Week in Really Fast Review

So I know it's been a couple (half a week)  of days, but I've been really busy. I wish I could have blogged every day but I'm certain it would have been considered a severe case of child neglect had I have. I tried really hard to remember all of the amazingly cool and funny things I did over the past few days (because m life is that cool)...... that didn't work out so well. Maybe next time I'll take to jotting things down. I guess you're just going to have to settle for the abbreviated version :) I went to a happy hour for work earlier in the week and it was pretty cool. Definitely got the scoop on all the office gossip. Can you say AMAZING! I also got to practice exploding pounds and learned snail pounds from the cool giant in the IT department. Examples (WARNING: UNKEMPT NAILS):

                                                                               Snail

                                                                     Explosion!
                                          If you still don't get it, remind me to show you how to pound .

So on the non-work boozing side, one of my favorite things happened on this week.........Series Premiers! Roll your eyes all you want, I love the start of Summer TV season! Some of ya'll might not be aware of my reality TV addiction, but it can be pretty bad. I find reality TV to be a great motivator and deterrent, depending on the show. I watch Hoarders when  I clean, Biggest Loser-esque shows when I run on the treadmill, and intervention when I'm thinking about taking another swig of NyQuil :) There is just something therapeutic and precautionary about watching someone's dirty secrets play out on television.

Hoarders started Monday and I was amazed at how bad the hoarders are this season. This women had over 300,000 dolls in her house. Insane! She even had a doll hospital.... that's right....a doll hospital. The other woman lived in mounds of trash and had containers filled with pee and depends filled with poo littering her home. I'm going to give you a minute with the visual.......Yeah I pretty much spent one of my night's cleaning the basement and eying Leo's toys for donation candidates.

My sister (Curl on the Move, C.M) also e-mailed me and ropadoped me into signing up for a 10k this weekend three days before. I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but I really haven't ran longer than 5 miles at a time in about 8 months (yeah I'm bad, I know). So I'm just going to hope for the best :) At least it will give me a rough estimate of what my pace time will be for 5-10 mile runs. Oh and in other news, while talking on the phone to C.M. on my way to the Metro I found IT. Apparently I walk past the same shop 10 times a week and never noticed what was in the window..........

                                                               Compression socks!

The store is a specialty pharmacy and it just happens to specialize in all things related to leg health (and diabetes). I HAD to pick up a pair of athletic compression socks! My legs have been really sore from running this week, so I even slipped them on  in the Metro just to give them a try. That's right, if you were sitting next to me on the Metro, you might have seen this......

                                                                    Too Sexy for Words


My legs feel amazing! I think it is exactly what I needed to get ready for tomorrow. My legs were so dead today that I had to quit running after half a mile during my lunch workout. Half a mile people! I was seriously disappointed but I guess my legs were tired of asking for a break and decided they were just going to quit. Hey better today than tomorrow...during a race... mid stride.... in front of people with cameras.

Oh yeah and apparently my flat iron didn't commit suicide. I guess the breaker in the bathroom went out and  I just didn't notice. I'm glad I didn't do a post-hoarders clean on the bathroom because my Baby Bliss straightener would probably be at the county dump wondering how I could have abandoned it. I'm still kind of upset I had to rock the slave braids two days in a row (it builds character?), but at least I don't have to spend a hundred bucks on a new one. Well gotta go. I'm sure there's some carbo-loading or stretches I should be doing for tomorrow. Wish me luck (or remain silent, whatever floats your boat :))!

Stay Classy ;P

Dirty Liars

So the other day I was reading a running magazine looking for suggestions on extending my runs. Of course I find what I'm looking for, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to hear (eat a pint of cookies and cream ice cream  to build leg strength and extend endurance). They suggested running twice a day at smaller distances but a longer distance overall. So instead of running  four miles, do two in the morning and another three at night. I definitely gave the article side eye after I read it, but figured I couldn't discount it before I ever even tried it. What if breaking up my runs is the missing link between me and an Iron Man competition or something? Back to reality now. Since my day already went to crap I figured what else could possibly go wrong? I might as well try the method for kicks and giggles. My first run was in DC and my second was around my neighborhood. I definitely think the authors are dirty liar faces but I guess I'm going to try to keep it up for the next week or two just to see if it makes a difference. I definitely feel like I should be faster, probably because everyone in DC runs and they do it so effortlessly.
 Person A:"Hey Amy, did you drive in today?"
Person B:"No, I decided to jog the 15 miles in for some light exercise"
Me: "*cough*  dirty hooker *cough*"

*On a side note: My shorts were awesome! I ran without having to extract them from my upper thigh every two minutes and I didn't hear any sound. You know, the *vik, *vik, *vik sound windbreaker material makes when its rubbed together...... much like corduroy :)

 Here are the stats
Distance: 3.1 Miles
Time: 26:17
Difficulty: Relaxing
Course: Four Scores
MVP Song :  Dr. Dre ft Eminem and Skylar Grey "I Need a Doctor"

I forgot my lunch today so I figured I might as well run during lunch to stave off the hunger pangs. I ran from work, to the Lincoln Monument, around the Reflecting Pool (which is completely drained) and back around my building. It was a pretty decent run. The only crappy part is trying not get ran over by a taxi driver when dashing into traffic or getting stuck at the light. I have a pace to maintain people! Oh and let me not forget you have to play dodge the tourist. I don't know how many times I had to hip swivel around a grown adult or a pack of bratty middle-schoolers. I considered slapping a phone out of a girls hand (she was texting while walking) but figured I should probably avoid getting arrested during work hours. Other than aforementioned headaches, it was a pretty good run. I got to stare at myself in the reflection of the building windows so that's always a plus. I looked official...... even if  I was running at the pace of a senior citizen. I even found the DC War Monument...... you know the dilapidated one hidden behind weeds and a chain link fence over by the Lincoln. At least its staying true to the city's reputation ;P

Pre-run

Stylin' Locker Room

Run Deux
Distance: 2.8 Miles
Time: 25:02
Difficulty: I'm Still Wheezing
Course: 'Hood Run
MVP Song : Lupe Fiasco ft Skylar Grey "Words I Never Said"

 I had an hour to kill when I got home so I laced the sneaks back up and decided to do some interval training. As I mentioned earlier, there are a ton of inclines in my neighbor hood and they vary in degree and distance. Apparently I was riding out a high and decided that would be great to try.  My legs are now completely jello and I had to deal with annoying neighborhood kids that have nothing better to do than yell at you as you run by. Don't they have braincells to waste on huffing or XBox? Whatevs.  The run was a beast but the playlist I made on the metro definitely helped me get through. I think the next time  I split my runs up I will try to do two flats or intervals first. Either way, I finished both runs and I guess it wasn't the worst thing to happen today.

Pre-duex

Fake Enthusiasm

Post-duex

Real Under the Boob Sweat

Stay Classy :)

Curl Meets Sale

While conducting my wifely duties  on Father's Day (i.e. doing whatever my husband wanted to do for the day) I managed to slip in a quick trip to T.J. Maxx. It was right after the trip to the pet store and during a Taco Bell run. He finished his food while I ran in to "find a scarf". Sucka! I was already wearing a scarf and it's the middle of June, who needs to find a scarf in June?!

Scarf and Boots in June

(almost as hot as the dining chair and blinds in the picture )

 I checked out the athletic section and a couple of things caught my eye. I just happened to stumble across a padded sports bra and I had to pick it up. Why? Because one day (probably never) I want to be one of those girls that just runs in her sports bra and shorts.  They make it look so effortless, ya know. I know it's a dumb goal, but its the little things for me ok! I do it on my treadmill but I would never do it on the street unless my sports bra was padded at the very least. Of course after that I found two pairs of awesome running shorts. I normally wear pants when I hit the road but if I plan on extending my runs I don't want to overheat. I'm still on the fence about the practicality of the shorts though. My thighs rub so I'll probably spend the whole run trying to pull them down or I'll end up with a four-alarm thigh fire (great image). Of course then I had to find socks and it was only natural I get new headphones too :) I basically left the store with two new running outfits and accessories. Can't wait to show my swag off while running in DC!

Some of the Loot: