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| Finn howling for his ball. |
Yesterday afternoon we went to the beach. It was a pretty nice day, but a bit on the cooler side. Perfect beach day because it was pretty empty. This is a good thing because we brought Finn so he could go for a swim. He loves to have the ball thrown in the water and he'll go get it as many times as you throw it for him. This ball session lasted 1.5 hours because Julien was getting cold so we had to head home. It was all good though. We got out of the house for a couple of hours, Finn got exercised, and it was free!
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| Painted my toes for the occasion. |
Last night I got to go out with my running gal Dawn for a few hours for a much needed "catch up". I haven't seen many of my running pack at all lately. We're all training for different things and are on different schedules. I don't frequent the Running Room when I'm not teaching or taking a clinic. Although I'm training right now, I'm doing it solo. In the summer months I prefer to run in the morning. If I was taking a clinic, I'd be running two evenings a week and the heat and I don't get along very well. This week has been pretty awesome for running. I have been having a pretty good running week with the weather and my feet feeling pretty decent (read: no cramping toes). Tomorrow is my 16K long run. We'll see how my toes hold up for that.
Although the weather and my feet have been cooperating, I have been struggling with a sore throat. I've had it for about a week now. It's not gotten to the point of me needing something for it, but it's just there and it's annoying. It's not pleasant to run with either because I breathe through my mouth when I run which makes my throat super dry. I only have a 2 bottle fuel belt and have needed both bottles of water to complete a 6K run this week because my throat gets so dry. I never drink that much water during shorter runs. What am I going to do tomorrow? Suck it up, that's what.
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| After my 6k steady today. |
Today has been a hard day eating wise for me. I haven't eaten off plan, but thoughts of binging have been consuming me. And I don't even know what I want to binge on. It's not like I want the chips or Cheetos in my freezer, or the 4 loaves of banana bread that Julien and I made this week. I did eye the block of mozzarella cheese in my dairy drawer when I was making Julien's lunch earlier. I haven't had that type of dairy in a long time. I've only had cream in my coffee. The only thing keeping me from eating the cheese right now is the thought of it upsetting my stomach and making me have a shitty run tomorrow morning. So after I hit publish, I'm immediately going to bed. I can't afford to have a bad long run. Thank goodness I have a good deterrent not to eat the cheese. It's been a while since I've battled with binge thoughts this strong. Although the thought crosses my mind at least once a day, I can easily refocus myself. Today has definitely been a bigger struggle. Thank goodness tomorrow is a new day. I just need to get today done and all will be right again. It always is.
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| Someone lost a tooth today. He's got the cutest lisp! |
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| My eats from today. Add iceberg lettuce and tomato to the snacks. I just ate that while I was typing this. |