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Cr-AZ-y Weather

Posted on February 20, 2013 by pugmamastace| Leave a comment

I woke up this morning, and it was raining and cold outside. I also had a headache, so my morning plans were scrapped. I went to Sole Sports to pick up out shirts for Ragnar and brought them to Jen who is doing the printing for us. I can’t wait to show you guys the shirts! They are going to be SO awesome!

I planned on going to CrossFit again tonight, but my hamstring is really tender from running on it the other night. I seriously only ran a half-mile. I am pretty nervous for how this weekend is going to go. I just decided to give my body another rest day since that’s what it was telling me it needed.

Instead of CrossFit, I got FroYo and shopped at a cute little clothing boutique I discovered here in Ahwatukee.

I got two really cute new dresses that I look forward to showing you soon. The lady next door at the alterations place is altering one of them because it was too long. She is awesome! If you ever need a quick alteration, she’s your lady! Thank God I wasn’t up north, because this is what it apparently looked like today on the 101 in Scottsdale!! I can only imagine what kind of insane road stupidity this caused considering what sprinkles of rain do to people out here! SMH…..

After I finished there, I came home, ate dinner, and packed for Ragnar. I will try and blog a little bit about the packing and necessities tomorrow. I am exhausted and want to get to bed early so I can have a productive day tomorrow. Hopefully no headaches for this one again!!

Have a great night and I hope you have a great day tomorrow!

Happy Trails!

Stacey

Posted in Fashion, General, Running

Tagged Clothes Minded, CrossFit, hamstring injury, Ragnar Del Sol, Ragnar Relay, running, running injuries, Sole Sports, Sole Sports Running Zone

What’s a PDR?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by pugmamastace| 11 Comments

So today I did my long run with this amazing girl through the wonderful streets of Ahwatukee. I hadn’t run with Ari before, or done a long run with anyone for that matter. I preferred to keep my wimpy walk breaks and possible inability to actually do a long run to myself. When she tweeted me to see if I wanted to run 10 miles with her on Friday, I told her I was up for 8, and might not be able to hang. I was honestly scared to fail!

Ari took me under her wing, set a good (reasonable!) long run pace, and we were off. An hour and a half of awesome conversation, my nose draining like a faucet, Circle K bathroom breaks, and finally getting to run along the route I take to get to work every morning (I usually get jealous of all the people running down 48th St as I drive to work!), we were at mile 8.3. Ari says to me “Just to let you know, I am a workout pusher, so I am going to push you to run 9 miles today.” Wow! She’s serious? Ok! So we did! I felt amazing, and my confidence bounced back almost immediately. I can DO this! I CAN run a half-marathon! We even pushed the pace to around 9:20-9:40 during the last mile or so. So I have a new PDR (personal distance record-thx for the dorky running term lesson Ari Smile )!!!

Needless to say, I have an amazing new friend, and had a fantastic time running with her today! She is so positive, and really makes you believe in yourself.

I’ve realized that the reason why I get miserable and hate life during so many of my longer runs is that I really do push myself too hard. I don’t give myself a break and just enjoy myself! I have always been too hard on myself, and running is definitely no exception.

So thank you Ari for having patience and believing in me! (–AND for showing me Dutch Brothers!)

We met this amazing girl at Dutch Brothers for some post-run caffeine and sugar-free white chocolate goodness. I wish I could’ve stayed longer! (I wish we had taken a pic! I forgot…)

That’s ok, because all of the girls are running The Firefly Run tonight!! I am SO excited to hang out with all of you awesome ladies again; and, I finally get to meet Diana!

I also got a new pair of running shoes today that I am SUPER excited about! The Asics Gel Kayano 18’s.

Something about them when I tried them on felt SO good and supportive and stable. Thanks so much to my friend Karen at Sole Sports for helping me to make sure these were perfect for me. I can’t WAIT to try them out!

Is anyone running the Firefly run tomorrow night?

Tell me the story about your PDR and how you felt afterward.

What is your favorite kind of caffeine to get after a good workout?

Happy Trails!!

Posted in General, Running

Tagged Asics, coffee, Firefly Run, friends, half-marathon, long run, running, Sole Sports

Happy Friday!

Posted on January 20, 2012 by pugmamastace| 9 Comments

I did some fun shopping today. Cameron got me a gift card to Dicks for Christmas, so I got some really cute Under Armour capri’s:

They are SO comfortable and cute. I love them! I also got my first running skirt by Skirt Sports today! Sole Sports in Tempe was having a 30% off sale for the rest of the stuff they had from the RNRAZ expo last weekend. Here I am in a medium (I actually ended up getting a small, because the girls said it looked better on me):

I also got a really cute bright pink short sleeved technical tee from Skirt Sports 50% off! I love sales

I ran (with a few too many walk breaks) about 3 miles today. The roads by our house almost all have some sort of incline. I really struggle with hills, so I didn’t exactly have a fantastic run today. It’s better than nothing, though! I made a fruit plate with some almond butter for after my run:

SO good, and healthy, too. I also try to drink some sort of recovery drink after I workout-here is what I have been using:

I would love to hear what kinds of recovery products you guys use after you run. Leave a comment below!

Then, I got to work cleaning the floors

I also organized my dirty laundry today. Isn’t that exciting? It’s actually a really nice laundry organizer. I am separating work clothes, workout clothes, lounging around and sleeping clothes, and socks and underwear into each section. I figured it would make putting clothes away much easier. I’m really good at washing and drying the clothes, but I struggle with the whole folding them and putting them away part .