Today has been a totally awesome day! I got up this morning and enjoyed a bowl of Kashi GoLean cereal with a banana and almond milk. Remembered my b12 vitamin.
Then came my long run! I have been itching for this for days! I decided to run a different area of my neighborhood. I had heard there was some major hills in this development and thought it would be a good simulation of race day. Plus itwas new so that would hold my interest longer...it was amazing! I ran 13.5 miles in 2 hours and 22 minutes! That is the fastest time I have had on this distance! So totally awesome and I felt amazing when I got home!
Then I walk in the house and my beautiful daughters had cleaned the house for me and made me a post run 'cake' for my recovery snack...it was made out of 3 slices of whole wheat bread, with a little chocolate protien powder puttind in the middle and 'iced' with all natural peanutbutter and decorated with banana slices and whole grain cheerios, served with a glass of dark chocolate almond milk!
With no house work to do, I had time to study this afternoon and work in my garden for a bit! NICE! Lunch was an open face tuna salad sandwhich on all natrual 7 grain bread...
I really wasn't hungry after the cake, but knew I needed to eat some lunch...We really just chilled at the house this afternoon and talked about summer plans, a little more study time for me and then it was time to get ready to go the gym. I made a peppermint mocha latte for my pre workout snack..it was made with coffee, chocolate whey protien, ice and peppermint flavoring! So yummy and it so hit the spot on this sultering day!
Off to the gyn we went! I had an awesome weight workout for chest and back, and some abs...chest was bench press...increased 5 pound! chest press, pec flyes, and dumbell press. Back was seated rows and lat pulls (both went up by 10 pounds and felt pretty easy still!), dumbell rows and back extensions. Abs was incline situps, reverse crunch, hanging abs and weighted machine crunches!
The workout was great, but what made it better was the head trainer came over to talk to me. She was impressed that I use a workout journal to log everything. We were talking and she said she had heard I was working on personal trainer certifications and wanted to know if I would be interested in working at the YMCA when I get them. She said she needed trainers that looked like they knew what they were doing and could lead by example!! I felt amazing when she said that. I had spoken with someone before and knew it was a possibility, but this is the person who hires the trainers today!!!Off cloud nine and back home to fix dinner...love having things precooked in the fridge...pulled out my precut veggies and tossed them in some olive oil, added some diced up precooked chicken breast, stuck a sweet potato in the microwave and in less than 10 minutes a healthy clean dinner was on the table!
Also downed over a gallon of water today!! It is HOT!
what a great day
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