Free Concerts and Getting Through My Day

During the summer Brooklyn puts on FREE concerts at the East River Park which is only 2 blocks from where we live.  It is great!  They are not always great bands but still fun to go to and even if we don't feel like it when can hear them from our windows. So this Saturday was Coheed and Cambria.  They were alright, we only stayed about 15 mins but it felt good to get out.

THE WORKOUT

Monday - 4.01miles in 33:36

Tuesday - 3.02 miles in 26:32 + Tracy Anderson Disc 2

Wednesday - Yoga

Thursday- Fly to MN!!

Friday- Easy 1-2 miles

Saturday- 26.2

Today I was feeling pretty good but around 11:00 I was feeling low.  I think it is because my breakfast was weak and that will throw me off all day unfortunately.  But there was all sorts of happenings going on around my street today.  It was all blocked off for shooting.  Which means I had to find a new place to park my car.  Never fun.  Anyways it was a pretty big set, they had about 4 whole city blocks marked off.  I guess they were filming a new HBO series called "Girls."

 

But even before this all went down there was some kind of fight on the corner.  As I left to go for my run this morning there was a group of hipsters just hanging out on the corner.  Because it was still early I knew that they had yet to see their beds.  Not an uncommon thing here in NYC since the bars stay open till 4 AM.  Anyways sometimes you can just feel it when there is going to be trouble and I knew there would be.  As I got back things still seemed low key and sure enough about 10 mins after I got inside I looked out the window and there were tons of cops.  People getting arrested and some guy with his head bleeding.  Pretty eventful for my Tuesday morning!!

Ok now back to me being low on energy... I desperately needed some healthy food groups and just was not feeling a salad today.  So I did the next best thing.  Spinach smoothie!

Spinach
Raspberries
Blueberries
Banana
1/2 of greek yogurt
Tbs of Almond butter
Ice
Smidgen of Skim Milk (I am out of almond milk :( )

Blend and Voila! 

A great way to get in your servings of fruits and veggies! (I know there is a lot of green going on in my kitchen, it is not by choice.  This is a rental people:))

Because I didn't want to use all the yogurt in my smoothie I just poured the rest over my berries and stuck it in the fridge.  It will make a great snack later.

So after I was so happy about getting my Coach's Oats (I have been eating them almost every morning, and I didn't today which is probably why I felt so crappy) I realized that I do not have a good microwave bowl.  I don't use the microwave that much so I never really thought anything about it but now that I am back on, the bowl I was using was unacceptable.  It was plastic and when you took it out it was always burning hot!  Bad!  So I stopped into my favorite kitchen store Fishs Eddy to get a new bowl!

This is my awesome new fish bowl!!  Oh and I do have regular cereal bowls but my oatmeal always over flows so that is why I needed a bigger one.

Well I made it through the day without passing out, my husband Scott even came home early (to work even more, lame) so we ordered pizza from Forninos.  It was delicious!

Tomorrow is laundry, work and PACKING!
I am not excited about the laundry part but it has to be done.  Then the packing should be fairly simple because I can fit everything into my carry on.  But I can't forget my Garmin Charger, Ipod shuffle, Gu's Shoes, Running gear etc!

Woohoo I can't wait!

Anyone else running a race this weekend?


What is your favorite thing in a smoothie?
I really wanted to put in Muscle Nog protein powder but we already ran out :(

XX
Sarah

One Week To Go!

We are on the final countdown until Grandma's Marathon!  Woot! Woot!  And better yet I will see my sisters in less than one week.  We are all getting so pumped.  In fact the marathon sleep syndrome, which is what I like to call it has already begun.  It actually started this morning.  I woke up at 4 am, and my first thought was the race.  Then I woke up again at 6:30, first thought was the race.  I would say it is different then in the past because this will be my first race running with friends/sisters.  Plus I am not going for a PR.  I am strictly running to have a blast!  It is kind of a huge relief not having to worry about my time.  I decided that I will shoot for a PR this fall when I run NYC.

Isn't this picture rad!  This was in March when I went cruising with my sisters in the Caribbean.  Jen is on the far left, then Heather and then me.  That is actually the order of our age, in case anyone was wondering...Jen is the oldest then Heather, then me.

AND we received our very first ever ATTrio GIFT!!  I was so pumped when Scott's Aunt Karen sent us these.  (Well I am not technically sure if she is his Aunt, but somehow they are related and I married Scott which means I am adopted in :)) Anyways, Karen is a super awesome runner and has given us so much advice!  It has been super helpful.  Sad part is she lives in Southern California so I never get to run with her.  I like to call her my Long Distance Coach.  Scott and I hope to get out there soon for a visit.  So THANK YOU Karen!!!  We are so excited about these and can't wait to run and take pictures in them next week.  Oh and she also sent me Coach's Oats. (Just for me, I am not sharing) Have you guys tried them??  They are soo soo good.

Last but not least, when I was in Cape May over Memorial Day Weekend Scott and I went to a craft fair.  At the craft fair was the A+H Bracelet Girls.  They made a sold friendship bracelets.  They were way cool and I was super impressed by their business skills.  I mean these girls were about 10-12 years old and they already had business cards?!  These ladies are going places that is for sure.  Anyways, Scott and I loved them so we each bought one for ourselves.  Later that day I was thinking these are so cool and Jen and I had discussed earlier how it would be nice to get something for all three of us Trio to wear.  I thought these bracelets would be perfect.  So as so as I got home I looked up their website and contacted the girls.  I had them make us matching braclets for the race.  I sent them our ATTrio colors and they were ecstatic to make them.

I just received them in the mail yesterday!  Are they not the coolest things ever?!  I can't wait to wear them.  PS I love friendship bracelets so much that I am pretty sure these will stay on my wrist till the end of the summer :)  Thanks Girls!!

After my 8 miles today Scott and I are heading to the UWS to visit his family and then to buy a new goldfish.  I am also hoping to stop into 16handles for some fro yo!

What are your plans for the weekend?

Have ever tried Coach's Oats?
-They really are the best!

Did you ever make/wear friendship bracelets growing up?
-I made them all the time when I was a kid.

Have you ever run a race just for fun?  No PR intended?
-Grandma's will be my first.

XX
Sarah