Poor Hygiene Will Cost You and a Winner

Categories: Diet-to-Go, Fabio, Fathers Day, Home Front, Summer Vacation, Twitter Chat

First, remember last week when I was so sad this happened?

Well she came back and all was right with the world…for 24 hours…until this happened.

Yep, gone again, this time off to Girl Scout camp in Colorado. But this time, I did not cry. I’m definitely toughening up in my old age.

Did you have a nice Father’s Day? We did…sans one child. Since the Caveman has returned every. single. thing. we ever got him, I returned the favor he did me on Mother’s Day and set him loose in Lululemon. Except he didn’t bite. Apparently Lululemon does not hold the same allure for him as it does me.

Our day went like this:

Run first thing: It was gorgeous…if you like sweltering hot. My shoulder hurt and I couldn’t get air. Can I get some cheese with this whine?

Thing 2 and I went directly to the pool (read no shower) FINALLY! while the Caveman hit golf balls and worked out.

Then, because the Caveman was set on watching the final round of the US Open, we hit up Whole Foods directly from the pool (read still no shower) to reload our Kombucha stash.

It was there my poor hygiene exacted the ultimate price: Who was hawking protein powder in the freezer aisle? None other than Fabio.

Freaking FABIO!

And my hair was plastered back with sweat/chlorine/sun block and I smelled like a barn. I realized this just as I abandoned my cartload of Kombucha and was about to elbow my way to the front of the line shouting “Do you know who I am?”

Sigh.

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Hey Where’s My Lazy Summer?

Categories: Home Front, Motivation, Scheduling Fitness, Summer

We are one week into summer break and I’ve yet to find a rhythm. I think back to previous years and I wonder how the heck I squeezed marathon training in?

To be fair, Thing 1 and the Caveman were away this week so my runs while single parenting had to be on the mill. I could not will myself to go more than a few miles. Plus we’re having the house painted so there’s an added level of obligation waiting for them to show up, etc.

Finally this morning I made it out for a crack-of-dawn 6 miler. Before rush hour traffic. Before the winds whipped up and the sun got too hot. It was like old times (alas nowhere near as fast).

My shoulder started hurting like a mofo again. I blame sleeping on it ‘wrong’. I refused to let it spoil my glorious early morning though. Why is life so chaotic? Shouldn’t it be ‘easier’ now that the kids are no longer babies?
Probably more for my benefit than anyone else’s, I reflected on how I squeezed in fitness when the kids were smaller (they were 2 and 6 when I ran my first marathon):

• I followed a Plan (Run Less Run Faster) and crosstrained religously in the basement
• I worked out FIRST thing in the morning. Before life got in the way
• I reviewed my workout the night before so I was mentally prepared and didn’t waste time
• I laid out my clothes
• I negotiated a deal w/the Caveman so I could squeeze my run in before he left for work
• Most importantly: I was passionate about marathon training.

What are your tips for squeezing in fitness? Have you settled into your summer groove?

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