Run Lola Run

Ok, so I have several thoughts today.

1) Keeping a food log is neurotic. I’m sorry, but it is. I have tried, I have tried to keep a food log for this week, but I just can’t do it. I think it’s ultimately because I’m lazy. Because I’d rather read this cool new blog that I found (more on that later), than look up the nutritional ingredients in Kashi GoLean Crunch and re-type them into the calorie tracker website. I’m sorry, I just can’t do it. But the good news is that I have not eaten a SINGLE LEAN CUISINE this week. I’ve had very good lunches and very good dinners. I also think that a half-sandwich will suffice for lunch, with extra fruits and vegetables. I had a whole one today, and it was actually too much.

2) So I discovered this cool new blog, written by a student nurse. It’s awesome, and I really enjoy reading it, and it’s totally keeping me motivated to continue with my classes and all that good stuff. (It’s so good, that I’m writing about it, instead of reviewing this week’s physiology chapter!) Anyway, if you’re into that kind of thing, you can find it by going to www.brainscramble.org. (Do not click on this as a hyperlink, just copy/paste it into your web browser. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to insert hyperlinks into this thing!)

3) Had a great run today. Was supposed to be a 3 mile tempo with a 1 mile warm-up and 1 mile cool-down, but since I’m just finally getting over my very bad cold, I gave myself permission to take it easy. HA. Fat chance. 5.22 in 50:54. Oops. At one point, on the homestretch, I was running 8 minute miles. Ok, so I ran two miles at an 8 min/mile pace, but still! Go Modest Mouse. Keep me moving forward. I didn’t quite achieve my tempo pace for 3 miles straight, but I came pretty close.

4) Cross-training is going well. I walked home yesterday, and it was most pleasant. And it only took 48 minutes! Tonight after my run, I did my Winsor Pilates DVD. I must admit, Mari Winsor is getting pretty tired. The DVD even gives out at the end. Probably time to find a new Pilates DVD.

5) Tomorrow is coffee and donuts day. I’m considering taking the early bus, stopping at Lund’s (where I can grab both my Caribou Americano and a tasty pastry) and then catching my regular bus. But part of me is intrigued by this offer of free donuts at the Purple Onion (from 7am-11am, with any coffee purchase). I might have to try that.

6) Tomorrow is also take-myself-out-to-lunch-day. I might have to scale this event back to every other week, now that my paycheck is so much less than it was, but I’m still going to go tomorrow. And I’m NOT going to do homework; I’m going to read my new book about the Sherpa and the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat. Neat.

7) Ok, I’d better actually go study now.

posted by Lola @ 7:17 PM