter and half a banana. Perfect fuel!

I sent out E-Cookbooks for about 45 minutes (THANK YOU!!!) and then hit the pavement…err..grass! I was a little anxious this morning because it seems I sort of did something to my knee the other day when I was doing “butt kicks” during Level 1 Shred and I had planned to run 4 miles this morning. But it was SO nice outside and once I got going, I felt great!

The weather was perfect at about 65 degrees and it was dark except for the city lights of downtown. I was keeping a pretty solid pace of 8:45 and headed down the bay, over the bridge and through downtown and when my Garmin chirped at me that it was time to turn around, I DIDN’T WANT TO!!! So…I just kept going! And ended up running 5 miles instead of 4!!!!!!!! It was just one of those mornings where everything was right and as the sun rose above the skyscrapers, I just felt like I was absolutely flying and loved it. I think for the first time ever, I hit that infamous “runner’s high” and couldn’t even feel the ground beneath my legs. I then looked down and saw that I was pacing a 6:30 mile!! Woah Nelly! I slowed myself down but managed to finish the run with an average pace of 8:30 in 44:23. I always think that the last quarter mile is the toughest and after my little “runner’s high” faded away, I sort of hit a mental wall when I saw I was doing so well and only had 1/4 mile left to go. My mind was telling me to walk but I kept pushing forward faster until I reached the finish.

When I got inside, you guessed it, I WAS STARVING!! Actually throughout the whole run I was thinking “oh man, I’m going to be hungry ALL day!”. I should have iced right away (bad girl) but instead tore apart the kitchen. I made  a protein shake while I cooked myself some Saturday morning pancakes!

This shake tasted absolutely divine. It was a mix of 1 frozen banana, 1 scoop vanilla whey protein and 1/2 cup vanilla almond milk.

As for the pancakes, I used my favorite Kodiak Cakes mix and made three perfectly fluffy pancakes. Topped ’em with pure maple syrup and my on sale blackberries! Yummy! However, like I thought, this food went straight through me and its not even 20 minutes later and I am starving my pants off again. I haven’t had my coffee yet though so that might be the culprit? I’m about to treat myself to a Starbucks run here in a second actually. 😉

Ryan will be gone out to sea until around 4:00 today and I think my mom and I are just going to lay out by the pool and read the day away. I can’t wait. See you in a bit!