Thursday Thoughts
January 3, 2013 at 6:37 pm 6 comments
Darn it! I so meant to participate in WIAW yesterday, but I completely forgot. Buuuut I made this WIAW collage last night anyway, so I’ll just post it today. 
- Pumpkin oats to fuel my morning.
- Chicken stew and a grilled cheese from The Palace
- Protein bar for an afternoon snack
- Chicken and veggie stir-fry for dinner
Add in a cup of hot chocolate after dinner and there you have it!
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Yesterday was my first day back to work, and I’ll be honest, it was hard getting up that morning. Needless to say, I did not make it to the gym before work. It was just a teacher work day, so I was able to get a lot done and feel prepared and ready for this semester!
This morning however, my alarm went of at 4:30 and (after a few moments of mental preparation) I got up determined to get my butt to the gym. Hooray for new year motivation!
I plopped myself on the treadmill for a HIIT workout. I did sprinting intervals for 2 miles, walked for 1/4 of a mile, and finished out the last 3/4s steady running at 6.0.
I was so sweaty. You know it’s bad what you have to wipe your sweat off the bottom of the treadmill.
Breakfast was delicious as always but looks a little messier than normal.
Students came back to school today, so it’s been go-go-go all day long. I’m glad to be back in my routine though!
Soooo this post is titled Thursday Thoughts, and I usually give you a big list of all my different thoughts from the week, but today I only have one though to talk about….
1. I’m going to run a marathon!!!! I don’t know if I’ve mentioned on the blog, but I’ve finally decided to go after 26.2 miles! There’s a marathon in Huntsville (May 11th) which isn’t too far away, so I’ve pretty much decided to sign-up. I’m just waiting to make sure there’s not another one around that time that I’d rather do. It’s exciting, but so scary! I start training NEXT WEEK! I trained for my half in beautiful fall weather, so training in the middle of winter is going to be very different!
Time to go work on dinner! 
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Question: For those of you who have run marathons, any advice?? I’m training alone which will be hard, so I need advise!
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Alex @ therunwithin | January 3, 2013 at 7:12 pm
oh man your first marathon? that is amazing. You are gonna rock it. Getting back into the swing of work is tough for me too. really tough
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jessielovestorun | January 4, 2013 at 3:16 am
Ah, your first marathon! So excited for you. I also can’t believe you don’t live too far from huntsville. My aunt, uncle & cousins live there.. and my twin brother just moved there back in May too! Where about do you live in AL?
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Eat Sweat Sing | January 4, 2013 at 7:28 am
Oh wow! I live about an hour north of Huntsville in Tuscumbia. It’s a VERY small town. lol
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jessielovestorun | January 4, 2013 at 11:19 pm
Oh okay! How awesome. Got any single friends.. my twin brother is looking for a girl!! ( Ha Ha, he’d kill me kn owing I just asked this ?? )
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Julie | January 4, 2013 at 11:30 pm
Those protein bars are awesome, especially that brownie one warmed up!
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