Christmas 2014

I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas! I started the day with an easy 4 mile run, opened gifts, went to a movie (Theory of Everything- it was wonderful!) and had a delicious dinner. I went back to my place last night to organize and get some gifts set up. My favorite gifts of the day were a fitbit and some running stuff, but everything was great!

I am tempting to take more pictures so here is the hogdepodge from my phone! 

Oh how times have changed...running before breakfaat and gifts are opened!

Cats live such a tough life watching gifts being opened...

My awesome stocking:)

The tree before the festivities began!

I am heading to see "Into the Woods" this afternoon before a low key night of resting up for my long run tomorrow! I have slept SoMUCH this week...I am hopeful I can kick my butt into gear tomorrow for a great run before heading to the National Harbor! Sometimes if I get too much sleep I have a hard time running...who knows why!

How was your Christmas? Favorite gift or food? 

Do you have a harder time running when you have been lazy or get too much sleep?

Pics from the Weekend

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. I got to enjoy Halloween, time with my friend Nicole and her adorable baby Andrew, and an extra hour of sleep that I devoted to grocery shopping and good prep! Exciting life, huh?

Andrew is about as cute as he can be!

Fall foliage outside my bedroom!

Grapes=wine instead of candy

I have a pretty light week in terms of work and evening events, so I hope to get in some longer runs. Today I had a later training and tomorrow is conference day, so I work 11- 6! I hope to do 6 miles slow around VCU tomorrow morning. I may do the final marathon taper run with friends this Saturday...should be around 8 miles.

I also have started no shave and no gluten November! The no shave is only my legs and for a class at my school , and the no gluten is to try to figure out some stomach issues I have been having. I figure an elimination diet will let me know quickly if gluten is the enemy. Day two and feeling good! I'll write up about it of course.

Any fun plans for you this week?