Can we all agree that coming back from vacation is the worst. My apartment has looked like a war zone since I landed Monday night, I refused to go food shopping all week, and finally got my inbox to a manageable size today.
Here’s what’s been going down since I’ve be back…
Springtime!
The day I left for LA it was 30 degrees out. When I landed it was 60 degrees. Hallelujah.
During my lunch breaks I’ve been scarfing down food as quickly as possible so I can enjoy the rest of the hour outside, walking around the park.
Yesterday was GORGEOUS and you could tell everyone was loving it and so happy. That’s the magical thing about NYC, all winter we’re bitter angry people but come spring the entire city becomes a much friendlier place. I literally spent the entire day outside because why waste a beautiful Saturday?
Outside brunching at Dos Caminos.
I’ve been really into brunch at Dos Caminos lately, which is kind of embarrassing because the restaurant is a tiny bit touristy. I first fell in love with their brunch freshman year of college when my friend and I would go there to celebrate special occasions. A few weeks back I suggested Jeremy and I check it out again… and I fell in love with their guacamole once more.
So goooood.
The Distance @ Mile High Run Club
This morning I hit up Mile High Run Club’s class “The Distance”. It was really flipping hard to say the least.
I’ve previously taken Dash 28 at MHRC which is 45 minutes long with only 28 minutes on the actual treadmill, the rest of the time is spent on the floor strength training. The Distance is 60 minutes of all treadmill, all the time. At the beginning of the class I was thinking “What did I just get myself into” because the thought of running on a machine for an hour is pretty daunting.
The class was far from boring because we were constantly switching things up. The bulk of the workout was alternating between 1 minute of incline at a moderate pace (I generally stuck to a speed of 5.5 during this part) and 2 minutes of running (not to be confused with sprinting. I tried to stay at 6.5 during this chunk). First we alternating between these two intervals for 22 minutes, followed by a walking/ jogging break and then repeated the whole thang for 10 minutes. Oh and there was a 1 minute sprint tacked on at the end.
When I write it out, it doesn’t sound tough, but I was definitely riding the struggle bus throughout and took a few breaks to catch my breath. Running is hard, y’all.
I ended up running a little over 5 miles. I can’t even tell you the last time I ran 5 miles so I felt pretty awesome leaving that class, despite the walking breaks and feeling like I was going to die.
I already signed up for next weekend because I’m crazy, and also because it’s the perfect class to ease me back into 5 mile runs for half marathon training.
Uplift Entrepreneur Event
Reason #43908 why I LOVE Uplift– they put together amazing events with the intention of empowering ladies. Wednesday evening I attended a panel focused on female entrepreneurs that created their own business and are totally crushing it. On the panel was Uplift founders Helena Cawley and Leanne Shear, career coach and founder of AB Strategies Antonia Bowring, co-founder of Well & Good NYC Alexie Brue and Payal Kadakia whom I of course know pretty well since she’s the founder of ClassPass.
Photo via Uplift
I’m certainly not ready to start my own business endeavor quite yet but I have a lot of hopes and dreams right now and know I want to create my own business one day. Preferably something in the fitness world where I can wear yoga pants all day. Hearing everyone talk about their path to get where they are today was really comforting though and a nice reminder that it’s okay that I’m not already where I want to be.
One of the big things all these ladies emphasized was that life is made up of multiple chapters. All of them had other career paths before founding their own company, some of which were directly related to their passion, other careers were certainly not. I seriously struggle with this idea because I WANT IT ALL RIGHT NOW. Just because I’m not already starting my own business today doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future.
Patience is not my strongest suit, but hearing everyone talk about their journey was oddly comforting.
Plan for the Week
Last week was a total bust on the fitness front. Not sleeping a lot in California + the time differences kicked me in the butt so most mornings I ended up sleeping in instead of working out. It happens.
Monday: Uplifting Strength @ Uplift
Tuesday: REST or Cardio of sort (running or cycling)
Wednesday: Core Fusion Cardio @ Exhale
Thursday: Fitness event
Friday: TBD probably REST
Saturday: Exceed
Sunday: The Distance @ MHRC
On the food front I’m really excited to cook for the first time in 2 weeks. I’ll only be home 2 nights this week to make dinner so am of course making my favorite go-to dish chickpeas + kale and for lunch I’m making a lentil soup from Oh She Glows cookbook that will last me the week.
Now tell me about your week + food and fitness plan for the upcoming week!
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