treadmill tuesday

I have been really bad this last week about posting. There hasn't been that much interesting going on (running or otherwise) so I've been spacing my posts out.

Monday I took as a rest day. I probably should have done a cross training workout but I was still so sore from the 11 mile run on Sunday, so I decided to take the day off.

Tuesday was Track Tuesday. This turned into treadmill tuesday because of this heat. We did half mile intervals at a pace of 8:10 min/mile. Wow that was fast. But I finished the whole workout, yea!

Wednesday (yesterday) still sore. Probably from Tuesday. Not super sore, but a little sore. I decided I need to start taking my branched chain amino acid supplement and probably do some kind of protein/recovery drink after my workouts to help curb this soreness. So yesterday we went to the swimming pool and swam for about 25 minutes. Well, we were in the water for 25 minutes. Probably only swam for 15. I enjoyed it. We went to the outdoor pool at the gym and it was nice. Here is a picture of us after our workout.

Scott was grumpy because he hadn't eaten enough. We shared a black bean burger and it was delicious. I'll admit before I had one, I thought it sounded gross but yummmm they are awesome. I should have taken a picture. Next time.

On a much cuter note, Jeff (brother) just emailed me pictures of his kids (my nieces). They are adorable and I love them and miss them.

I can't figure out how to post the pictures next to each other so that's why they are on top of each other. The first one is Genevieve, and she is 9 months old. The second one is Josie, and she turned two this past March.

On a weather note, it has been HOT here. OMG so hot. Yesterday, at 6pm it was 98 degrees. Holy cow that is so hot. I can't wait for this weather to break! I've heard that September is a beautiful month here, so I just have to wait for that, but that's still...6 weeks away?

So today is Tempo Thursday. Here's the workout.

1 mile easy (10:33 pace)

5 miles MP (10:01 pace)

1 mile easy

That doesn't sound very fun. Will probably be inside again. We are in an excessive heat warning until Saturday at 7pm. Today's high is around 100, peaking around 4pm.

One last thing, this weekend I'm going back to LA for a wedding that I'm in. It's going to be so fun and really great to see Jessica (who is getting married). We have very cute black bridesmaid dresses and really really tall heels that I cannot walk in yet and on Saturday I will need to walk in grass in them. Not sure how that is going to work out.