Summer Challenge Day 11

Well today turned into an unexpected rest day! Unplanned rest days are not good for me mentally, maybe physically, but when plans get changed I don't deal well with it...

I got up this morning knowing it was going to be a tough day to get a good workout in...My 14 year old, Celeste, had several plans going on today, translates to added traveling for mommy. She was baby sitting her one of her favorite baby boys today for a few hours and then off to a friends for the night.. Autumn, the 5 year old munchkin, had swim lessons this morning... and it was raining so no outside run for mommy...

Got up and had a bowl of rice cereal with almonds and almond milk for breakfast, took care of some errands and then headed to the pool, outside in the rain for a swim lesson...Autumn did great in the pool! She was swimming on top of water and going under to swim...awesome job, but she got too cold...her lips turned purple and the swim instructor got her out of the water to warm up..at the end she wanted to get back in and try the back stroke so we let her, she started shivering again, but hey she is a determined kid and she did float on her back! This led to a little girl that hasn't felt great all day...she has been cold and so the decision was made to stay close to home and keep her in out of the rain and where she could cover up if need be. She is like mommy and has always had issues regulating her body temp...we can both get cold and stay that way for a very long time before our body temp will return to normal, which is on the very low side on average.

Lunch was a turkey sandwich on all natural 12 grain bread with all natural veggie straws and green tea..

Snack this afternoon was stawberries and cashews (Thanks Amy S....my new addiction!)

Dinner...we decided to get take out...not the best choice, but mommy got grilled chicken and slaw, added mashed sweet potatoes at home...it was good and I enjoyed getting to sit down and eat something I didn't cook...lol...

I did take some of the down time today to work on a training plan for the Triathlon I am hoping to do early fall and looked at some marathons for the end of the year, first of 2012...so no I haven't completely ruled it out...still thinking about it!

Now I am going to go cuddle with my little popcicle and read...If all goes well (she seems fine now) training will resume normally tomorrow...

Oh I did get a new pair of NIKE running shoes today! A running friend called me and told me she had gotten these shoes last month, but just couldn't adjust to them. The arch was high in them and since she knew I had the high arch she wanted to know if I wanted to try them! Awesome! I needed to get a new pair anyway...so it worked out good for both of us!