Midweek Blues

I started off last weekend with a run before work on Saturday. It went pretty well and was almost identical to the weekend before.

Weird thing is that I have been doing my outdoor 5 mile runs about 1-1:30 min per mile faster than all of last fall into December. Nothing has changed aside from my pants/shoes. I know compression has benefits but I am sure its not to that extent.

I was hoping for a mid-week run but this week it ain't happening. I will have yoga tomorrow though. 

I have been trying to plan my year of running events. Right now I have Sole of the City 10k in April and the Baltimore Running Festival (Half Marathon) in October. 

I am not quite sure what to do with the rest of my year.  If tax season wasn't encompassing all of the spring, I think I would do the Frederick Running Festival (Half Marathon) but it is way to early in May for a half for me.

Right now I am leaning towards the Baltimore 10-miler in June, especially now that the premium was presented on their Facebook Page.

The Annapolis Half moved a couple weeks after where it was last year (to Dec. 1).

Any fun things I should sign up for?

I have a wish list of running things that I want. I stopped at Dick's last week to check the clearance rack and didn't see much. I did see so many full price things that I want! Oh ... if money was endless....

Here are a couple of the things I drooled over ... If someone really wanted to get me an awesome Valentine's Day gift .....

Under Armour Women's Escape Knit Jacket

Under Armour Women's HeatGear Slice Skirt 

Thanks for reading!

Run to Eat?

So it was an awesome day for weather here in Maryland. Around mid-day the car thermometer said 64 at one point but it wasn't that warm on our run, probably low 50's. Talk about awesomeness. I took out my new Under Armour Evo Coldgear Leggings for a spin along with a short sleeve tech tee and gloves that I got for Christmas, Agloves Sport. Since I use my iPhone with Nike+, I wanted gloves that work with touch screens and through my arm band.

The gloves worked great, and the pants were awesome.

Girls, you will appreciate this. Because of the design of the waistband, there is no unflattering muffin top.  Compression pants and capris can be the most unflattering things on anyone because of their tightness and cut. The pants have waist band that is snug on the inside, and then an extra piece that sort of goes over that so you don't get weird looking lines when your shirt clings to you.  See below.

Okay, so back to the blog post title. I wanted to run 5 miles today, and we did. It was so nice outside, and the first 2.5 miles felt awesome. Since I was on the NCR Trail and started at a point that I knew the mileage at and could run to one of the markers on the trail. I did not look at my Nike+ and my pace the entire run. It felt kind of nice, especially since my legs were sooo tired from the interval run on Thursday. I ended up running at 11:09 which isn't bad considering how bad my legs felt and I haven't run 5 miles since December 17th.

So we run some errands (Wal-Mart Super Center) and then I was starving at this point and we had coupons to Andy Nelson's Barbecue. To those that don't live locally, the BBQ is A-mazing. And the place just has such a nice local hometown feel. The restaurant was founded by former Baltimore Colts safety and Super Bowl winner Andy Nelson.  Seriously, go sometime. I had the beef brisket and that comes with two side, I had the tater wedges and redskin potato salad. 

Since we had a pretty hardy lunch, I knew I wanted to go with a lighter dinner. I made Potato and Leek Soup following the SkinnyTaste recipe. Her recipes are awesome, and I had leeks I needed to use up from the other night. 

So, what do we know about me now? I love food and I think I really run in order to be able to enjoy more food!