For Once the Treadmill is my Best Friend – Thinking Out Loud 1/8/15
Well, here we are, at another Thursday so I guess it’s time for some Thinking Out Loud a la Amanda.
1. How’s the weather where you are today? It’s pretty darn cold here, this morning the weatherman even described it as dangerous. I don’t think my California boy quite knew what he was getting himself into moving to New England. haha 😉
2. I don’t really mind the cold – except when it comes to how it affects my runs. Luckily I’m not in specific training for my goal marathon just yet so if I have to step things back due to ice or cold temps it’s quite alright. Generally the treadmill is my worst enemy but the past few days I’ve been thoroughly embracing the treadmill running. 11 miles on the gym treadmill Tuesday with 12x 600m @ 5:35ish pace, and 9 miles easy on the treadmill in the basement today for a total of 20 treadmill miles so far this week.
Keep your fingers crossed that the rest of the week is mild enough to be outside!
3. Our cousins in California sent a really sweet Christmas package to the whole family with chocolates, a beautiful smelling candle and some other goodies. My absolute FAVORITE of the bunch was this mug (it’s from this Etsy shop)! I think I might have to order myself one so that I don’t hog the family’s! haha
4. This weekend I got an amazing deal of my favorite pair of trainers (sneakers that I just do easy and long runs in), the Adidas Energy Boosts. They’re usually $160 (ie. wicked expensive) but with the TWO sales they have going on and a gift card that I had I scored my neon yellow pair for just $33!!!! They’ll be offering the discounts for the next month or so, so if you are in the area and are looking for a great deal/wanna stock up for the year head on over to Greater Boston Running Company.
We went to the Newton store but I’m pretty sure that all of locations are offering the same sales!
5. I needed something warm for breakfast in the worst way this morning (headed out into -15 degrees can do that) but we’re out of oatmeal so I opted for an egg sandwich and some roasted butternut squash – it was a great decision but I should have added some avocado to my sandwich. ha
That’s all for today folks. Time to warm-up with some leftover soup! 🙂
How warm/cold is it where you live?
Tell me something random about your day/week!