tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51051340843535738522024-03-06T00:35:41.109-05:00What the Schneck! - the Blogfamily. adventures. life.Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-60791766842438160902019-04-08T06:00:00.000-04:002019-04-08T10:22:27.159-04:00Saving (Earning!) Money on Everyday items: Gas, Groceries, Coffee, Beer, Wine + More<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in 2017, I posted about <a href="https://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2017/08/saving-money-with-kids.html">Saving Money with Kids</a>, which had 3 ways to save money on things you were buying anyways (mostly online), well today I'm here to add a few more options, for in-store purchases/groceries and will reiterate the original since most can be used in conjunction with each other. I use all of these, almost all the time and figured it would be good to share with everyone! Mind you, you won't get RICH with these, but the money and rewards do add up over time and its all benefits for what you'd be being anyways. And yes, you read that title right, you can even save money on alcohol!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll start with the new ones I've found since my 2017 post and end with the ones I posted about in 2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) <a href="https://ibotta.com/register?friend=xiqpbja">Ibotta </a>: <a href="https://ibotta.com/register?friend=xiqpbja">Ibotta</a> is an app that gives cash back for buying specific products. A lot of times they are items that are new to the market, but you'll also see some classic brands like General Mills cereal, Bud Light beer, Tyson Chicken, etc. They even offer various cash back for fresh or non-branded items like chicken, pasta sauce or fresh apples. You can find those by searching for "any" and those that aren't brand or item specific will pop up. You can scroll/search through the app before you shop to see whats included, claim those offers and shop based on that. However, if you forget to do that in advance or while shopping (which is me most of the time), I check the app after I shop and search for the items I bought and if an offer exists, I claim it and take a picture of my receipt and get the cash back in my account within 48 hours. I usually end up with at least ONE item, usually an any brand/any item rebate. I find the app really beneficial when stocking up on beer/wine/liquor (yes all 3 are included!) for parties as they always have a large selection of those items. <a href="https://ibotta.com/register?friend=xiqpbja">Ibotta</a> also can be used for some online shopping as well but is more popularly used for grocery and convenience stores. Once you accumulate at least $20 cash back, you can request a check or payment via PayPal. Sign up from <a href="https://ibotta.com/register?friend=xiqpbja">my link</a> and get <i>up to</i> $20 back after you redeem your first brand name item.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) </span><a href="http://www.fetchrewards.com/?shortlink=referraltext&pid=Referral%20-%20Text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fetch Rewards</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: I just discovered this one in late 2018 and wish I knew about it sooner as it may be my favorite app for earning rewards on your normal purchases! This one is similar to </span><a href="https://ibotta.com/register?friend=xiqpbja" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ibotta</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with specific offers that you can search for in advance of shopping, however I really like app because you can scan your receipt after each shopping trip and it'll match it to offers that exist, without you having to select them before hand. It's super easy and convenient. You can even hook up your email and Amazon accounts and get credit for those purchases as well. </span><a href="http://www.fetchrewards.com/?shortlink=referraltext&pid=Referral%20-%20Text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fetch </a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is good for receipts from places like Target, Amazon, Publix (grocery stores), Costco, Walgreens and even places like Dollar Tree. Fetch doesn't give cash back, however it does give points which can be redeemed for gift cards and items from SO many places like Target, Amazon, Starbucks, etc. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enter my referral code: R6BEB at the sign-up screen and you'll get 2,000 Fetch Points ($2.00 in points!) when you complete one receipt. You can scan the same receipt you used for Ibotta above as well. </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fetch Rewards add up quickly <br />This is equivalent to $24.42 in gift cards since December 2018</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) </span><a href="https://upside.app.link/DENISE9432" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get Upside</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Anyone else HATE buying gas? I know I do! This app makes it sting a little less. </span><a href="https://upside.app.link/DENISE9432" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get Upside</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is an app that gives you cash back on our gas. Only select gas stations participate and since the app is still relatively new, it mostly only has participating gas stations in the Southeast United States but I know they are trying to grow it nationwide, so if your state is not currently participating, check back often. Lucky for me, the gas station closest to my house and the one I visit the most frequently, a Shell, participates. All you need to do is open up the app and CLAIM the gas station you will be using BEFORE you start pumping and then upload your receipt after you are done. The app will show you which gas stations are participating in your area, so if you are traveling you can always pull up the app along the way. It's that easy! You can redeem your cash back for gift cards or cash (via Paypal or a check). It says some convenience stores participate as well, however I am yet to see any in my area (Orlando, FL). </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use my code, DENISE9432 to get a BONUS 15 cents back per gallon on your first use.</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Once you sign up and share your code, you'll continue to get 1 cent back on all your referrals purchases as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) <a href="https://b.ewd.io/code?c=g0obr">Drop</a>: I signed up for this one in late 2018 and actually forgot about it until the other day when I was looking through all my apps for something. Turns out I had over $30 earned and thats with me just setting it up and forgetting about it, I'm sure I could have earned more if I took advantage of all it has to offer. So what is it? It's an app that you select your favorite brands (you get to select 5 favorites to get "Power Offers" for places you shop most frequently which is how I had so much money earned - I have Target, Dunkin, Walgreens, Uber and McDonalds), link your most used credit/debit cards and earn <a href="https://b.ewd.io/code?c=g0obr">Drop </a>points which can be redeemed for gift cards. <b>Use my code g0obr to get $5</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> in points.</b> Other ways to earn besides your selected favorite brands is to search their offers and buy from their links. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And below are my previous 3 tips:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) If shopping online, I ALWAYS shop through </span><a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ebates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, which has a browser for desktop computers and an app if using a mobile device. Just go to </span><a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ebates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, first, and then search for the store you are shopping at, and it will tell you if you are eligible for a certain percentage cash back on your purchase. Some stores are as little as 1% and others are in the double digits. Once a quarter, </span><a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ebates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, will send you your savings through paypal or a physical check. It’s super easy and free money for the shopping you’d be doing anyways. Since I’ve been using </span><a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ebates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, which I started in the beginning of 2015, I’ve earned over $700! Some of my favorite stores that I shop at on there are Target, Kohls, Disney Store and </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> (more on </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> next!). </span><a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ebates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, even offers cash back on Amazon, although the categories that are eligible vary depending on the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) This next tip is helpful for in store shopping and online shopping. There is a website and app called </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">. </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> sells discounted gift cards for pretty much anywhere and everywhere. Before I go to a store, or even while in the store, I’ll pull up my </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> app, and put in the store and see what gift cards they have for sale. Almost always I can find a discounted gift card for the store I’m shopping at or restaurant I’m eating at and if they offer the e-giftcard, the delivery is almost instant and you can use on that trip to the store/restaurant or save for another day. They put the digital gift cards into a wallet on the app (or if home you can print out!) that you can use online or the stores can scan at checkout. Instant savings, and sometimes they are around 20% off! or more! And since it’s just another payment method instead of cash, debit or credit, you can still use coupons and rewards programs. Save even more by going to </span><a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ebates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, (mentioned above) first and then search for </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and get an additional 1% back on the gift card purchase. I also buy discounted gift cards from </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and then load into some of my apps such as Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts (usually have 15-20% off there!) to be used later and earn rewards against them through the various apps. There are grocery stores, restaurants, retail and so many other options. Note: sometimes they only offer physical gift cards that are mailed for free to your house, so keep that in mind when trying to buy gift cards for same day use (the type of gift card is clearly noted on </span><a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raise</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">).</span></div>
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-81667164218716160182018-04-30T19:44:00.003-04:002018-04-30T19:44:28.202-04:00This is the Time to Shake Up Your Career<div class="s5" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 3px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Are you completely and totally over your job? Are you sticking with it anyway because you feel like it’s your only choice? All too often we buy into the sunk cost fallacy, thinking that with all the time, energy, and effort we’ve put into our career, it would be impractical to give up on it now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The decision to leave a job you loathe is even harder when you have a family depending on you. Between insurance benefits, your kids’ school, and the bills rolling in every month, there’s simply too much to lose by shaking things up now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But the truth is, you have much more to lose by staying in a situation that makes you unhappy. Your kids don’t benefit from an unhappy mother, your spouse doesn’t benefit from a miserable partner, and YOU don’t benefit from spending your one and only life counting down to the end of each day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">There’s no denying that making a career change comes with risk, but the rewards can be tremendous. You could find better pay, more vacation time, improved benefits, or the opportunity to be your own boss, but none of those are the greatest benefit of leaving a job you hate. So what is? </span><a href="http://www.drugrehab.org/making-good-choices-mental-health/"><span class="s6" style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Better mental health</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Nothing takes a toll on your mental wellness quite like the chronic stress of spending 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year overworked and unfulfilled. According to the University of California, Berkeley, chronic stress can lead to </span><a href="http://news.berkeley.edu/2014/02/11/chronic-stress-predisposes-brain-to-mental-illness/"><span class="s6" style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">mental illnesses</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">that affect you throughout your life. And the effects of stress don’t stop with your mind. Don’t believe me? Just read </span><a href="http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-body.aspx"><span class="s6" style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">this rundown</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> from the American Psychological Association, which explains how stress affects everything from pain, to heart health, to digestion, to reproductive health — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But even if you appreciate the importance, figuring out </span><span class="s7" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">how</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> to go about a career change isn’t easy. If you’re crying in your car on the way to the office, it’s time to get serious about taking steps to get out. Here’s how:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">1. </span><span class="s9" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Consider if you’d be happier at a different position in the same field.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> If an overly-demanding boss or toxic company culture is behind your dissatisfaction, you may be able to find a similar position with a company that treats you better. Or if your current position isn’t particularly stimulating, spending time on professional development could help you move to a more fulfilling role. If not ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">3. </span><span class="s9" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Assess your </span><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3053241/how-to-find-a-job-that-aligns-with-your-values"><span class="s11" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">values</span></a><span class="s9" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> What kind of lifestyle do you want to lead? Do you want flexible working hours and ample vacation time, or is job security more important to you? Do you want a job that makes a difference, or just one that makes ends meet while letting you pursue passions in your downtime?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">5. </span><span class="s9" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Try it on.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Once you’ve narrowed in on a few options, try them on for size. Spend time volunteering, freelancing, or </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-free-online-learning-resources-2015-3"><span class="s6" style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">taking classes</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> to see what sticks. Doing this on top of your full time job will be a sacrifice, but it’s best to keep the financial security until you have a plan in place.</span></span></div>
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-59162048187602298412017-08-05T17:16:00.001-04:002017-08-05T17:16:58.103-04:00Saving Money with Kids<div class="MsoNormal">
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there is always SOMETHING you have to buy for your kids. Sometimes these are
things that are necessities, like clothing since they are always growing or
just for fun, like tickets to see a show at the theatre, but either way the
expenses exist and add up. I consider myself<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>a very savvy shopper, in fact my friends always know to come to me first
to see how they can potentially save money, so I figured I’d share my top three
tips I save money throughout the year (not just on kids but myself and my
household, too) so that I can spend more money on the fun stuff, like
professional photographers and vacations!<o:p></o:p></div>
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browser for desktop computers and an app if using a mobile device. Just go to <a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187">Ebates</a>, first, and
then search for the store you are shopping at, and it will tell you if you are
eligible for a certain percentage cash back on your purchase. Some stores are
as little as 1% and others are in the double digits. Once a quarter, <a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187">Ebates</a>, will send
you your savings through paypal or a physical check. It’s super easy and free
money for the shopping you’d be doing anyways. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’ve been using <a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187">Ebates</a>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>, in the beginning of 2015, I’ve earned over
$500! Some of my favorite stores that I shop at on there are Target, Kohls,
Children’s Place and <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a> (more
on <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a> next!). <a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187">Ebates</a>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>even offers cash back on Amazon, although the
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and online shopping. There is a website and app called <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a>. <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a> sells discounted gift cards for
pretty much anywhere and everywhere. Before I go to a store, or even while in
the store, I’ll pull up my <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a> app,
and put in the store and see what gift cards they have for sale. Almost always
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I’m eating at and if they offer the e-giftcard, the delivery is almost instant
and you can use on that trip to the store/restaurant or save for another day.
They put the digital giftcards into a wallet on the app (or if home you can
print out!) that you can use online or the stores can scan at checkout. Instant
savings, and sometimes they are around 20% off! or more! And since it’s just
another payment method instead of cash, debit or credit, you can still use
coupons and rewards programs. Save even more by going to <a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187">Ebates</a>, (mentioned
above) first and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then search for <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a> and get an additional 1% back
on the gift card purchase. I also buy discounted gift cards from <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a> and then load into some of my
apps such as Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts (usually have 15-20% off there!) to be
used later and earn rewards against them through th various apps. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are grocery stores, restaurants, retail
and so many other options. Note: sometimes they only offer physical gift cards
that are mailed for free to your house, so keep that in mind when trying to buy
gift cards for same day use (the type of gift card is clearly noted on <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->If you are disciplined enough with credit cards
(I know a lot of people can’t do this), charge everything you buy with a credit
card that earns some sort of rewards (airline, cash back, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hotels, etc), and then pay off the balance in
full each month, and that’s free money you are earning that can used for free
stuff. We literally charge anything an everything possible on our cards, and
with that we earn enough points to go on a few free flights each year and stay
in hotels for free on points. We personally use a SPG Amex to earn hotel points
and Delta Amex to earn free flights, and then a Southwest Visa for the places
that don’t accept Amex and then pay off all the balances in full each month so
that we don’t have to pay any interest, so it’s truly free benefits. Note: We
do use cards with annual fees because of the extra benefits offered, but there are
plenty of credit cards out there that offer rewards without an annual fee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->And now for the best part, this is what I call
the Triple Dip! Use that rewards credit card to buy the gift card from <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a> which you buy through <a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187">Ebates</a>, and earn
rewards, get dscount on the gift card and get cash back on <a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a>! Sometimes you are only earning
pennies, but this seriously adds up to some serious cash through out the year,
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Hopefully these tips will help you save some money, my
family definitely benefits from this. I know some of this seems time consuming,
but I’ve been doing it for years now and eventually it becomes second nature,
even got my husband into using these tips (he saved over $300 when he just
bought his new golf clubs from Calloway plus earned us some credit card points!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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links to the pages, and through my affiliate links you’ll get the following
benefits: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://geta.raise.com/dschneck">Raise</a>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$5 off after you make your first purchase
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<a href="https://www.ebates.com/r/DENISE20281?eeid=28187">Ebates</a>:
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-65227741377725603852016-07-25T06:00:00.000-04:002016-07-25T11:49:49.902-04:00Follow through Friday - 2 week update, not on Friday<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The following week, last week, I was in a funk. I think I was truly exhausted from vacation and has zero energy to do anything besides go to bed right after the kids went to bed during the week. Had I not paid for my personal training session on Thursday, there is a good chance I probably would have skipped that as well. Zero running, other than the 5k Race (Race # 2 of the Cool Summer Mornings 5k Series) I ran on the Saturday before vacation. It was SUPER hot out and I struggled during it, mostly because of the heat I think. I actually started getting the chills, which I think is a sign of heat exhaustion, so I slowed down and walked a little more and listened to my body. My official time wasn’t awful considering the circumstances, just hoping the August race is a little cooler. </span></div>
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-78347541415594904752016-07-12T18:44:00.001-04:002016-07-25T11:44:23.506-04:00Follow Through Friday - a Travel Week<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well look at that, only 3 weeks in and already fell half a week behind on blogging. Better late than never I suppose.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I started off my 4 day weekend by going to the HitFit Gym on Friday for the circuit training and then ran a Virtual 5k (#OrlandoUnited5k) on Saturday with a friend from MRTT. We actually ended up going more than a 5k since we got caught up chatting and forgot to turn around at the half way point. We ran into some other MRTT ladies who were coming back from a much longer run and they asked us how far we were going and we told them and they were like um, well then shouldn’t you have turned around by now and that’s when we realized we went too far. We ended up running back with them so it was nice to have additional company. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGThFRRoANf8o-b10JO0oV4UFN_U2OJE767W90-8TQHojKGtiR0IGr_ZBMx6IB9t2MOT-OH7o0aWRDiboN1p-y6CoHeIUCXG03l0VitDW6j8OdRRi6hXiWNj_bbTdAebbwOwGKTHKwgPk/s640/blogger-image-1576116493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGThFRRoANf8o-b10JO0oV4UFN_U2OJE767W90-8TQHojKGtiR0IGr_ZBMx6IB9t2MOT-OH7o0aWRDiboN1p-y6CoHeIUCXG03l0VitDW6j8OdRRi6hXiWNj_bbTdAebbwOwGKTHKwgPk/s640/blogger-image-1576116493.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I ended up needing to go to Chicago (well the suburbs) for work that week and took advantage of the nicer weather while there. I got in two nice runs on two different trails. I loved how there were so many to choose from. On Wednesday, I ran a 5k on the Busse Forest Elk Bicycle Trail, which was a really nice trail in Arlington Heights. I loved how shaded it was, made it feel 10 degrees cooler than it was. The humidity was also much less than it is in Florida which makes a dramatic difference. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuv-0Kmeygk0-T5kEHfImPOUa7dq3VMcV5a_ehogPyjoDrUAthKp67t6lg8Ff8y7vfIoFAT5WRKjiXscU9tcpK31jiuMW7Leh1sP6eGEV-8rf_PiPbk1vJLiUVcgDKJDJNppTp43E6AU4/s640/blogger-image--1665016962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuv-0Kmeygk0-T5kEHfImPOUa7dq3VMcV5a_ehogPyjoDrUAthKp67t6lg8Ff8y7vfIoFAT5WRKjiXscU9tcpK31jiuMW7Leh1sP6eGEV-8rf_PiPbk1vJLiUVcgDKJDJNppTp43E6AU4/s640/blogger-image--1665016962.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The next day I found a trail that went in a nice loop around a the Skokie Lagoon. I always prefer to run in a circle vs. out and back so this one intrigued me. I was a little disappointed with this trail though as the first 1.5 miles were next to a very noisy highway and then I assumed you'd be running next to the water since the trail went around the lagoon but it was pretty overgrown and you could only see the water in a few spots. I mean it was still nice and shaded, I just was envisioning something else. It also had quite a few "hills" that I wasn't expecting since the trail on Tuesday was pretty flat. I ended up walking a lot more than I normally do because of the hills and I was super thirsty (probably because I didn't drink enough water earlier in the day and it was pretty hot out). Over all though my exercise was great this week. And since I didn't get in my Walkstation walks this week since I was out of the office I did get in a nice walk one morning on the treadmill at the hotel. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfTGHtuMA2xkNXucuxGX83fYWY5o6QN2XCToWN7uswr3rvKn1NyAn19k-pjmNeNATN_NRvQuzNl5Cl69CsMSApHXXWfgFL8enq-zFXx5JW3uSvfL-L7thab343MoRj7aX1P1urVvMXRw/s640/blogger-image-1872118315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfTGHtuMA2xkNXucuxGX83fYWY5o6QN2XCToWN7uswr3rvKn1NyAn19k-pjmNeNATN_NRvQuzNl5Cl69CsMSApHXXWfgFL8enq-zFXx5JW3uSvfL-L7thab343MoRj7aX1P1urVvMXRw/s640/blogger-image-1872118315.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I wasn't great with my eating this week though, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a drop in weight on Saturday morning. (I got home Friday afternoon so waited until Saturday to weigh in). I indulged in both the 3rd and 4th as we celebrated the 4th of July holiday and then ate out every meal the rest of the week since I was on the road and even got ice cream one night.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">G was up in Chicago for work as well so we were able to meet up for dinner and went out to two nice dinners together (one to celebrate his birthday which also included some drinks).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And I had unfortunately to drop out of the StepBet I was so excited about last week because my Fitbit decided to die. Everyone says they usually only last about a year before they die (you know, right after their warranty runs out) and I've had mine almost 2 years so I knew it was coming. Luckily,they issued me a refund since the game was still in the practice week so I didn't lose my money at least. I'm pretty bummed about it though because I thought the challenge was going to be hard and well, challenging! And now I have to spend money replacing my Fitbit, so that sucks. I think I'm going to switch to Garmin since they tend to be more reliable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">This week we are heading to Destin from Tuesday through Sunday for our annual cousins trip / vacation which means lots of eating and drinking. I also won't have access to a treadmill and it's supposed to be super hot so getting any runs in will be tough but I did bring my running gear in hopes that I manage to log a few miles. We'll see how that goes! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Saturday, July 9th, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Weight: 157.6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Exercise:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Friday – HitFit Gym Circuit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Saturday - 3.44 </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">miles in 37:10 (</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">10:48 pace)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Wednesday - 3.10 </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">miles in 32:55 (</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">10:37 pace)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Thursday - 4.50 </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">miles in 50:13 (</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">11:10 pace)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Walk Station – none<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regular Walk on Treadmill – 2.5 miles <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Total Weekly Running Miles: 11.04<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Total July Running Miles: 11.04</span></p>Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-8779210227931716782016-06-30T15:34:00.001-04:002016-07-03T10:45:18.245-04:00Follow Through Friday - Week 2<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsL5s1I43c7xjfVCaZfDZ_mAY7o1QgI5Rud8Bo1Dg7mB9LoVggWWiNwenrCpRm6c6U9qK14xB1WUNoAk_6XK4qZLKlJN1OICT8dJwvhd8q020L-I5aOALuYu50PqbViIXqcn3OajbMRgM/s640/blogger-image--1615260324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsL5s1I43c7xjfVCaZfDZ_mAY7o1QgI5Rud8Bo1Dg7mB9LoVggWWiNwenrCpRm6c6U9qK14xB1WUNoAk_6XK4qZLKlJN1OICT8dJwvhd8q020L-I5aOALuYu50PqbViIXqcn3OajbMRgM/s640/blogger-image--1615260324.jpg"></a></div>Week 2 of being back! Yey! Last weekend, I went away for a nice relaxing girls weekend with some friends to Singer Island, Florida. We didn’t do much besides drink and eat and hang by pool/beach and it was perfect. I didn’t go too overboard with the drinking or the eating and was happy to see only a .4 lb. gain when I checked on Monday. I had intentions of running at least once over the weekend, but that ended up not happening but I did swim a little and walked enough to hit 15k steps Friday (despite working half a day and driving 3 hours), 10k steps Saturday and just under 9k Sunday (again with 3 hours of driving), so that’s pretty good considering we only left resort once. After getting home late <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">Sunday afternoon</a>, I was tempted to just relax with G and the girls but I decided to meal prep for the week too so that has helped me be good all week at work and at night for dinner. I did have some treats on Wednesday after I gave blood since they encouraged sugar intake, I definitely probably went a little over board (2 cookies and a Danish) and had to cancel my personal training session for that evening since it’s not recommended to work out right after giving blood. On Thursday, I wasn't very good either though despite running in the morning. We had a birthday at work with some treats which I indulged in and then a going away happy hour for our boss that evening in which I had a few craft beers which wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't come home and eat tater tots and wings for dinner. So it shouldn't be a surprise to me that I didn't lose this week, but I didn't really gain either so I guess that's not as bad as it could have been.<o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Exercise wasn’t that great for me either. I was able to get on the walk station a lot at work too which always makes me happy. I got a relatively slow treadmill run in on Tuesday and then an even slower morning run on Thursday. Thursday’s run sucked. I don’t know if it was the 90% humidity (only 75 degrees <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">at 6am</a>), the fact I gave blood the day before, or that I hadn’t eaten breakfast yet, but my body just couldn’t handle it. My legs felt great, but the rest of me kept telling me to stop, so I just did a 2.5 loop around the neighborhood and came home. I also found a new type of challenge would just help me get back into my running though, its call the StepBet (same company that hosts those DietBets I’m obsessed with). It’s somewhat similar to Diet Bet in the sense that as long as YOU hit YOUR goal, then you split the pot with everyone else who hit their goals as well. So, you wager money (looks like all the challenges are the same with a $40 buy in) that you’ll hit certain step goals each week, for 6 weeks (well really 5 weeks since the 1<sup>st</sup> week is practice). The goals are calculated by StepBet (I’m guessing based on your Fitbit – or other tracking device - history) and can’t be changed and you have to hit your active goal 4 times per week and your stretch goal 2 times per week and then have one “free” day without any set goal. I was actually surprised to see how high my goals were (especially since this past month I’ve been slacking on my running which contributes to a lot of steps in my history), which is good since it’s will actually be a REAL challenge to reach them each week. My Active Goal (4x/week) is 13,664 steps and my Stretch Goal (2x/week) is 17,538, which if I hit all of those and did NOTHING on my “free day” (which obviously I’d do more than nothing) I’d have to hit 89,732 and lately my weekly average has been closer to 80-85k steps so this will be challenging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">Friday, July 1st, 2016</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Weight: 159.2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Exercise:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13">Tuesday – 4.02</a> miles in 45:00 (<a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14">11:12</a> pace)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://15" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15">Thursday – 2.56</a> miles in 31:01 (<a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://16" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="16">12:06</a> pace)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Walk Station – 8.93 miles (multiple days)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Total Weekly Running Miles: 6.58<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Total June Running Miles: 22.93</span></p>Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-4655323469989479072016-06-24T06:00:00.000-04:002016-06-24T08:41:32.744-04:00Follow Through Friday: I'm Back!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’m back! I wish I could say I was coming back with the news
that I’ve hit all my fitness and weight loss goals, but the truth is, I haven’t
and I’m hoping by documenting my journey again, I can get back to where I was
and continue down the path I was on last year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I left off <a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2015/10/follow-through-friday-off-week.html">last year</a>, it was October and I had gotten
my weight down to 149.6 (actually had gotten it down to 148 in September). I
was feeling pretty good about myself, although not where I wanted to be, but
had been making some steady downward progress. I was running consistently,
getting faster. I knew I had a big trip coming up and that, with a 3 week
vacation, there was sure to be some gains. And there was. Despite running 7
times on my 3 week vacation (which I so wish I recapped because I ran in some
awesome places across the Atlantic!), I still managed to gain. I had weighed
151 on my 10/24/15, the day we left, and 160 on the day we got back 11/15/16.
So 9 lbs. I thought for sure the 1<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">st</span></sup> 5 lbs would melt off as soon as
I got back to my routine. Well it didn’t exactly melt off, but I did lose some
and then it came back, and for the last 7 or so months the lowest I got back to
was around 153 but up to as high as 165 again, but mostly have been staying
around 158-160. Through Winter and Spring, I was doing awesome with my running,
I even placed a few times in races, set many PRs and was feeling good about
that, but was making no real progress on my weight. My clothes were still snug,
the few new things I had bought when I hit the 140’s weren’t fitting and I
HATED the way I looked in pictures (still do). I know it’s not all about the
number on the scale, but the number on the scale DOES correlate to fitting in smaller
clothes and looking leaner and I was neither. I’d been pretty consistent about
eating pretty well during the week, but was splurging WAY too much on the
weekends. We (or just I on some of them, bridal party/wedding related stuff)
also snuck in quite a few weekend trips (Vegas, California, Ft. Lauderdale,
Miami) and work trips since we’ve been back from our vacation last fall, and I
definitely went into vacation mode with my eating on all of those. When you
travel that frequently, you can’t do that. Add in the holidays and just pretty
much a super busy weekend life, any progress I would make during the week,
would be countered by a weekend of “fun” eating. I can tell you now, with how I
feel, mentally, it wasn’t worth it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After looking at everything going on in my life, I decided
maybe this blog was what was helping me stay accountable. It is the only thing
that I stopped doing that I was consistently doing last year. I did post some
race recaps, but even those subsided, despite running a ton of races this year.
I have been keeping my <a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/p/race-log.html">Race Log</a> updated though, I like to be able to look back
at previous races and see my times. Maybe I'll recap the ones going forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> So what’s new in 2016? I signed up for a
<a href="http://www.runtheyear2016.com/">2,016 in 2016 challenge</a>, which there is no way I could do that alone if I was
ONLY counting my running since I only logged ~500 miles last year (per
RunKeeper) – I think that number is a little low though, as I’m not sure I put
all my non-RunKeeper runs into RunKeeper last year, but maybe I did? Anyways,
with that said, I joined the 2016 challenge with two friends from MRTT, which
means I only need to run 672 miles for the year which is approximately 56 miles
per month. I gave myself a stretch goal of 700 miles for the year/~58 miles per
month. Through May, I was looking good, with a 5 month total of 308.44 mile ran
vs. goal of 290. June on the other hand has been an awful running month, with
no races longer than a 5k planned for months, I haven’t been doing any long
runs (or really any runs period) on the weekends. So for the most part, really
only logging around 6-7 miles per week and have only logged 16.3 miles so far
and it’s already the 24<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">th</span></sup>. Going to start meeting up with my MRTT
ladies on weekends again as that certainly helps keep me accountable. I know
I’ll have some higher mileage months in the fall when my half training starts
up as well, so I’m pretty confident I’ll hit my 700 mile goal for the year
(Plus my one team member is killing it and pretty much has me and other team
member doubled on her individual miles so as a team we will hit the goal
without a problem, but I still want to hit my individual goal). I’m also
keeping track of all my FitBit miles as well, just whatever my FitBit miles say
at end of each day, which accounts for any running/walking and normal daily
activity and am trying to hit 2016 miles with that on my own. I know I lose
some steps when it’s charging/dead/forgot to put back on, but for the most part
it’s a pretty good measure. Through May, I was up to 583.73 of 840 I should be
at, so need to keep my daily miles a little higher going forward if I expect to
hit my 2016 goal. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I also joined a gym a few weeks ago. I know I can do the
majority of strength exercises at home, but the reality of it is, I’m not doing
them, and paying for the monthly gym membership is holding me accountable. Due
to G’s travel, I can only realistically go one day a week (weekdays that is,
they are closed Sunday and on Saturdays we always have things going on/I do my
long runs) since my in-laws pick the girls up from school one day a week for
me. Which worked out perfectly because they have a 4x/month package. And if I
do end up being able to go more than that for whatever reason, its only $6 per
session which would still be cheaper than their unlimited package. This gym
isn’t like any other gym I had been to, it’s somewhat similar to Orange Theory
Fitness, but there isn’t one of those close to my house and it’s double the
cost for their 4x/month package. It’s called the <a href="http://www.thehitfitgym.com/">Hit Fit Gym</a> and it focuses on
High Intensity, Interval Training. They have a circuit set up with 10 zones.
Each zone has a video playing on repeat showing you how do the exercise plus
there is always personal trainer on the floor during the core hours (5:30-9am
and 4-8pm, I think) or at least at the front desk during the non-core hours to
help you as well. During the core hours, they PT on the floor also encourages
you to do extra exercises on your breaks. You do each zone for 30 seconds hard,
15 second break x 4 rounds and then there is a 45 second transition to the next
zone. The whole circuit takes about 35 minutes and is a full body workout. They
have a continuous timer going so you can show up at any time and the longest
you would have to wait to begin is about 3 minutes for the next round to start.
I’m sure there are busier times where you may have to wait to start because
someone else is there on the first zone, but it hasn’t happened to me yet but
either way its still better than trying to get to a gym at a specific time for
a class. They also just opened a second location which is double the size so I’m
sure that will help too if this location was getting overcrowded. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also change up the circuit every few days
so you don’t get bored. I absolutely love it. They also had an introductory
offer for personal training, which I took advantage of and have been meeting
with a trainer for the past 2 weeks. Unfortunately, since I can really only
make it there once a week, I haven’t been able to do the circuit AND the PT
each week. I did manage to do both last week when I went on my off Friday but
that’s not the norm, although G is working from home all next week so maybe I’ll
have the opportunity to do both next week. I don’t see results yet, but am
really enjoying it and hoping to see results soon. Have to get my eating back
on par though if I expect that to happen. I'm also still running 2-3 times a week in addition to going to the gym since I can do that at home while G travels, after I put girls to bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With that said, I’m back to blogging, hopefully weekly with
a follow through Friday update and hopefully this is the motivation I need to
get to where I want to be. So I guess this is my NEW Starting Point and my
weeks will go Friday through Thursday with my weight being Friday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Total Weekly Running Miles: 3.00</span></div>
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-80451300010930773982016-02-14T12:25:00.002-05:002016-02-16T20:21:08.136-05:00Tails & Trails 10k Race Recap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday, I ran the Tails & Trails 10k. This is my 3rd race in 3 weeks, and 3rd 10k this year. (Can we say race addiction?) I got in a few good runs this week after the </span><a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2016/02/heart-and-sole-10k-race-recap.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart & Sole 10k</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> last weekend, including one in 29 degree, up hill Maryland while on travel for work. I hardly ever run back to back days, but with the Glass Slipper Challenge coming up next weekend, I decided I should do some back to back days and I did twice this week, including Friday night, before this race saturday morning. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Tails & Trails 10k was another small-ish local race (not as small as last week though) also held in Clermont. It was held at Lake Hiawatha Preserve, which I had never been to before, and went a little ways along Lake Minneola and then on the South Lake Trail. They had a 5k and a 10k going on and started the 10k 15 minutes earlier than the 5k. They took us 10kers a little different path (along the lake) than the 5kers and we merged around 1.5 milers with the 5k course and we ran the same course until the 5kers turned around and us 10kers kept going until our turn around. I didn't particularly like how they had us merging as this race had a decent amount of kids running the 5k and it was hard to maneuver around them during the merge. Once we got past the initial merge, it was fine, but I do wish they had done it a little differently. I do know the course changed since last year as there was a section of the 10k that was apparently "dangerous" but not sure what that was or if the merging was affected by that since I didn't run it last year. Other than that one small complaint, they put on a great event and the rest of the course was great. It was mostly shaded and the weather was once again chilly at the start (around 50 degrees), but perfect once we got going. It actually did start to feel a little warm in the sunny section of the course, but that didn't last too long. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know if it was because I ran the night before or what, but my legs definitely felt tired during this race. I ran 3/:45 intervals and definitely went out too fast to start and overall this run felt "tough". I knew I wasn't going to PR but still wanted to finish under an hour so pushed myself to at least make that happen. We had a large MRTT turnout for this race and because of how the course went (the merging and the out and back), we got to see each other a few times while running. It's always so nice to encourage each other along the way! </span><br><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1TOS1_091lAj9CmQ0NFR70j6HintfhK7Alx0HP7BwEV5Zvk8-XOmt-MWXJnvGhYUz2GvXp6ltVFTkEZWqNAOpEV3ClYHmzI41zGpvFg669U57fDovCN5hTLRJkrAL4h-mY3XwHWPzJE/s640/blogger-image--1862304161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1TOS1_091lAj9CmQ0NFR70j6HintfhK7Alx0HP7BwEV5Zvk8-XOmt-MWXJnvGhYUz2GvXp6ltVFTkEZWqNAOpEV3ClYHmzI41zGpvFg669U57fDovCN5hTLRJkrAL4h-mY3XwHWPzJE/s640/blogger-image--1862304161.jpg"></a></div><br></span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the race, several of us MRTT ladies (and two kiddos) placed so we all stuck around for the awards. We really dominated the results board with the top 3 female finishers overall, I took 2nd in 30-34, another took 3rd in 45-49, and two others took 1st and 2nd in 35-39 all for the 10k and then 2nd place overall in the 5k and two of the kids placed in their 5k age groups as well! It really was an incredible day for racing for us! </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my 3rd official award I've received for placing, guess it's time to put up a shelf above my medals and display them properly! I never, in a million years, ever thought I'd be fast enough to place in a race. I was always happy with just racing against "myself" and trying to improve my pace and PR, but placing really does take the Runner's High to an all new level! I know in larger races my pace wouldn't even come close to pacing, but I love the small local races in general, less congested courses, better race causes, etc and if I have a chance at placing, it makes it even better. </span><br>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Official Chip Time: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645006" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">59:32</span></span> (overall pace of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645007" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:37</span></span>)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Place: 41 of 129 finishers<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Place: 23 of the 85 Women Finishers<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Place: 2 of 13 in my Women’s Age Division (30-34)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2nd 5k Split: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645009" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;"><u>29:52</u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6.25 miles in 59:33 (overall pace of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645011" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:32</span></span>)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mile 3: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645014" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:37</span></span><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mile 4: 10:08 (where I stopped to refill my water bottle)<u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last weekend, I ran the Heart and Sole 10k. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel since I had only ran ONE mile all week after the <a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2016/02/celebration-half-marathon-race-recap.html">Celebration Half</a>. I had been hurting pretty bad Monday and Tuesday, and Wednesday was still pretty sore but did one mile and it felt pretty tough but I didn't hurt. I took the rest of the week off and woke up Saturday morning feeling great and ready to run! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This race was a 5k and 10k supporting the </span><a href="http://www.cfldreamplex.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Central Florida Dreamplex</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, which is a fitness and recreation center for special needs children. Several of the Mommas in my chapter of MRTT work really closely with this organization (and helped organize this race) and I was so happy to be able to run a race to support them. Several of our MRTT Mommas (and their families) also volunteered at one of the water stops along the course. It's always nice to see people volunteering at the water stops, but especially nice when they are people you know, specifically calling out your name when they cheer you on and taking in action pictures! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a pretty small race (this is only the 2nd year they've done it and I know their turnout was much better compared to last year) only 36 runners in the 10k and 113 in the 5k but they put on a great event! They held it at Waterfront park in Clermont, which is one of my favorite racing venues as the lake is so pretty and lets off a nice breeze. It was pretty cold when it started, mid 40's, but once I got going, I warmed up quickly and the weather was perfect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was pretty sure I was getting a PR in this race once I hit the 5k mark, although didn't go into it thinking I would considering how I felt all week. As I was running, I couldn't remember what my PR was for the 10k, and was thinking it was 58:50 so when I was finishing up around 58:30 I thought I had PR'd but turns out my PR was 58:30 so I was a few seconds off. I did stop to tie my shoe TWICE and refill my water bottle once so I'm sure that was all the difference. I really don't understand how sometimes my shoe comes untied multiple times and other times not at all when I swear I tie it the same every time LOL. I wasn't disappointed in my time though, I felt GREAT during the entire run and really enjoyed it. With being such a small race, they used large age group spreads and only gave awards to the 1st place spot in each of the age groups, so even with placing 2nd I didn't get an award. With only 3 ladies in my age group, it doesn't sound as exciting haha but nonetheless still awesome to get 2nd place! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Official Chip Time: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645006" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">58:36</span></span> (overall pace of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645007" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:27</span></span>)<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place: 15 of 36 finishers<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place: 9 of the 21 Women Finishers<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place: 2 of 3 in my Women’s Age Division (21-30)<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6.28 miles in 58:37 (overall pace of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645011" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:20</span></span>)<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mile 3: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645014" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:33</span></span><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">My set my goal for this race at 2:10-2:15 and was thinking that 2:10 was a pretty big stretch since achieving 2:15:59 at Space Coast just 2 months before took everything out of me, so didn't think I'd really be able to shave off 6 minutes, but I was going to try and knew I'd be happy with any sort of PR, even if it was just a few seconds! They had both a 2:10 and a 2:15 pace group (well technically a 4:20 and 4:30 pace group since they were for the marathon which is the same course for first 12.5 miles) so I lined up with the 2:10 pace group, with the plan to stay between them. I started off feeling great and ended up staying ahead of the 2:10 pace group for the entire race. They got close a few times, but I picked up my pace and stayed pretty steady for me. Usually my slowest mile is towards the end of any race I run, especially half marathons, but it was actually my 1st mile. Although my 11th mile wasn't far behind it. I thought for sure I was going to slow down significantly towards the end like I did at Space Coast, but I felt great the entire race and finished in 2:08:50, beating my previous PR by 7 minutes! And for comparison purposes, last year I finished in 2:37:16 and that was a PR for me at that time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Another great thing about this race is the support. In addition to all the wonderful volunteers, there is a town of folks from the Town of Celebration that come out and cheer alongside the course. There are also a ton of great signs posted throughout the race, which I loved last year, and was happy to see again this year! The best support though was a huge group of MRTT Mommas came out again and now that I know them better than last year, having them cheer me on made it even more special. Every time I'd see a group of them, I'd be sure to push a little harder! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The most incredible thing I saw was this little girl running. I swore she couldn't have been older than 8 or 9 based on her size and she was ahead of me for most of the run and we played leapfrog for some of the race as I was running intervals and she was running straight through. She was running with a guide, so I wasn't sure what the story was but she was keeping a steady pace around 9:30 and looked like she was loving every second of it. Turns out she was 10 years old, and I believe she had a guide with her just because of her age. She also ran the entire Full Marathon, not just half, which is what I had assumed and was amazed enough thinking that. I saw her finish line picture and she looked so refreshing, not exhausted at all and had a huge smile on her face. I don't know if this was a first or what, but regardless, an incredible feat at any age and her pace was just over 10:00 overall. I couldn't even imagine doing that now, nevermind at 10 years old! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The course was the same as last year (I believe), but I am happy to report the boardwalks were dry (thanks to no rain) and well marked and freshly pressure washed so nice and clean. I didn't see or hear of any injuries, which was refreshing after how bad it was last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The post race festivities never disappoint either. I waited around with some of my friends and cheered on other friends until they finished and then we went and enjoyed the post race food and drinks. They had samples from several of the local restaurants and beer too (although I never do drink the beer LOL) just for the runners and it was all yummy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Official Chip Time: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645006" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">02:08:50</span></span> (overall pace of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645007" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:51</span></span>)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Place: 548 of 1871 finishers<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Place: 255 of the 1226 Women Finishers<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Place: 28 of 150 in my Women’s Age Division (30-34)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">10k Split: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645008" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">1:01:03</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">15k Split: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645009" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">1:31:30</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">13.62 miles in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645010" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2:08:54</span></span> (overall pace of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645011" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:28</span></span>)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mile 1: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645012" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:51</span></span> (slowest)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mile 2: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1387645013" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:34</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-90578144655356028082016-02-07T08:52:00.002-05:002016-02-07T08:53:43.230-05:00U Can Finish 5 Miler + 2 Miler Distance Dare Race Recap 2015<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">I'm so far behind on all my race recaps, so this isn't going to be very thorough, but I wanted to at least get it documented. This one is for the U Can Finish 5 Miler and 2 Miler (Distance Dare) from October 18, 2015. </span></i></div>
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<i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">The U Can Finish races are some of my favorite because we get to run through the University of Central Florida Campus, my alma mater. This was going to be my 3rd time running it (r<a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2013/10/u-can-finish-race-recap.html">ead my last recap here from 2013</a>), and each time they change the course a little bit so it makes it a little more exciting. Now that I'm writing this 4 months after the race, I honestly can't remember all that much about it, but I did meet up with my MRTT ladies (and one of their husbands) before and after the race and at least have those pictures! I do remember it being pretty crowded and pretty narrow on certain parts of the course and lots of twists and turns (hence why my runkeeper says I ran way further than I did) but overall an enjoyable race! It was fun to run through the baseball and football stadiums too since as a huge UCF fan, we spend a lot of time at the football stadium, so it felt cool to be able to run where the players stand!</span></i></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Official Chip Time: 50:35 (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://15" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">10:06</a>)<br />Place: 678 of 1719 Finishers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Place: 295 of the 1048 Women Finishers<br />Place: 45 of 78 in my Women’s Age Division (25-29)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5.36 miles in 50:40 (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://16" x-apple-data-detectors-result="16" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:28</a>)<br />Splits:<br />Mile 1: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://17" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:26</a><br />Mile 2: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://18" x-apple-data-detectors-result="18" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:59</a><br />Mile 3: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://19" x-apple-data-detectors-result="19" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:12</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mile 4: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://20" x-apple-data-detectors-result="20" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:24</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">.36 mile: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://22" x-apple-data-detectors-result="22" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:36</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Official Chip Time: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://23" x-apple-data-detectors-result="23" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">19:43</a> (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://24" x-apple-data-detectors-result="24" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:51</a>)<br />Place: 410 of 1051 Finishers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Place: 196 of the 646 Women Finishers<br />Place: 28 of 19 in my Women’s Age Division (25-29)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2.09 miles in <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://25" x-apple-data-detectors-result="25" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">19:45</a> (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://26" x-apple-data-detectors-result="26" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:27</a>)<br />Splits:<br />Mile 1: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://27" x-apple-data-detectors-result="27" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:39</a><br />Mile 2: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://28" x-apple-data-detectors-result="28" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:20</a><br />.10 mile: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://29" x-apple-data-detectors-result="29" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">8:13</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last weekend, I ran my first race of 2016, the Spring Hill Marathon Mania 10k. Somewhere, a few months ago, I saw a link for it, either a Facebook Sponsored post or maybe it popped up after signing up for another race as “coming up, nearby” or something. Since I grew up in Spring Hill, I figured it would be fun to run a local race. It was called Marathon Mania, and they were hosting a Full, Half and 10k. I had a feeling it was going to be a small race since it was an inaugural race, and in December I posted on the Event’s Facebook page asking how many participants in the 10k and they said about 25. I joked with my friends that maybe this meant I could age group place, since it was so small and I had been improving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I slept at my parents the night before the race and picked up my packet that day. I asked again how many participants, they the lady giving out the packets said around 105, for all 3 races. The morning of the race, it was pretty chilly, around 53 degrees, but that is actually my preferred running temperature so I was looking forward to it. I slept horribly at my parents, waking many times. I think because I was sharing a room with EM and didn’t want her to wake when I left for the race my mind was subconsciously not resting well (since that would mean my parents would have had to get up super early to deal with her), so I ended up waking before my alarm and was able to slip out of the house around <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">6:45</a>, with more than enough time to spare as it took me only 5 minutes to get there. The race left from Anderson Snow Park, which I’m pretty sure didn’t even exist when I left Spring Hill in 2014. It was an out and back along a mostly flat bike trail, which reminded me a lot of the West Orange Trail that I run often. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went into the race just trying to PR. My last 10k was back in March of 205 and I knew I had improved my pace significantly since then. My PR was 1:06:56 (from 2/7/15) on a course I knew was short, and my PR before that was 1:07:44. So I knew I wanted to at least set a new PR, with a stretch goal of an hour. I just recently started consistently running my 5k runs under 30 minutes, so figured this would be a good opportunity to try for a 10k under an hour. I had plenty of time to chit chat with the other runners before the race, since there were very many of us. Most weren’t local runners, which I found surprising. Some were even just on vacation down in Florida and itching for a race and randomly found it. The Full started <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">at 7am</a>, the half <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">at 7:15</a> and the 10k <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">at 7:30</a>. It started to drizzle right before the start so I’m glad I had my hat in the car which I was able to quickly grab before the start.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the race started, I ended up taking the female lead, overall 3<sup>rd</sup> place. I was running 3/1 intervals and was playing leap frog with the 4<sup>th</sup>place overall guy up (who was running straight through) until right before the turnaround point where he passed me and I never caught back up with him. Around mile 4 or 5, another guy passed me but I was still decently ahead of the 2<sup>nd</sup> female. I didn’t have it in me to catch up to get back into top 3 overall, but was more than satisfied with being the 1<sup>st</sup> female finisher. On the last mile, another girl was gaining on me, but I gave it my all, and made sure to stay ahead of her. I think I ended finishing about 30 seconds ahead of her, if that. The last 1.5 miles is rained and I was so thankful I grabbed my hat at the beginning. I ended up being the 1<sup>st</sup>female to finish, and the 5<sup>th</sup> person overall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first arrived that morning, I noticed they only had trophies for 1<sup>st</sup> -3<sup>rd</sup> place, and only one set, so I figured that meant they only were giving awards out to overall top 3, not genders. I decided to wait around for awards anyways, which I am glad I did, because they ended up stating they weren’t expecting the turn out (a lot of last minute sign ups) and they were going to give the trophies to the top 3 females and then mail trophies to the top 3 men. None of the age groups were large enough to do top 3 (they said they would only do age group awards if they had at least 5 people in the group). The post-race logistics were kind of drawn out and we waited FOREVER for them to do awards, but I was happy to get to chat with the other runners of the race. They had coffee and pancakes and other goodies for the post-race refreshments, but I just drank the coffee since it was so cold. I definitely froze during that wait. Between sweat, rain, the temperature dropping, and not having a jacket in the car, the waiting in the cold really sucked, but was so worth it to get to stand in the 1<sup>st</sup> place spot on the podium. I only ever placed (age-group) one other time and missed my podium shot so I was NOT missing the opportunity again. I did want to add, another girl, started the race late, like many minutes after the rest of us as she arrived really late, so she was technically the last finisher. Her chip time was about 29 seconds faster than mine, so she technically was faster, however, since she wasn’t the 1<sup>st</sup> finisher, I was still given the award. I didn’t find out about this until a few minutes before the awards and was bummed to hear I didn’t really come in 1<sup>st</sup>, but apparently chip time is for age group placing and actual finish order is for overall, so I technically still count for 1st. Even though it was a tiny race, I still thoroughly enjoyed the course and the run, I’m sure placing helped that as well. If they do it again next year, I’d definitely run again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The runner’s high is an incredible thing, but is exponential better when you set a personal record and place! This was such an amazing start to my 2016 running year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Official Chip Time: 58:30 (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:26</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place: 5 of 22 finishers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6.24 miles in 58:35 (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:24</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since we were all running differently, we pretty much separated within the first few minutes. Since I always start way too fast (yea, I need to work on that) I passed the <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2:15</a> pace group and got ahead to <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2:10</a> pace group in first mile. Because I never made it to the bathroom, as mentioned above, I had to stop and pee when I saw the first set of port-o-pottys. I did the same thing last year, and complained about the same thing in that recap too. If I didn’t have to go so bad, I would have waited until the next set of port-o-pottys as those ended up with no line and the 1<sup>st</sup> set had a line. I swear I don’t know what was taking these folks so long, but it was at LEAST a solid 2 minutes of waiting. When I got back out there, I realized I was behind the <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2:20</a> pace group and really pushed it to get back between <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://15" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2:10-2:15</a> pace group, which I did by mile 3 or 4. From there on, I just kept running my 3/1's (although sometimes shortening my walks if the <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://17" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2:15</a> group was getting too close lol). I started to really get close to the <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://18" x-apple-data-detectors-result="18" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2:15</a> paces groups (there were two, one doing intervals and one running straight, that kept playing leap frog with each other). By mile 10 I said, ok I'll drop and run with the <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://19" x-apple-data-detectors-result="19" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2:15</a> pacers (<a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://20" x-apple-data-detectors-result="20" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">1:30</a>/:30) as it was getting annoying (and tiring) to keep cutting my walks short because they were gaining on me. I was obviously not running – or walking – as fast as I had in the beginning so they kept playing leap frog with me, which would have been fine, but both pace groups were rather large and congested so if I didn’t stay ahead of them, they got in my way. However, very quickly, by mile 11 I realized I definitely needed my full minute walk. Their 30 seconds power walks just weren’t doing it for me and so I fell a little behind them and went back to 3/1's for the remainder of the race, albeit a bit slower. I ended just about a minute behind the pacers and beat my goals and established a new Personal Record of 2:15:59! Considering I never made it past 10 miles in my training, and hardly ran the 2 weeks between getting back from vacation and the race, and still beat my goal, I was (and still am) very ecstatic with my finish time! The best part was, my MRTT friends were volunteering and the finish line, and they got to put my medal around my sweaty neck! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Official Chip Time: 02:15:59 (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://24" x-apple-data-detectors-result="24" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">10:23</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Place: 722 of 3308 finishers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-32425786945778089952015-12-20T12:29:00.002-05:002015-12-20T12:29:16.278-05:00Lakeland 10 Miler - Florida 10 Series Race Recap<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Official Chip Time: 1:42:39 (overall pace of <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">10:16</a>)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Place: 120 of 294 Finishers</span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Place: 7 of 19 in my Women’s Age Division (25-29)</span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Splits:</span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mile 1: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:38</a></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mile 2: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">9:35</a></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mile 3: 10:02</span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">.12 mile: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">09:31</a> </span></span><br />
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“off”, both mentally and physically. I ate decently (other than Saturday when
we were at the Food and Wine Festival) but just didn’t feel like really exercising.
I also didn’t really meal prep since I made the last two of my Hello Fresh
meals (which were delicious!) so ate a lot of crap otherwise, but mostly stayed
within my calories, they just weren’t good calories (so I guess not even really
decently). I also got my period this morning (awful cramps ugh!) so I’m sure that is contributing to
everything as well, especially my mood. Stupid Hormones! I was able to get on
the walk station 3x this week, so that is always a nice change up. For the two
runs that I did do, I wasn’t in the mood any of the evenings and opted to run
in the morning before work both days. Well the first day (Tuesday), I hit
snooze one too many times and only had enough time to get 20 minutes in (vs.
30) or else I would have been late for work. Plus I wasn’t really feeling it
either. Then on Thursday, I gave myself enough time to get the run in, even
though I wasn’t in the mood, only to realize after the fact that I was actually
supposed to bump my run up to 45 minutes this week per my training plan.
WHOOPS! So not only did I miss a run, I also cut two of them short. I’m going
to attempt to get an additional run in today to help make up for it and
hopefully better prep me for my race on Sunday It also didn’t help that I got
my long run in early last week and didn’t replace the short run so I was
overall short one run this week and I could have made it up, but I didn’t. It
wasn’t even that I “didn’t have the time” – I just didn’t feel like it. I know I’m
not going to love every run and some will feel more forced, especially on a
treadmill, but I just hate feeling that way, especially with the </span><a href="http://www.florida10series.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lakeland 10 Miler</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on Sunday!
Normally you are supposed to taper before a race, so maybe this won’t be so bad
after all. I wasn’t planning on tapering since this race just kind of falls
perfectly into my training plan, but with only 4.6 miles logged this week, it
kind of became a taper. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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up for some 2016 races! There have been some early registration offers going
around (I scored a 10k for $6.60!) and so I already have 12 races on the
calendar for 2016: four 5ks, five 10ks, and three Half Marathons (Two of them
are the Disney Challenges where it’s the 10k on Saturday and Half on Sunday). I’m
sure I’ll end up throwing a few more in there as well, I know of at least two
more that I’ll be doing that they haven’t opened up registration for yet. I
completed 14 so far in 2015 and am signed up for 4 more before the end of the
year. Yes, the Race Addiction is real, VERY real!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Marathon training:</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
Run 1: 1.80 miles in 20:00 (11:07 pace)<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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30:00 (10:43 pace)<br>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walk: 2.74
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Weekly (Running) Miles Logged: 4.6 miles<u1:p></u1:p></span><br>
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October Miles Logged: 13.6 (of 55)<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br>
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cruise on Friday, I went out and ran my 8 miles, knowing I wouldn’t do it on
vacation. I ran with one of my MRTT Mommas who is usually pretty fast (faster
than me anyways!) and we did the first 4 miles in under 40 minutes! Overall, we
maintained a great pace for all 8 miles and even saw two zebras on a property
that backs up to the trail. So random!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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like usual (but did get a decent amount of steps, like 12k+ each day) but didn’t
really slow my roll much all week. I only cooked one night, bought my lunch
each day at work and ate a lot of left over birthday cake. Tuesday morning when
I weighed myself, I was still holding on to some serious weight and was 156.9.
Somehow I got back down to 150.2 this morning. I really need to meal prep for
this coming week. I got one free week of </span><a href="https://www.hellofresh.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello
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to try the meals that were delivered. They aren’t very low in calories though
but since the portions are pretty large, I figure I can split the meals in
half. I made the first one, which was Pan-Seared Chicken Sausage with Tangy
Cabbage and Butternut Squash-Apple Puree and it was delicious (even with
charring my squash a little)! I was able to split it into 3 meals too! The two
I’ll be making this week will be: Seared Steak & Creamy Horseradish Sauce
with Rosemary-Roasted Root Vegetables and Roasted Pork Chops with Balsamic-Fig
Sauce, Greens, and Rosemary-Roasted Potatoes. I wish this program wasn’t so
expensive ($69 for 3 meals for 2 people so ~ $11.50/meal) because I love the
concept and love how it all game pre-packaged and ready to go!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of food this weekend may end up
being just as bad as the cruise last weekend since G and I are going to Ruth’s
Chris Steakhouse for date night tonight (we have gift cards) and then doing
Drinks Around the World at Epcot tomorrow which since it’s also the Food and
Wine Festival, there is a good chance I’ll be eating around the world as well!
I’ll be sure to jump back on the healthy eating train 1<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>st</sup> thing on Sunday
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weekend and after drinking, I definitely can’t run the next day, I got my long
run in last night (Thursday). I’d much rather get up super early on a Saturday
and run with my MRTT Mommas though, but at least I got it done. After working
all day, and thinking it was supposed to rain, I wasn’t feeling very motivated.
I had been excited since my in-laws were taking the girls for dinner; I was
excited to have opportunity to even run outside. Then when it started pouring
on my way home from work, I was dreading having to do 9 miles on the treadmill.
Luckily, it cleared up and I was able to get it done outside! Typically I really
slow my pace down when I run by myself, especially long distances, but I’m
rather impressed with this one. I will most likely be missing my third run for
this week, which is just a 30 minute one, and my first missed one this training
cycle, unless I feel miraculously good on Sunday after drinking on Saturday,
but that is unlikely. Not too bad though, made it 7 weeks without missing a single
run. And I got two loing runs done on weekdays, that's impressive in itself! I only made it on the workstation one day at work, but someone didn’t show
up so at least I got it for 45 minutes vs. the normal 30. Since I was on
vacation Monday, I missed the signups for this coming week, boo! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XuIgHOklywRXiMycEMb7eDvQoir1omkHycgk_qz-f8UNxjY5VkkxOSoQ9zVslIiu3yDG18RO2Y_MZOTCQ2vYlRq7hojO_h5ATLD8PVL5lJ2oMUNcDUc1yncpZHsVupfIDRHzpHXgnAc/s640/blogger-image-2081648621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XuIgHOklywRXiMycEMb7eDvQoir1omkHycgk_qz-f8UNxjY5VkkxOSoQ9zVslIiu3yDG18RO2Y_MZOTCQ2vYlRq7hojO_h5ATLD8PVL5lJ2oMUNcDUc1yncpZHsVupfIDRHzpHXgnAc/s640/blogger-image-2081648621.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div>
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figured I’d set my October Goals. I hit all 3 of my September Goals – I hit and
passed the goal of150 lbs (which means I also hit my Dietbet goal, which was
September goal #2). Granted I’m a little up again, but I’m confident I can get
back down to at least 148.4 this month, and that’s my weight goal to hit before
we leave for our 3 week vacation on 10/24, with a stretch goal of 147. I signed
up for another Dietbet when we got back from the cruise and it ends October 18<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>,
and since most of my initial weigh in was cruise bloat, I already hit that
goal, but of course that’s a goal to be able to maintain and win my DietBet for
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Can Finish 5 Miler</span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) the following weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As reported last week, I had won my last diet bet. I had been keeping track of all my DietBets since ABS birth, and with the last one that just ended, after all my buy-ins, I MADE $488.87! That’s almost $500 in less than a year for doing what I wanted to be doing anyways, losing weight!. We’re going on a cruise today, so I’m sure I’ll gain a decent amount over this weekend and I’ll join a quick Transformer one on Monday when I get back to incentivize myself before heading out on our big 3 week vacation at the end of October. Once we are back from that (which I’m sure will be a hefty gain), I’ll join what is hopefully my last 6 month transformer, and probably a few kickstarters along the way as I make the final efforts to hit my final goal! I had originally had a goal to hit 135 by my 30<sup>th</sup>birthday (well by the start of the trip which is <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">October 24</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">th</a></sup> since I’ll be ON the trip the day I turn 30) but it’s pretty obvious that I’m not going to be hitting that one. If I really buckle down after the trip (and not let the holidays get in the way), I do think I should be able to hit it by our 4<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary in February, assuming I don’t gain too much on said trip. So that is my new stretch goal date, 135 lbs by <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">2/18/16</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t meal prep this week because I was just too busy and didn’t make it to the grocery store, so I haven’t been eating the greatest this week considering how much I’ve eaten from the cafeteria at work. Yesterday was also ABS’ 1<sup>st</sup> Birthday and we went out to dinner. We tried out this super yummy, new Mexican place, and I definitely may have went overboard. So between last night and just lunch all week (and I wasn’t very good over the weekend either) I’m not surprised I’m up from last week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did get in all my runs though! I got up way before the sun <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">on Saturday morning</a> to knock out my 7 mile run before G left for the UCF game. I met up with him later once we had a babysitter available for the girls. On Tuesday I had a doctor appointment so finished my work day from home, which gave me the opportunity to run outside (rather than waste the 30 minutes commuting home from work) before doing the day care pick up. It’s still pretty hot in Florida <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">at 5pm</a>, with feels like temps of 90+, but overall that run felt great. I can’t say the same for my run <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">on Wednesday night</a>. I could barely get going (I’m sure my slight headache didn’t help) so decided to do a 10 minute walk to warm up. Which I know I should do anyways, but I never do. After that, I felt a little better and knocked out my 30 minute run. It honestly felt really tough. So weird how the same duration and distance can feel so different on different days. Really hoping my 8 miles today feels much better. I’m running today (or probably already ran, depending on when you read this) since we’ll be on the cruise this weekend and I definitely don’t want to do 8 miles on the treadmill if I don’t have to (I’ll be stuck on the treadmill for some of my longer runs in November as it is). I’ve also started using the walkstations at work this week. It’s basically an adjustable height desk with a computer that allows us to remote into our own computer, with a treadmill under it. The treadmill has a max speed of 2.0 mph and we are only allowed to use it once a day, for 30 minutes (so 1 mile). Which is a nice break in the day, and sure beats sitting at my desk all day. We only have 2 to share between a few thousand people, so the reservations fill up pretty quickly. I did manage to get in 3 out of the 4 work days this week but only once for next week, boo! We can only book a week out and if you don’t get in there first thing <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Monday morning</a>, you pretty much don’t even have a chance of getting on the calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Run 2: 3.03 miles in 31:11 (<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">10:17</a> pace) <br /> Run 3: 2.96 miles in 30:00 (<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">10:08</a> pace) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What the Schneck - the bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419336790910264043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-80308531114153440222015-09-18T06:00:00.000-04:002015-09-18T13:33:58.957-04:00Follow Through Friday - Transformer Winner and Personal Records<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How convenient that my 6 month Transformer Diet Bet ended on a Friday, perfect timing for a Follow Through Friday post! Well technically it ended yesterday, but today was the weigh in and I’m so happy to report I hit my goal! The last two weeks I’ve been consistently below the goal (150.7) but then last weekend I went a little overboard (all you can eat Mac and Cheese Competition and then a weekend with family and lots of Dunkin Donuts will do that to you!) and jumped back up to 154 so I was a little nervous I wouldn’t hit it after all my hard work! But I did, and I feel so great about it! I won’t know the final payout for a few more days, but it should be around $225-$250 (about $125 profit since it was a $125 buy in). Overall I have lost 19 lbs. since I started this particular Diet Bet 6 months ago, and it definitely has kept me motivated. I hit my goal only 4 of the 6 months (would have won another $60 had I won all 6 months). Here are my before and after pictures (which aren’t the best quality since I didn’t put a lot of effort into the before picture LOL).<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past weekend, I also finally hit my goal of running a sub 30 5k in an actual race! I had done it on the treadmill a few times, but never in a race. Well, back in 2010, I technically did, but the course was short so I never liked to count it. The closest I ever came was 30:34 and my official time was 28:54 for the race! Since G was out of town, I had my father in law watching my kids, so I left right after the race ended. I never stay for awards, but my friend was pretty sure she placed so had I had more time, I would have stayed for her. Little did I know, I placed THIRD for my age group! I never even thought I had a chance to place. It was super exciting to hear that news, but I was little bummed about missing my chance on the podium. Luckily, my friend was able to bring home my award for me (which was just a logo glass). You can read all about my race <a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2015/09/cool-summer-morning-5k-series-race-4.html">here</a>! I can’t wait to see what I can do in future 5ks now that I know I’m capable of running a 5k under 29 minutes. (I never came close to that on the treadmill – it was always like 30 minutes on the dot). I think my next 5k goal will be to hit 28:30! So over the last two weeks, I got in some good runs and some not so good runs (they just felt tougher), but overall am happy I am sticking to my plan! And how weird is it that all 3 of my runs this week were he same exact distance? Wasn't even tying! My eating can always use a little work. It’s so easy for me to go back to eating all the bad stuff and eating way too much of it but overall I’ve been doing pretty well and hit another new low this week!<u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the weekend, I ran the last of my races in the Cool Summer Morning 5k Series. My goal was to finish in under 30 minutes and to get a new PR. So happy to report, I crushed that goal and have a new PR of 28:54. Back in 2011, I did have a PR for 29:23 but I know that course was short (by a pretty decent amount) so I always hated “counting” that race as PR so I’m glad this once even beat that time so I know I have a true legit PR on an accurate course! Nothing new to report about the race itself other than the theme. It was Hawaiian Beach Party themed and they did a great job with the décor around the start and post-race events. A few people got in character and wore coconut bras and grass skirts for the run. As I was running, I kept thinking about if I was going to be able to PR or not. I was feeling SO amped about it, which definitely helped me push through! After my first two miles, I saw that without a doubt, even if I slowed down to a 10 minute mile, I’d still hit my 30 minutes goal, I kind of slowed down a little bit, but overall I just felt SO great during the entire run. Tired sure, but great! Running and racing are both very mental activities, and I was in a great mental mindset that morning. I had been feeling great about my weight loss journey and how I felt and looked and even with going to bed super late (for me) the night before the race, I was able to have great results!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I met up with a few of the MRTT Mommas that I knew before the race (one who I’ve ran with a few times since Race #3, I met her shortly after and she’s awesome!). Proud to say she, another girl, and myself (daughter of one of our Mommas) all took 3<sup>rd</sup> place in our age group divisions! We didn’t know it at the time, but we have taken this picture together right after the race. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, I never thought I’d come close to placing, and I had someone watching my kids that morning so I left shortly after finishing. Because of this, I missed my chance on the podium! My first time ever placing and I missed receiving my award (which was just a glass stating division winner) and my glory of standing on the podium. I’m a little bummed about that, but still feels pretty dang awesome to get 3<sup>rd</sup>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next summer I’ll be in the 30-34 age group, and looks like if I keep it up, I should have the opportunity to place next year! One of the many things I love about small, local races is the fact that there is less competition in the age groups! My </span><a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2015/06/cool-summer-mornings-5k-series-race-1.html" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">first race in the series</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I came in at 33:14, so reducing my time to 28:54 is a huge improvement in 3 months!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since this was the 4<sup>th</sup> race in the series, and I completed them all, I also got an extra medal! My medal collection for 2015 is huge, so far I have 15!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Official Chip Time: 28:54 (overall pace of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_865456361" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:19</span></span>)<br />Place: 89 of 359 Finishers<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place: 41 of the 233 Women Finishers<br />Place: 3 of 22 in my Women’s Age Division (25-29)<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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a new month, which means new goals! But before I get to those, let's recap my
last week. I mentioned last week, that my long run was going to be on Friday at
the Clay Loop. Well, I loved it! It was definitely a little tougher than the
trail, but it was a nice change of scenery and I know the hills will really
help my pace when it comes race time. I had met up with two other MRTT friends
to run on Friday, and these two girls are definitely faster than me typically
so I was hoping I didn't slow them down too much. I ended up having a great
time with great conversation and ended up with a great pace too! I know had I
been out by myself I wouldn't have been able to maintain that pace as I hardly
ever do when I'm by myself. I as feeling so good after that run, I decided to
run one more "magic mile" after I got home just to see what kind of
pace I could get. And it was much warmer outside and I still pulled out a 9:22
mile! We also took this really awesome picture after the run (yes, it was
totally staged, but how awesome is it??!!)</span></span></div>
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I met up with my mom and sister on Friday afternoon and we took the girls (and
my nephew) to Magic Kingdom for a few hours. By the end of Friday, I had over
29,000 steps on my Fit Bit. I haven't had that many in a day probably since my
last half marathon!<br />
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Saturday we went to the Orlando City Soccer Club game, well kind of, we
tailgated and went in and got sick of all the rain delays so we ended up
leaving before the game actually started but regardless, I drank entirely too
much (and didn't drink hardly ANY water and didn't eat too much) so I was
REALLY hungover on Sunday. It was really bad. I couldn't eat or drink anything
until 5pm and even Monday I wasn't 100%. Completely awful and definitely not
something I want to experience again, although knowing me, this won't be my
last really bad hangover. Not that being that hungover was a good thing, but at
least not eating all day Sunday, probably evened out for all the beer I
consumed on Saturday, so I didn't have a horrible weigh in on Monday.<br />
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I got a really good run in on Tuesday night (30 min 5k!) when I was finally
feeling better! I also knew I was getting my hair done on Wednesday night and
wouldn't want to "waste" the styling and go run after getting it
done, or Thursday morning, I decided to bite the morning bullet and get up
Wednesday morning <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BEFORE work so I could
get my last run in for the week since I knew we'd be at the UCF game all day on
Thursday (plus, as I mentioned above, I wanted to get at least a day out of my
newly cut/colored/styled hair).<br />
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After Sunday's bad hangover, I knew I was going to take it easy at the
tailgate/game for UCF on Thursday (stupid week day games make me mad, but I
took a vacation day since it was the season opener!). Not to mention, I had to
work today (Friday) and had the girls with me. I didn't eat the greatest, but
only had a one beer, and my Friday weigh in wasn’t too bad at all! <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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First and foremost, finally hit my Transformer weigh in goal of 150.7 lbs -
with the ultimate weight goal for September being to hit 150.0! Well, on
Thursday, I woke up to 150.0 on the scale! It felt SO good to finally see that
on the scale! I rewarded myself by getting a new UCF tank top to wear to the
game. Of course I’m up a little bit today, and actually surprised it isn’t
worse because of all the snacking I did at the tailgate, but I’m still under my
transformer goal and now just need to keep this momentum going so I maintain it
for my September 19</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><sup>th</sup> weigh in. My other two goals are to stick to
my half training plan to log 50 miles of RUNNING this month. I always count/log
my walks too, but my goal is specific to running and if I hit goal 2 (my 4 long
runs alone total 26 of those miles), there is no reason I shouldn't hit goal
3. I have 11 miles planned for this weekend alone, 5 miles Saturday on
the Clay Loop again, and then another 6 on Monday (Labor Day)! Since I have a 5k race on September 12<sup>th</sup>, which would have
been my 6 mile day for my plan so I’ll just swap those two data and do my 6
miles Monday and my 30 minute run on Saturday at the race! <br />
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Logged: 11.22 miles<br />
<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p>Total September Miles Logged: 6.01</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(of 50)<br />
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</span>Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-10188894303707940142015-08-28T10:49:00.000-04:002015-08-28T10:49:23.679-04:00Follow Through Friday - Short and Sweet Update<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be a pretty short update as I don't have much to report. I actually made it through a weekend without completely
going overboard (even with having pizza on Friday night, Dunkin +
eating at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, and Tijuana Flats on Sunday) and hit a new low
weight on Tuesday (151.2), not that different from </span><a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2015/08/follow-through-friday-new-low-and.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">last
Friday</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, but I’ll take it! I got all my runs in for training and just
overall it was a pretty good week! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Clermont. My MRTT Mommas go out here often and I’ve never tried it. It’s a 10
mile loop that has grown in popularity among the running community in Central
Florida. I’m a little nervous (and excited) to try it, as I hear it is pretty
hilly and last week was the first time I ever ran hills and I wasn’t really a
fan but I know it’s good for training. I only have 4 miles on the plan so myself
and two Mommas are going to just to an out and back to get my 4 miles in. I'll report back next week on my experience!</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> Run
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Run 3: 2.77 miles in 31:03 (11:14 pace)</span></span>
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10/24/14:</b> 25.4lbs<u1:p></u1:p></span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two weeks ago, I ran Race # 3 of the Cool Summer Mornings 5k
Series which was a Wild, Wild West theme. I feel like there isn’t much to report
on the race itself, since it was the 3<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>rd</sup> in the series and same
course and everything. The only difference was the theme. I even saw a girl
running in jean shorts and cowboy boots, which is just crazy to me! Talk about
chaffing! I really do love this series, and as much as I complain about the heat, I love the easy out and back course, how well organized it is for a small race and of course the bling (and the cost - so reasonably priced!).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a goal to improve my time with each of these races this
summer, but I ended up not having a great week (running-wise) leading up the
race and it definitely showed in my performance. Overall, still not an awful
time, just not better than </span><a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2015/07/cool-summer-mornings-5k-series-race-2.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Race
#2</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. There’s still hope for the final race is the series in a few weeks.
Since I’ve started my half marathon training, I’m hoping it’ll help!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Official Chip Time: 31:38 (overall pace of 10:11)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place: 59 of the 240 Women Finishers<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place: 8 of 29 in my Women’s Age Division (25-29)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">3.18 miles in 32:05 (overall pace of 10:06)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Mile 1: 10:09</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">.18 mile: 10:53 <--forgot to hit stop at finish line</span>Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-77148168057293162372015-08-21T17:00:00.000-04:002015-08-21T17:00:03.898-04:00Follow through Friday - A new low and training begins!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s TRAINING season! My half marathon training officially
started on Monday! I’m excited to put in the effort and see what kind of
results I can gain from this training plan! I probably won’t be quite as
excited when I’m 10 weeks in and my long runs are in the double digits though
haha. Because of how I track my weeks on the blog, my first week of Half
training is only a partial since my plan goes Monday – Sunday and my FTF goes
Friday – Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p>On a whim, I decided to sign up for the Pixie Dust
Challenge, which is the Tinker Bell 10k and the Tinker Bell Half Marathon out
in California at Disneyland in May 2016. This will also qualify me the Pink
Coast to Coast Medal since I’ll be doing the Princess Half Marathon (and 10k)
at Disney World in February. I wouldn’t have even considered signing up for the
Disneyland races except that we can fly and stay essentially for free with
points, so other than the cost of the race, which is stupid expensive, it’ll be
a relatively inexpensive trip! And because I was on a roll, I also signed up
for a 10 miler in October. It happened to fall the same weekend that my half
training plan has me running 10 miles, so figured it was a sign to register! I
may also register for a 15k or 20k the week before Space Coast, but haven’t
decided yet so figured I’d wait until right before the price goes up and make a
decision then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well let’s back up a little, this week was kind of a roller
coaster. It started off good, then went bad… real bad, and then I got
re-energized and finished it off with a bang! Friday morning, I started with a
nice run in Clermont with a friend from MRTT. This was my first time ever
really running hills. And these aren’t even really hills compared to what most
people think, but definitely hills compared to anything I’m used to. I only had
time for 3 miles, and my RunKeeper actually showed me a little short, but hers
said 3 miles, so close enough. I ate TERRIBLE Friday night, Saturday Night, and
ALL DAY Sunday. I’m talking Apple Fritters (Donut King seriously has the BEST
apple fritters) for breakfast/snack all day, Dominos for Lunch, and then Dunkin
Donuts for dinner. Yea, I was feeling like crap Sunday night. I decided to go
for a run anyways though as I knew it would be my last chance to run outside
until the weekend when G was back in town. It was drizzling the whole run and
felt just wonderful! Surprisingly, I was able to maintain a decent pace and
knock out 3+ miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t meal prep
on the weekend, but did get it done Monday night so at least I knew my meals
would be taken care of the rest of the week and that always really helps me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And other than the provided lunch at work on
Thursday at a team building event (and I didn’t even go overboard) I did really
well all week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p>My first official training run on Monday was pretty
terrible. It just FELT really tough and I was starting to feel a cold coming on
which didn’t help. Then when I finished the run, I realized I had the treadmill
set on incline 3 (I normally run on incline 1), and my struggle seems to make a
lot more sense. I also woke up super congested on Tuesday morning so I’m sure
that played a factor as well. Luckily, I seemed to kick the cold with the help
of some Sudafed and Day/Night Quil and taking it easy on Tuesday and Wednesday. I
finished my week off with my second training run on Thursday and did rather
well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p>Needless to say, I did NOT hit my DietBet Month/Round 5
goal, but I have one month to make up for it, and I’m determined to hit it. I
haven’t NOT hit a final Transformer weigh in yet, and I’m not about to let this
one be the first! To see 150 on the scale again is going to be so glorious and
I’m almost there! Pretty sure today’s weigh in is a new low for me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Run
1: 2.54 miles in 30:00 (11:49 pace)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Run 2: 3.01 miles in 30:00 (09:58 pace) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Run: Friday – 2.94 miles in 30:39
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Run: Sunday – 3.18
miles in 34:40 (10:54 pace)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walk: Monday – 0.5
miles<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total Weekly (Running) Miles Logged: 11.67 miles<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>Overall Weight Lost since "<a href="http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2014/10/follow-through-friday-starting-point.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Starting Point</span></a>"
10/24/14:</b> 25.0 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Denise @ What the Schneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934561145062410464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105134084353573852.post-24555150664324133082015-08-13T20:50:00.000-04:002015-08-14T19:43:33.595-04:00Follow Through Friday - Decisions, Decisions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Another week down, and I worked off some of the crap I gained the last two weeks. Pretty much back down to where I was 3 weeks ago. Such a cycle. I'm good for a few weeks, bad for a few, make the losing process very slow. </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">This past week I did ok with my exercise, two runs (one was a race, which I haven't recapped yet) and a nice long walk. I didn't beat my time last month and that had been my goal for each of these races, to beat the previous one. I only ran once the week before the race so that definitely didn't help. I didn't feel as prepared either and so being about 30 seconds slower isn't a huge deal. Hopefully I'll PR the last one on the series next month. I did well with my food for the most part. I did get a beer and a Jalapeno Cheese Pretzel when we went to Epcot Wednesday night, but did get a healthy salad for dinner (and not one of those salads that is actually worse than a burger, a true healthy salad). I did my run before we went and of course walked around a ton while we were there, so it evened out nicely with my low calories consumed earlier in the day and didn't affect my weigh in (as in my weight was less Thursday morning than Wednesday morning). Thursday at work, I didn't have anymore meal prepped food so had to buy my lunch in our cafeteria, a grilled chicken sandwich. Normally I easily say no to the fries, but they had some awesome looking curly fries (they normally don't). I couldn't resist and got them and they were damn delicious. Because I had such a heavy lunch, I had a really light dinner and once again it must have evened out as my scale wasn't too upset this morning. And since I went on a 3 mile run this morning (which counts for next week), those carbs probably helped, right? </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">This weekend is going to be super tough, I haven't fully decided if I'm going to let myself indulge at my sister-in-law's engagement party Saturday night or not. Considering we can walk home from the party (so can drink and not worry about needing a DD), and my in-laws always have great food at their parties, I'll more than likely indulge. BUT, my 5th round/month of transformer weigh-in is on Wednesday, and if I indulge, I definitely WON'T hit my goal (150.7). It's very unlikely I'll hit it regardless considering I'm almost 4 lbs away still. </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Oh yea, and my Space Coast Half Marathon training begins Monday! I really haven't done more than 3-4 miles throughout the summer because I wasn't training for anything and it's so, so hot, but now it's time to kick it up a notch. Going on a 3 week vacation towards the end of training is going to be tough, but I'm determined to stick to this plan! I did well last year when I trained for my Disney Princess Half with only missing two or three training runs total, so I'm hoping to not miss any more than that and to PR at Space Coast! Hopefully weighing a little less than my last half will help my speed too!</span></span><br>
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