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Valentine’s Weekend

I’m getting over a sinus-cold thing but I was feeling pretty bad this weekend.  I still got in some workouts and probably pushed myself a little too hard on my weekend 5 miler. My heart rate was a little out of control (high of 187) for not running that fast.  I took it easier tonight on the treadmill and make sure to keep it under 170 for a change.

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Friday night, Colby and I went out to dinner at a pretty nice restaurant downtown.

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Colby had french onion soup and a roast beef and coleslaw sandwich.

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I had mushroom ravioli with asparagus and grilled salmon.  It was really good!

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Then we went to see Safe Haven at the movies.  I read this book a few months ago and really loved it.  I’m not a huge Nicholas Sparks fan, but this was different.  The movie was just okay.  I liked it, but of course I liked the book better.

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On Saturday, I went to see Rock of Ages at the theater with my Mom, her friend and Colby.  Colby and I watched the movie on the plane to Hawaii for our honeymoon and he really liked the music.  When my Mom saw it was going to be at a theater near us, we knew we would enjoy it.  The show was great and I liked it just as much as the movie.

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Finally, on Sunday… Colby, Mom and I went to see the new Die Hard movie.  I know, lots of movies this weekend!  My Mom is full on obsessed with Die Hard and Bruce Willis so it was a give-in that we had to see this opening weekend.  I wrote about my Mom’s obsession in one of my very first blog posts ever!  It was good, but I like the last one that was out a few years ago with the “mac boy” better.

I am crazy excited because tomorrow my Mom and I are going to meet this wonderful lady…

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We LOVE Ina and I will fill you in with details later!  :)

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Skipping A Run

Tuesday: 4 miles (38:56)

Wednesday: 3 miles (29:26)

When is it okay to skip a mid-week run?

For me, I guess it is okay if I skip my 7 tomorrow.  I absolutely HATE to skip my mid-week “long” run.  All I can say is, “whyyyyyyyy BodyPump whyyyyyy?!?!”.  We had such a great thing going for almost a full year! I wrote about it in a previous post, but I definitely pulled a muscle or something in my left calf at BodyPump last Tuesday.  I just just lunging my little heart out and then something didn’t feel right.  I thought it was getting better because it was okay for my 10 mile run on Sunday, but it hurt again yesterday.

I had a really good time running with Amy through an unfamiliar park.  The new scenery was so nice, but it was kinda hilly and every time we ran up a hill I could feel a strain on my left calf.  You wouldn’t be able to tell from the elevation chart Garmin has on my upload…

Come on Garmin!!! What is that?!? How am I supposed to tell anything from that?? Yeah, cause I obviously need to see -200 to 600 ft on the chart…

We ran 3 miles today after school planning to run 7 on Thursday this week.  I just don’t think that 7 is going to happen.  We ran through a different park today with some hills and every time we ran up one I felt like I was limping when I ran.  Probably not the best thing and I should have told Amy (sorry!!) but I thought it wouldn’t be so bad for just a short 3 miler!  I got home and did some hot tub, shower and compression socks that are not coming off until the next shower! I’m just going to take it easy and hope I feel better for my 15 mile run on Saturday!!

Anyone else reading them at the last minute like me? I finished the first two books over the past few days and I’m now on the third.  I even got Colby to read the first one and he is really liking it.  I figure if I can run 15 miles Saturday morning, my reward should be to go to the movies that night!

I really am liking the books a lot and I am excited to see the movie this weekend… but I don’t think they will take the place of my beloved Twilight :)

Is it sad that I’m really excited that the full Breaking Dawn II trailer will be shown before The Hunger Games??  I’ve watched this 15 second clip a bunch of times :)