Ahhh, back from vacation. It was great. My girly friend and I went away to DC for the weekend and we had a blast. The hotel we stayed at was amazing, the restaurant there was top notch, and of course, there was plenty to do. As usual when visiting DC, everything involves walking. You'd be crazy to try to drive too many places in that city because the roads are crazy and the traffic isn't much better. So even though it was a weekend off (if you count out the 3 miler on Sat morning) I still was able to stay on my feet for the 2 days and ate pretty well. The restaurant in the hotel specialized in seafood from the Chesapeake so it was all fish all weekend. Dinner on Saturday involved smoked salmon as an appetizer and pan seared tuna for dinner. I honestly have never had pan seared tuna as good as Saturday. There was just something about it. Even better, it was served on wild rice with beans. I will never forget it, simply amazing. Oh and by the way... eggs Benedict tastes amazing over smoked salmon. A lot of uncooked meat this weekend but man oh man was it good. If you ever want to get away for a weekend and don't mind spending a few bucks I strongly recommend the Fairmont in DC. The hotel itself it beautiful and the restaurant is crazy delicious.
OK, enough about slacking off. This week is the last week of my summer class (thank goodness) so next week my schedule will free up again and I'll be able to start making it to swim practice again and working out on a more regular schedule. For this week I'll probably be doing some easyish workouts in the mornings. I got out for a six miler this morning. After 878 calories, 48 minutes, and roughly 165 beats per minute my legs were still feeling good. I really like running now. I used to hate it with a passion. Now that I'm getting faster and more comfortable with longer distances it isn't nearly as much of a chore. I'm looking forward to the winter when I can focus on long distances and work on my form some more. Now that it's the middle of the season the important thing is just getting enough mileage in to be comfortable with race distances. Unfortunately since the 1/2 IM is a 13 mile run it means increasing my distance from what I'm used to. Not too big of a deal but it probably would've been a better idea to come into the season being comfortable with 13 miles. We all have to start somewhere I guess.
I'm looking for some new racing shoes. My training Adidas' are burnt out so I'm using my racing shoes as my training shoes now. I'm looking at another pair of Adidas for racing. Something really light weight. I'm looking at the Adidas adiStar Comp 4. I need something neutral with a slight amount of stability and something light. Well this fits the build. It's classified as a neutral racer (similar to my training shoes which were neutral trainers so I'd expect similar support) and it comes in at 7.4 ounces (almost 3 ounces lighter than my current racing shoes). On top of that the green is bangin. Any suggestions are welcome.
Cycling uniforms for TNP will be in this week and Tri uniforms will be in in the beginning of August. Can't wait. OK, time to finish my final project for Stat. I might make it to the gym tomorrow morning or possibly in the pool. Race this weekend so I need to stay fresh. Keep doin what you're doin ladies and gents.
Listening to: Crazy tech"no"
Feeling: Tired of stats
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