A Short Trip in the Private Jet for Lunch on the Lake...

WEEKEND RECAP

Friday I finally left work in one of those moods.

You know, where you just HAVE to get out of there!

I decided the only thing to do was obviously work for an endorphin high.  Since I'd just did a long run the night before I figured I'd better stick to the gym. 

I started with a BodyRock.tv Routine:

Workout Breakdown

Time: 12 Minutes  Workout Type: 12 Minute Interval Workout 

 

Bringing Sexy Back!

Lisa-Marie’s Cardio Workout:
Set your interval timer to 10/50 for 12 rounds. You need to complete the following 4 exercises 3 time through.
Press up Burpee + Plyometric Jump (or squat/tuck jump)
Star Single Toe Touch Abs
Sit Squat & Jump using the Pink Sandbag
Ugi Ball Mountiain Climbers x 10 & Ugi Ball Toe Touch’s x 10

VIDEO


Holy Goodness!!! That knocked the Sparkles out of me... this BodyRock.tv stuff is serious.

Also, can I say how cute Lisa-Marie's British accent is??


Modification:  Since I don't have a huge weighted Sand bag I held two 5lb weights for that part.

This SERIOUSLY brings your heart rate up quick! Then I started a second BodyRock.tv circuit -- "Turn Me On", but too many burpees for one day -- I only got through round one!

Finished up with Treadmill 3 mi  00:26mi   //  08:33 pace

Really pushed it and was so schweaty!!

Hahaha yeah right... not me!

...

Here I am!

It felt good to get in such an awesome burn - especially since I met Mike & Friends at the local Sports Bar for dinner & drinks.  Since I'd been so healthy all day and pushed myself at the gym I splurged in one of my favorite Southern meals -- Mike and I split the Chicken Fried Chicken, Mac and Cheese and Mashed Potatoes with a side of Broccoli - yum!!!!

Don't judge me, this is not your average Chicken Fried Chicken ... I won't even order it at other restaurants because I dispise when they serve you piece-meal questionable chicken drowning in grease, slop canned gravy all over it and call it 'food'.  This was clearly delicious all white meat chicken lightly battered and fried and oh so worth it!!


Saturday's workout was super speed because we had somewhere very important to be!

I convinced Mike to try the BodyRock.tv routine with me -- we staggered the order of the circuit so that we wouldn't need the equipment at the same time and could just complete it in my apartment.

He agreed that it got his heart rate up and those Press up Burpee + Plyometric Jumps were intense. 


We showered up toweled off (thank you Victoria's Secret Body Spray) and rushed out the door to grab breakfast at Einstein's before heading to THE AIRPORT. 

Not the main airport, a smaller one about 45min north of Dallas...

because we were about to fly IN THIS:

A Cessna 172

Our friend Kris recently got his Pilot License so he offered to be Captain and fly us all to Lunch on the Lake!

[Mike and I in the plane]

I took the headphones because I wanted to be 'clued in' with the Pilot.

If that's not the right saying... I don't care Don't tell me about it.

Everything was smooth sailing flying until Mike nearly flew off the plane.

You're not buying it??

Yeah.. my phone photography skills aren't that great.

Maybe now that I fly via Jet to lunch I'll start being swarmed with Paparazzi and they can catch the good shots.

We flew out for some seriously delicious burgers.

I got a Cessna (in honor of our plane) Not greasy, modest size, super fresh veggies + pickles + mustard = win.

I'm not a huge burger person and I'm hard to please, but I really liked mine :) 

The burger place was called

It was truly in the middle of nowhere, not a very public part of the lake, so the name fit!  They had a bunch of old plane memorabilia and a few alien parts to decorate.  Definitely an experience!

The views from the air were pretty spectacular

Texas can be beautiful!!

But, just a quick lunch!  Then I was off to shower and get ready to celebrate our good friend's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Kim!!

We starting at a Wine Tasting at 2 Corks and a Bottle

Those are the managers and the same gentlemen who were there to serve us!

THEIR STORY:

We loved the idea of opening a unique business that would be fun and enjoyable for our guests! The ability to make your own wine or just come in and enjoy a glass or bottle of wine in the winery is something we know people would enjoy!

The first two whites we tried were not my favorite to say the least.. but the selections got better as the tasting went on (easily could've been becaue I'd had more wine as the night went on!)

The atmosphere was fun and my favorite pick was actually not part of the tasting, it's the bottle my roommate recommended called Romeo.

INTERESTING FACT I learned during the tasting was what WINE DIAMONDS are

{my lucky glass}

The  crystals  that  are  sometimes  found  in  the  bottom  of  your  wine  bottles  are  not  known  as  wine  "diamonds"  for  nothing. 
Wine  diamonds,  or  potassium  acid  tartrate,  is  a  mono potassium  salt.   In  its  natural  state  it  is  commonly  found  in  many  fruits  but  predominantly  in  grapes.  Wine  made  from  grapes,  fresh  grape  juice,  grape  juice  concentrate  or  a  combination  of  these,  can  sometimes  produce  this  crystal  fall  out.  Since  it  is  cold  temperatures  that  cause  the  diamonds  to  form,  you  may  notice  these  crystals  when  you  remove  a  wine  bottle  from  the  refrigerator  or  cold  storage.  This  phenomenon  can  be  found  in  both  white  and  red  wines.  It  is  entirely  natural  and  is  NOT  a  defect.  In  fact,  it  reflects  high  quality  and  will  accompany  a  wine  which  processes  wonderful  tastes  and  aromas. 

[source]

Fancy, huh?!?!

 

 

CHEERS TO WINE DIAMONDS

 

 

 

 

After the tasting we went to Hibachi for dinner and rented out the whole room!

 

 

I had the Shrimp and Broccoli and of course a Sake Bomb or two!

 

 

 

"Kanpai!!"  {Cheers}

 

 

We finished up the night out at Avenue - an Uptown Dallas Club that played great music.

 

 

 

 

I felt young again but was WIPED OUT by the time we made it home at 2am!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday consisted of recovery...

 

 

Well, AFTER a workout of course!!

 

 

 

Another BodyRock.tv Routine:

Workout Breakdown

Time: Rep ChallengeWorkout Type: Interval Rep Challenge

 

Glory to the Booty!

 

Lisa’s 600 Rep Workout
Set your BodyRocker interval timer to a stop watch and do the following 6 Exercises as quickly as you can & post your scores here.
100 High Knee Skips
100 Lunge kicks (50 each leg) using the Pink Sandbag
100 High Knee Skips
100 squats using the Pink Sandbag
100 High Knee Skips
25 Straight Abs
25 V Abs Left
25 V Abs Right
25 Bicycle Abs

 

Holy Handsel and Grettle!!!!!!

 

Subbed 10lb free weight for the Pink Sandbag.

 

My thighs are SCREAMING today.  They say we are no longer friends and I have the bruise to prove it...

 

 

Nope, I didn't RUN INTO A WALL  thank you for asking, it just appeared and if you press on it you can feel a nice large knot.

Finished off in the gym with:

Treadmill 2 mi 00:19min 09:30 pace

Recovery... My calves & quads hurt so bad but the sweat feels good :)

Gym 0.8 mi 00:10:00min 12:30 pace

10 min fast walk INCLINE 10

and 10 minutes additional strength training (a.k.a. me wandering around on different machines because I was bored)

I figured I earned a hearty lunch so I whipped up a HUGE Egg White Veggie Omelette

Totally full of veggies inside too!

My omelette had chopped carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, a slice of colby jack cheese, sprinkle of parmesan and some Italian seasoning!

Then while rolling out my legs I caught up on Once Upon a Time and Desperate Housewives.

It was a good day.

 

 

 

 

Now on to the most important thing... Mike told me this weekend he spotted a baby leopard spotted Alpaca.

 

I told him I wanted one and he said he got me the last one.

 

I am skeptical... but he said so, so it must be true.

 

 

When I get him I'm going to name him Pierre.

I told him to bring the Alpaca over tonight... and he told me I have no where to keep him right now so I'd better start construction on my 'Paca Palace.

 

 

 

 

I will.

 

 

And once this palace is complete Mike will have no more excuses, he'll have to bring me my Alpaca.

 

 

LONGEST POST EVER!!!!  whew!

Questions for the Day:

Have you tried any of the BodyRock.tv Workouts?  Any favorites I should try?

Have you ever flown in a non-commercial plane?  Were you nervous before hand like I was?

Have you heard of or ever had Wine Diamonds in your glass?



Race Day Tard Face (not a model)

Seeing as I've just been getting into the whole racing thing I was not aware that while certain outfits may feel really cool and you may think you look Bad A*$ that does not neccessarily reflect on film. 

ugh.

WHY did no one warn me #1 that pictures would be taken? and #2 that I should potentially wear a different outfit for racing entirely?  and I could even go so far as to add a #3 - that pictures could be snapped at any random moment so be ready at all times.

Welp. Guess I'll have to remember that next go-round...

So Saturday was my 5k for SWEat for SWE (Society of Women Engineers). 

It was sponsered by a SWE chapter at a local college and it was their first race to ever put on... that being said they did a fantastic job.  The race was through a beautiful park and other than not starting for approx 30-40 min the race went well.  They even had a professional photographer to capture the memories....

Now I seriously considered writing the photographer and asking her to take these photos offline, or at least not posting any on my own blog, but then I thought to myself "That's selfish Britt, if anyone can learn from your mistakes then it's your obligation as a blogger to post about this terrible race day offense".

or more like "Even if they're not good for anything else, at least some poor ppl scouring the internet and stumbling across your blog can get a laugh or two."

FINE.

But... I'm not posting the close up shot of me half stretching half texting... because it's really just wrong that that picture was snapped in the first place! rude.

Letia and I before the race:

Yes... I do live in TX.  We had a cold front.  This meant it was like 60 degrees outside... I was mostly excited bc that Lululemon sweat band not only covers my elf ears but it catches sweat and keeps it from dripping in my face.  Win win.

The jacket came off and got tied around my waist after about .5 miles... probably could've done without it.

Was also excited to try out my new Zensah Compression sleeves.  Maybe I could've done with a subtler color choice?

Waiting around for the race to start... there's a good shot of my #.

...and of my ridiculous hair.  HEY I did not plan for this race to happen the morning after my roommate's birthday celebration. It was rough even waking up.  I should get 1 million runners points just for attending.

Waiting around at the starting line... I was impressed at the range of people that showed up to race!

A few of whom beat my time... including this guy:

He doesn't even need a shirt.

And this guy, who should be a shining example of what you should do when you cross the finish line:

Seriously, he must be a professional.  Looks like the streamers were all to celebrate his big finish.

Then there's me.

I showcase this picture to show you the one female who beat my time and just how close to her I was... darn.  Too bad I didn't even realize I was that close to winning... I honestly figured there were about 100 people in front of me.  Guess I was 'In My Own Zone'.

I followed this guy most of the race... the back of his shirt said "SOS DEFENSE" so I pretended we were in training... ya know, to be legit spies or something... it's totally possible

"Hey! Wait for meeee!!!"

{#wanttokillmyselfforpostingthis}

Seriously... I promise I tried to think of smiling as I crossed the finish line but somehow that did not translate in to any of the pictures...

I probably could've passed SOS DEFENSE guy but I think he really didn't want to be beat by a girl... and I'm not about to crush someone's dreams.  It looks like we may have worn him out as it was....

"Dam* little blonde girl nearly killed me!!!"

I'm proud of him for giving this race his all! And after running together I feel like we're BFF in some way... although he probably has no idea who I am.. or that he's now featured on my blog as "SOS DEFENSE man".

I thought about posting a few pictures of people who I felt took better 'finish' photos than I did.. then I realized that was basically everyone.  Too depressing and time consuming to post them all.

But I didn't want to leave out my other New Best Friend...

This old guy was AWESOME.  Love his duds... and definitely gave him a 'high five' and cheered him on through the end!

So, like I said... learned a lot this race.

Recap of Things I Learned this 5k:

#1)  Hot pink compression socks, while functional, may look better paired with skirts/shorts... or on Skinny Runner.  Really, most things would look better on that girl.

#2) Practice smiling while breathing hard.  Prior to race.  So you don't make a tard face in all your 'finish' photos.

#3) 60 degree weather probably doesn't call for ear warmers and long sleeved jacket.

#4)  Need new armband for phone (mine fell out mid race)

#5)  Old people who run races are awesome.

#6) I'm actually improving as a runner!!!!! woohoo!!!

Yep, the last one is true - I PR'd!  By like 2 minutes. 

According to my SoftRace App I completed 3.19 miles in 27:40.

So how did I prepare to run such a fast race time you ask? (haha, funny... I know... )

{Thank you RunningOffTheReeses for that lil gem!}

Let's see... like I said, the night before was my roommate's birthday celebration...

I had custom Cake Pops made!!

{That's the birthday card I got her in the Middle}

So, I'm pretty sure eating 2-3 of those babies made all the difference in my race.

I had Oreo and Chocolate Peanut Butter - YUM!!

But really I didn't do well at all the 5 days leading up to the race... work was more stressful than ever and I barely slept!  So recovery this week was important... recovery called for healthy foods and WINE.

Salmon and Roasted Veggies!  

Left overs for lunch!

And of course a FroYo celebration!

This mix was Cheesecake and Strawberry FroYo topped with Strawberries, Kiwiberries, and Cheesecake crumbles :)

We even decided to test out a new wine to celebrate.. the Root Carmenere!

I'm not a wine snob, in fact most of my favorite wines fall under $15 per bottle, but apparently my 'palate' is becoming more 'refined' since I did not  read anything about this bottle, sipped the wine, and told Mike it tasted like "Blackberries and Pepper"

Check the Label.

Pepper = Spice in my book. 

SPOT ON.

So a few Questions for the Day:

Do you like Wine?  Do you like to try to guess what random mix of flavors the bottle claims you should taste?

Any embarassing race photos of you floating about out there on the World Wide Web?

Any SUGGESTIONS for taking better race photos next time?  Certain 'go-to' outfits if you will?

Thanks!