The Last Run

So far this weekend is shaping up to be terrific.  Since I left my phone at home yesterday I didn’t find out until after I got home from work that I have a new nephew!  I’m so excited to meet baby Jack at Christmastime.  It’s sad that I don’t get to see my nieces and nephews more often, especially since most of my family lives by each other now.

The other great part this weekend was seeing my dear friend Charisse and meeting her husband Tim!  I just happened to see a post on Facebook saying they were driving through, and clearly she forgot I lived in Houston, so I frantically messaged her hoping she’d see it in time (since I didn’t have my phone, ahh!).  We went for ice cream while we caught up and reminisced about old college classes and pit orchestras.

Eating at Amy's Ice Creams

Apparently the girl who took our picture also got this shot of the back of my head.  It just made me laugh when I got my camera back.  Also, yay for my hair getting long again!

So now onto the title of this post…This morning was my last run.  At least it was the last run for a month.  I’m starting a 12-week program that focuses on nutrition and exercise, specifically weight lifting.  I am so excited to get out of the heat for a month and to build up more muscle before I add cardio back in.   

You can check it out at Jamie Eason's Live Fit.  I am aiming at more definition and strength, and getting down to 20% body fat.  I feel like a beast.  But I’ll probably feel like a bowl of Jello this time next week.

This is purposely far away because 1. it's a selfie and 2. then you can't see how gross I look after I run in the heat.

This morning’s run was a 6-miler.  And I am proud to say I actually got up at 6am (ok, 6:08, but I can’t be the only one who sets their alarm to weird times so that it feels more natural to wake up).  I have to leave before the sun gets up if I want the temperature to still be in the 70s, even though there’s like 90 thousand percent humidity in the morning.  Between vacations and a really hectic schedule, the month of July was pretty dismal in terms of logging running miles, so this last week has been really enjoyable to get outside and log some good, solid runs.  I still have the goal of running 1,000 miles this year.  I am ahead of schedule, so even with taking a month off running I will only have to average 21 miles a week for the last four months of the year.  I should plan a running party for my 1,000^th mile!  Yes!  Who is with me?