Way too busy lately.../what do you do at the end of race season??

Hey ya'll!

My posts get further and further apart the busier I get--and I am sorry--Work is crazy, training is/was crazy, we've been doing crazy house improvements, and then traveling for the Disney Princess Half, it's just been a bunch of Chiquitas. You know, I was going to write a recap of this whole race, but my friend I ran beside the entire time--Melody already has. Damn, girl is quick. Her recap is EXACTLY what mine would be--check it out HERE .

And that is my SECOND half-marathon.  Just like that! Two in two months.  I honestly think 13.1 is my new favorite distance.  It's like...just long enough to half your life, directly followed by complete euphoria when you cross the finish.  I would love to do another SOON.  But, the wallet is quite strapped--so maybe I'll set up some challenges on DailyMile in the next month.

I'm also thinking of setting up a virtual race--I'm wondering how many people would be interested in doing that?  An online half-mari?  Let me know--I think it would be fun to have people sign up for like..$10-15 bucks, just enough so I could get some finisher medals and contribute the other part of the funds to charity.  Thoughts? Concerns? Yay/Nay?

Since the half, this past week I only got up to about 12 running miles and about 3 walking miles.  Which I guess, is fine for recovery.  On top of PMS--amiright?  Last time I was worse off.  I couldn't run for almost 4 days after the half!  This time, I only took one day off.  I'm going to lighten the load a little bit more this week, I think, too.  It just helps me reset.  Drop the water retention pounds (4 pounds already, holy smokes), and give myself time to decompress.  All I have been doing since last summer is running like crazy, and then even more so after I signed up for the first half.  Training schedules--that's all I know.  Now, granted, I do have a 10 miler coming up in April, but that seems like cake since these last two bigger races, so Im not too worried.  I can train for that in like 2-3 weeks.

I just don't know what people do as far as running when down time hits.   What kind of mileage should one keep up?  How much should I decrease carbs?  I guess I'm the kind of person that always needs to be working towards something, and am sort of baffled when there isn't anything on the horizon/not having money for any more races.  Racing is just fun, no matter how slow I am.

For now, I guess I will keep up my 3-6 mile runs.  After the 10 miler, I will have to turn to running even more indoors, because summer starts pretty early in Texas (which, I love, by the way).  I think I'll get some hand weights--10-15 pounds though, because--let's be honest here, 5 pound hand weights won't tone mashed potatoes.  Running 4 days a week, and yoga/weights 3 days a week--this seems like a good summer plan for me.  Plus, I'm thinking by May our pool will get to be warm enough to swim in!  I will definitely have to go back to tracking my food intake if the mileage drops a bit--I haven't had to worry about that in a while!

Anyways, that's some serious rambling for right now.  Today is a long 12-hour day at work--phew.  I just chugged an entire thermos of coffee, and before that an awesome juice I made this morning for me an the hubs:

Easy Morning (recipe for 2):
2-peeled oranges
2-apples (any kind really)
6-organic carrots (I don't even peel 'em if they are organic)
2-organic celery stalks
1-3/4-1" piece of ginger

Throw it all in juicer--whisk together, pour over ice in two glasses--Delish.

I had this with an egg-white breakfast taco with chicken and portabello mushrooms.


That's all for today, kiddos.   Keep an eye out--the Chobani review and giveaway is COMING SOON--like real soon :)


Go Fork Yourselves,

Krissy