Saturday, February 12, 2011

Let things come to you

I woke up feeling totally rested and refreshed this morning! I really need to get back into the habit of going to bed early. I was up too late nearly every night this week, which left me completely exhausted by the time last night rolled around.... so I went to bed early and woke up late. Perfection.

This morning's cup of green tea brought along a nice little reminder.


Although I do believe that sometimes YOU have to make things happen if you want them to! 

For example: training for a half marathon... As nice as it would be to show up on May 1st and easily run 13.1 miles without even breaking a sweat, I know that the only way to make it actually happen is to TRAIN. It occurred to me this morning that, with just a few months to go, until the race I needed to figure out when my 12-week training plan was officially supposed to start. Up until now, I had been following the plan for the 10K (which is on March 27), but I knew that they were going to overlap at some point. Turns out that week was this week. 


Luckily I caught it just in time, and the difference between the training plans is only 1/2 mile increase at this point. (According to the 10K plan, tomorrow's run should be 3.5 miles, and according to the Half plan, tomorrow's run should be 4 miles.) So it'll be pretty easy to keep myself on track! 

Looks like the plan will work out perfectly too, because the weekend of the 10K (6.2miles) is the weekend I'm scheduled for a 7 mile run. 


Today is a cross training day, so I'm going to head out for a walk in the beautiful weather. You better believe I'm going to be taking advantage of these temperatures while I can!! GLORIOUS! I can't wait to run my 4 miles at White Rock Lake tomorrow!


Before I go, I'll reveal the cake I made for last night... My friend Ariana had some girls over to celebrate her birthday and our friend Beran being back in town for the weekend. I found the recipe for the cake/icing here. The cake was good, but not really as moist as I would have liked. Maybe I overcooked it? I also made the homemade icing ahead of time, but when I went to re-whip it, our mixer broke, so I had to settle for store-bought icing. Oh well, not bad for a first attempt!


Ignore my 3rd grade cursive handwriting :)

Happy Saturday! Are you planning on getting out and enjoying this beautiful weather? I hope so!
at
Labels: ,

4 comments:

  1. Carrie WFebruary 12, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    Kristen I'll be at the lake tomorrow at 2! Maaaybe I'll see you.... even if we don't we will still be lake buddies!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. KristenFebruary 12, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    I have no idea what time I'll go... probably sooner than 2, but who knows! I'll keep my eyes peeled for the woman sprinting past me!

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Hey, i know that i dont talk to you really but i thought i would add to this comment b/c you didnt like the cake your made....well "it wasnt as moist as you thought". Tip...moist cakes use oil, dense cakes use butter. I dont know what recipe you used but sometimes that can help. It could of been over baked too....but here's a tip: touching the top of the cake and if it's still jiggly its not really but if it's firm it's ready. I dont know what method you use but i was always taught the "toothpick" method until culinary school. This saves on toothpicks and time really. Plus you can check it as many times as you want and not waste all these toothpicks! Good luck on your 1/2 marathon!

    Katie Erb (sorry i dont know how to use these blogs so i would of posted it correctly but it was to confusing)

    ReplyDelete
  4. KristenFebruary 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Thanks, Katie! Very helpful! I had no idea you went to culinary school - awesome!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)