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moving forward

Monday Motivation with pictures

Movin' it with Michelle

I only ran ONCE last week.  Yup.  I can proudly admit that my life outside of running got in the way of my training, and I am totally ok with it.

Monday-rest

Tuesday-run 4 miles

Wednesday-Fox Valley Marathon planning meeting and packing for our trip

Thursday-my youngest daughters first dance recital and more packing

Friday-We hit the road running for our mini vacation to Michigan.

I packed my running clothes, but in all honesty this weekend was about family.  We don’t get away very often, so when we got the chance we jumped at it like Olympic athletes.  We spent our weekend at the beach, shopping, eating, walking, swimming, and site seeing.  I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better weekend, well…maybe if we could get that trip to Italy, LOL.

With that, I leave you with this…hang on to those who support, love, motivate, inspire, and push you to keep moving forward.  I love my family despite our crazy quirks, as I know these 3 people are my cheerleaders, ALWAYS.

swimming!
swimming!
Beach fun
Beach fun
My ROCK
My ROCK
My girls
My girls
my awesome family
my awesome family
truth
truth

At the end of the day, it isn’t about our bank accounts, our pay checks, or our cars or homes.  Life is truly about the relationships, moments, and memories that we make each and every day!

 

❤ Michelle

Friday, training

Five things, Friday

Movin' it with Michelle

 

This week has been a little crazy.  I am working 6 days this week, which always puts me off course in trying to get everything done around the house.

So here are my “five things”…

1.  Taking the time to unplug more, has given me a lot more time to read, write, cook, and get stuff done around the house.  Today was my only day off, so I cleaned the garage, finished staining my deck, and repainted my fire pit.  Note to self, use the right color paint.  I accidentally bought WHITE heat resilient paint, so as soon as I started spraying I thought OH CRAP.  A second trip to the home depot saved the day.  It is now a pretty black.

oops

 

2.  The hubby and I have stayed on point with our half marathon training.  We were both visibly tired tonight when get got home from work, and while we stood on our driveway I said, “I don’t want to run.”  This rarely happens.  But I just wasn’t feeling it.  It was humid, and getting ready to rain and I simply was feeling like a lazy thug.  We ran anyway, and finished at a decent pace of around 9:45.  We normally do our long runs at a 9:30 pace, but I needed to slow down, and heck, that’s ok sometimes too.

week8longrun

3.  I have truly been enjoying taking my youngest to dance class at the park district.  She really enjoys it, and although I am still having a hard time getting her to focus during class-I see how happy she is and that makes it all worth while.

I can't help but to sing this song on the way to her class, LOL
I can’t help but to sing this song on the way to her class, LOL

 

4.  Note to self: do NOT eat this for lunch on the day of a longer run.  Yeah…my stomach nearly killed me the entire 10k.

photo credit to JM
photo credit to Jersey Mikes

5.  I rarely wish days away, but I can tell you I am already dreading the next two days of work.  I am not doing my regular job as a Histology Lab supervisor, as a few of the lab supervisors have to rotate through weekends being in charge of the ENTIRE lab.  Yikes…I hate not knowing the answers to people’s questions…Is it Sunday afternoon yet?

Yup, this will be me. Pray for minimal crisis control this weekend, PLEASE! LOL
Yup, this will be me. Pray for minimal crisis control this weekend, PLEASE! LOL

 

What are you training for?  Do you ever have to step out of your comfort zone at work and do additional duties?  If so, how to you cope?

 

Have a great weekend, gang!