#LikeAGirl and January Miles

First, if you tried to get in touch with me on Sunday…I wasn’t ignoring you.
My (3 month old) iPhone 6 crashed. The screen just went red and it turned off. Thank you 8lb, 6 oz baby Jesus for the iCloud! It had automatically backed itself up Saturday night. The, the Apple Store “genius” looked at it for a few seconds and gave me a new phone, no questions asked…awesome!!  However, I’m still in the process of trying to restore it…fingers crossed.

Thursday:

Leah, my PT, “suggested” that I not run Thursday or Friday so I could do my long run on Saturday.  I trust her and do as I’m told:)

Early 23 miles on the bike.

And I met up with the Brentwood Breakfast Club

To celebrate Michael’s last run with the group.  He’s moving:(

It’s tough to read, but our gift to him was an engraved frame that read My Tribe and 6run5 🙂

One of the perks of being on the Rock n Blog Team is I get a discount code to share with you!!  Code: JENCHOOSESJOY is good for $15 off ALL Rock n Roll half and full marathons!!!!  Share it with your friends!

Thursday night: I got to do my first ever blogger meet-up with two Nashville fitness bloggers!  After following their blogs, it was SO much fun to meet Karina and Mary and person!  We had cocktails at No. 308 and talked about running, our favorite gyms, lots of FOOD, and brainstormed about ways to work together in the future!

Friday:

Wakey, Wakey Crepes and Coffee…that kind of rhymes, yes?!

I headed back to the gym to bike some more.  Oh the irony of wearing a Run Happy shirt on the spin bike.  I was happy because I knew I would get to do a long run on Saturday!

Thanks to everyone for the sore throat advice:  I’ve been drinking my honey tea and went to the doctor for a cortisone shot.

And of course, soup for dinner with grilled focaccia!

Long run prep:

Saturday:

15 miles pacing my Fleet Feet Nashville Country Music Marathon Training Group!!

 

I’m happy to report that I had zero Achilles pain during my run.  It got tight and creaky afterwards, so I’m still not 100%, but it’s getting SO much better!

Sunday:

And then…my iphone crashed and, so I don’t have anymore photos until that night.

Super Bowl Highlight: This ad…

because I RUN #LikeAGirl

It also gave me the courage to post my January Miles.  Due to injury, I ran my lowest monthly mileage since I started tracking it (133 mile LESS than last month, but who’s counting).  I’m definitely not thrilled with it, but I worked really hard for these miles.

It was definitely a full weekend!  It’s a new week, it’s a new month…Go Get ‘Em!!!!

Questions:

Weekend peak? Long run with my training group!

Pit? My phone crashing.

Who were you cheering for in the Super Bowl?  Favorite Super Bowl ad? I didn’t really care about the game, but I read that the white jerseys statistically win the Super Bowl, so I cheered for the Patriots.  Favorite ad: Always #LikeAGirl

Which Rock N Roll Races are you running this year?  Nashville, Virginia Beach, and Vegas

#choosejoy

Coffee on a Camel

I drink my Monday coffee on a camel.  Don’t you?

With coffee in ‘toe’, let’s catch up!  Sorry…couldn’t resist a camel toe joke.  What’s wrong with me?!

Thursday

After a week off, I was so excited to run with the Brentwood Breakfast Club!  I’ve been using the heating pad before runs to loosen up my achilles.

6 miles without any pain.  We had lots of talk about ‘Sassy Pants’ on our run!

and breakfast afterwards with these awesome friends!

I also had another PT session with Leah at ProMotion for some more ASTYM treatment.  It’s really helping me!  As I ease back into running, Leah has me on an every other day schedule.

Hi, my name is Jennifer and I’m addicted to Organic Girl Lettuce.  I now buy it by the case.

For dinner, I made homemade tomato soup with cauliflower crust cheese sticks…so good!  I’ll post the recipe soon.

Friday

RUNEMZ had this Virginia Woolf quote on her IG page…love it!  She won 1st female in the Coldwater Rumble 100-miler this weekend.  What an inspiration!!

I hit up the gym to spin and lift.  It took me a while to notice that the bike mileage got stuck, so I’m not 100% sure how far I ran.

Came home to another encouraging post-it:)

Jason and I set down for dinner to look over plans for my blog…SO EXCITING!!

Friday night coffee prep means that I finally get to go for a Saturday morning long run!!!

Saturday

I paced the Fleet Feet Country Music Marathon 4 hour training group for their long run.  My heart was SO happy and I didn’t have any Achilles pain…woo hoo!!

Also it snowed!!

And there was a little (ok, maybe a lot) of ice, but no one fell!  They did however rap!

Fleet Feet passed out our new training shirts…so cute!

Saturday afternoon, our friends were celebrating their daughter’s 2nd birthday!  How cute is this?!!  I was excited to buy Frozen presents.  And, that cupcake was delicious and lasted 30 seconds.

Sunday

I woke up with a sore throat:(

I tried to push through it with the breakfast of champions…

and a gym workout: 21 miles on the bike and weights.

I still felt crappy, so I actually took a nap (crazy!  I actually wrote a post about ‘How to Nap’) and had some soup for lunch.

I’m about to knock myself out with this Mucinex Night Time…hopefully that will do the trick and I’ll feel like a million bucks in the morning:)

Did you race or long run this weekend?  Share!

When was the last time you were sick?  How long did it last?

Did you get any snow this weekend?

#choosejoy

Guess who did a chin up?!!

Thursday:

Breakfast Club!!!  We started the day in the dark…

I was given one of the sweetest, most thoughtful gifts from my friend, CB!!!

 

Side note: I am so grateful for all of the incredible women in my life.  You ladies ROCK!

I went back to PT and agreed that I would take a break from running for the next week:(  Hopefully a little break now will help my achilles heal.

Friday:

23 spin bike miles and I came home to this post-it!  I obviously married my husband for his artistic abilities.

I’ve been a little bummed about my time off from running and he surprised me with these beautiful flowers!!!

I saw the 2015 Boston Marathon jacket.  Appearently, the purple is causing quite a stir!  It could be neon paisley and I would proudly wear it!

I joined the new 2015 Fleet Feet Racing Team for a little mixer.  There’s a whole lot of fast in this picture!!

Charlotte really wants to be on the race team, too:)

Saturday:

25 miles on the bike

And I met some friends at The Frothy Monkey…

after their long run.

For dinner I had this beautiful big bowl of vegetarian Pho!

Sunday:

20 bike miles and oatmeal breakfast with the hubs:)

Sunday dinner of champions…Wine, Veggie Burger Salad, and slice of Chocolate Cake!

I finally got around to creating a facebook page for our Brentwood Breakfast Club!! #BBC  We’ve grown so quickly.  If you’re in the Nashville area, come run with us:)

And the piece de resistance…I did my first full chin up!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you think about the 2015 Purple Boston Marathon jacket?

Did you enter the New York Marathon lottery or are you speedy enough to get an automatic entry?

Share the Pit and Peak of your weekend!  My Pit: Not running. My Peak: Ummm, hello…doing my first chin up!!

#choosejoy