T-minus 1 day

Well this post probably won’t be as good as the one I had typed up last night b/c I spent an hour on it and don’t have an hour this morning….but here we go….

This week has been my WEEK OFF!! Yes, I have not a run a single mile and have enjoyed EVERY SECOND OF IT!!...especially since we’ve had some freak show weather…..FREEZING COLD and snow and WAY TOO MUCH rain….blah!

I kept thinking “Thank God I am not running in this!” somehow I always manage to miss the worst weather on my break:):)…

Every cycle of training my coach makes us take AT LEAST a week off. At first I was skeptical. After my first 3mo block from Sept-December he made me take 10 days off. I was worried I would lost lots of progress but he assured me I wouldn’t. After coming back..within 2 weeks of just easy runs I was running faster than ever.

STRESS+RECOVERY= PROGRESS (SPEED).

It’s true. It works. Give yourself a break after each training cycle so your body can absorb what you’ve done.
If you’ve raced a marathon Hard he makes us take 2weeks.

Anyway….This weekend was my last weekend before I start MARATHON TRAINING!! WOOHOOO….

And I made sure to end it on a bang;) and eats LOTS OF DELICIOUS FOOD!
Steve and I went away WITHOUT KIDS overnight for our anniversary. (pics below). I did write a whole bunch about it in my last post but am too lazy..so I will just put captions under the pictures to explain our wonderful date away.
I am so excited to start my training…only 2.5 months til the WINDERMERE MARATHON!!
Oh…speaking of which…last year the top 3 female finishers had times between 3:04 and 3:20..think I could make TOP 3?? Wouldn’t that be AWESOME???!!!

Okay...so after my wedding on Saturday morning, we headed out! first stop:

Grilled Cheese Grill.....

You eat on a bus...and have the most delicious Grilled Cheese sandwhiches...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Grilled Cheese sandwiches...one of my FAVORITE

foods by far.

I dont' even know what all was in Steve's but it was GOOD!

I had DILL PICKLES and onion...oh my word. HEAVEN.

We checked into the hotel and got ready for Dinner and a movie:)

Okay..so before the movie...we went shopping...we walked into Banana Republic

and the lady hands us one of those coupon things where usually you get no more than 10% off...

but we hit the JACKPOT and got 50% of our ENTIRE PURCHASE! so we loaded up! it was SO fun to shop without kids...oh my gosh, what a blessed experience! $500 later (that is AFTER the 50% discount) we walked out with 3 FULL bages of new clothes:):):) a womens dream. I LOVE to shop! so here's me in my new shirt and new belt:)

Me and my handsome husband

Isn't he cute?:)

AT Jakes Bar and Grill eating the most delicious pot roast!

Afterward we went and saw "The Kings Speech"...you must see, a great movie!!!

we finished the night with starbucks hot chocolate, a walk downtown and a 10 hours of UNINTERRUPTED sleep!

BLISS.

what a way to finish my week off:)