Holiday Weekend

This past weekend we were invited to stay at a friends house in East Hampton.  We almost didn't make the trip because we were having trouble finding a sitter for Ivan our pup but last minute it all worked out and we headed up Sunday afternoon.  Let me just tell you this house was AMAZING!! So beautiful and I am pretty sure we got the best room in the house.  We had a walk out that looked over the pool.  It was heavenly.

Monday morning I couldn't resist the urge to lace up my running shoes and take an easy jog into town.  It is not everyday you get to enjoy the beautiful tree lines blocks and fresh air when you are living in Brooklyn.  It was a great little jog, just over 5 miles.  But let me tell you it was hot and humid!  I was dripping with sweat and I was just taking it easy.

Our friends wanted to try paddle boarding and Scott and I were all about it.  Neither of us had done it before so it sounded great.  The sun was blistering hot so it was perfect for it.  I really needed to work on my tan if you know what I mean.

We had a great little getaway and even though it was short it was still very very sweet.   On the way back we passes the Tracy Anderson studio and next time I am up there I am definitely going to hit up one of her classes!!  I love her workouts!

How was your weekend???   Anyone take a last minute getaway?

Workouts for the week
Tues-Run 5
Wed- Arms and maybe a little Tracy Anderson
Thursday-MOVING
Friday- Run 5
Sat- run 8-10

Also I'm so excited to move into our new apt Thursday but I have a TON of packing to do.

AND the BIG news is coming JUNE 1st!!!  So excited to share with you all!!

XX
Sarah

Late Nite = Late Morning

Yesterday I went in to get my roots colored.  And while I was in there I decided to take out the pink and add in royal blue with dark grape purple. Best decision I have ever made!  I seriously love my hair.  I do realize that coloring your hair is something you are supposed to go through when you are a teenager but I never got the chance.  I am pretty sure my parents would not have been down with the idea.

So now that I am older and wiser and more importantly my job allows it (cuz I'm my own boss :)) I have fell in love with dying my hair different colors!  My New York Mini 10k is an all female race coming up on June 9th and I feel this is the best look for that race!!

As I was crawling into bed last night at 10:45 my husband Scott had a burst of energy and wanted to go see our friend's band play.  They were going on in 10 mins so as much as I was happy to curl under the covers and hit the hay I jumped up threw on my glasses and a sweatshirt and we rode to see their show.  They did an awesome job and their EP is coming out soon.  When it does I will let you know because they are truley talented and I think a lot of you guys would like their music. It is three sisters with a guy playing an extra guitar and a drum player.  They are Hey Anna!  Seriously so good!

We got home a little after midnight and I fell asleep around 12:30-1 so instead of hearing my 5 AM alarm I just woke up and am way tired.  Need to go get my run on!!


This weekend we are packing for our move next week!!  Woohoo!  And we got invited up to the Hamptons on Sunday night to stay till Monday but if we don't find a pup sitter that won't be happening :(

How about you guys?  Any fun plans for this weekend?  Races? Places??

Will be doing 5 today and most likely 8 tomorrow, that is if it STOPS raining already.  Geeze!

XX
Sarah

How to taper and my long weekend.

I hope you guys all had a great Memorial Day Weekend!  I had such a great time in Cape May,  We laid on the beach, ate good food, went to a movie, ate more good food and oh yeah I did go running one day.  I got up early Saturday morning and went 4 miles to the beach.  I could have ran back to the campground but I just wasn't feeling it.  So this is me below before we headed out.  We pack everything on the bike, including our tent and a blow up mattress :)  It took us about 3.5 hours to get there.  Yep my bum was sore from sitting on that little bike seat for so long.

Like I mentioned above we ate some great food.  For some reason I only took a picture of my breakfasts.  Saturday morning I had granola with yogurt and fruit.  It was a perfect way to start my trip. Sunday I had the best oatmeal I think I have ever had.  It was oatmeal with chopped nuts, topped with sliced banana and cinnamon.  I don't understand why it was so good.  Something about the oatmeal was different than what I am used to buying.  I am going to get to the bottom of this.  I made mine at home with water and maybe this one was made with milk. 

No trip would be complete without dessert.  I mean this town had ice cream available to you on every block.  Scott loves ice cream so most of the time I would nibble off of his but this time I just got my own.  Almond Joy flavor.  Please excuse our winded and dirty look. We have not showered for 2 days now and have been riding around on a bike.  Oh yeah and definitely no make up!

One of our favorite things to do on camping trips is to hit up the garage sales.  Look what we found for a dollar!  It kept us entertained the rest of the trip!

Now to the matter at hand.  How do you taper?? In the past I have really dropped my training down and this time I feel like I am still running too many miles before my race?  At my peak I got up to 48 miles and now I just don't know how much to drop off before my race?  I want my legs to be rested but I am not sure how rested?  Any suggestions?  I posted my training plan below.  It is really itty bitty so I will give you a recap..

Week 16- 33 miles total with a long run at 15 miles

Week 17- 33 miles total with a long run at 13 miles

Race Week - Sunday- rest

                    Monday- 10 miles easy

                    Tuesday - Tracy Anderson (PS I am going to be doing a post about this soon)

                    Wednesday - 8 miles easy and Yoga

                    Thursday - Rest

                    Friday - 2 miles easy

                    Saturday- RACE

I am just wondering if 33 miles a week is too many before my race?  Anyone have a plan that they loved and thought worked?  Maybe I am over anaylizing this but as I am sure many of you racers know that your conscience will slowly creep in and you will begin to think..."Am I running too much? Do I feel and injury?  Does my knee hurt?  Am I not running enough?"  Yes, all of these thoughts are now coming into effect.

So let me know!  I would love to hear what works for you?

Also, when you make oatmeal do you use water or milk? Or almond milk?

What kind of oats do you buy?

XX
Sarah

Bolder Boulder Run down

Today I ran the bestest 10k in the world.  The Bolder Boulder.  Over 55000 people run this puppy and it includes a super fast jet flyover and some crazy parachuters that come and land right in Folsom Field.  It also includes some amazingly fast professional runners from all over the world. It really makes me happy that I can participate.  Here are some photo ops and the breakdown.

Some of my Running Bestest Buds

 Me and my hubs.. he of course beat me coming in at 46:03 with NO TRAINING AT ALL. Men... seriously. I am going to have to keep getting faster until I can beat him. Although, I did smoke him on our last 1/2.

Here is the breakdown:

PreRace dinner: Slow roasted pulled pork with homemade BBQ sauce and cole slaw. DELICIOUS. Fruit, some amazing baked beans and some chocolate cake.  YUM.

Breakfast: Combo of Frosted Mini Wheats, Grape Nuts cereal with Shot bloks about 1/2 before the race.

Timing:
I turned off my average mile pace and so my watch never ever kept the splits! So all I have is the time off of the website. (next time I will not do this... )


My garmin did say 6.29 Miles. Also, according to there website I ran a 48:45 and my watch said 48:46... so there ya go! The official time is better and I'll take it =)

Mile Splits:
7:49
7:49
8:07-(I wish I would have had my avg mile pace here, I would have gone faster I am sure...... I only had total overall pace and instant pace... next time I know better I suppose)
7:56
7:44
7:40

So I am happy although that third mile I would have wanted under 8 for sure, and I do feel like I would have pushed it a little more in those middle miles if I actually knew what my average pace was per mile instead of overall. I kept thinking, well my overall pace says like 7:50 so I guess I am doing ok....I know I will pick it up on that downhill mile. For those of you who don't know mile 4-5 is totally downhill. I am actually surprised that my last mile was faster because of that 4th mile downhill.  Oh well, I am not complaining. =)

The other thing that was uber special about this race is that fact that my parents, brother and niece all ran/walked it as well.  Nothing is more fun then watching your family members conquer something like this.  YAY for my family. We rule.

Here is my AMAZING FAMILY! I hope we can all do it again together.... hmmm the Disney Marathon.... hint hint.

Happy Memorial Day All - Jen