As usual, another weekend has flown by! My Sunday morning was spent in the La Jolla area for the San Diego Triathlon Challenge to benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation. I participated in their 5K event with my hubby. Even though sunny San Diego hasn't been all that sunny this weekend, luckily the weather held out during the athletic events, and we only experienced a few raindrops towards the end. Seeing amputee triathletes in action was inspiring, and I'm glad I got to support such an awesome cause! The rest of my day was spent running errands, doing yoga and watching football. Oh, and torturing Harley by making her wear my 5K medal: For dinner, I wanted to use a pile of string beans starting to brown in my fridge. After steaming them, I threw the green beans together with a couple ... [Read More]
salad recipe
Citrusy Fennel & Guava Salad
First thing this AM before I started working, I took Harley for a quick run/walk interval around our neighborhood trail. It took 20 minutes, I felt like I got a bit of exercise in, and the puppy was content all morning with just laying around. Why don't I do that everyday?! I'm certainly going to try to start more of my weekdays off like that. How to Beat Exercise Boredom In lieu of boxing this evening, I volunteered at the Humane Society. In order to get a workout in today, I squeezed in a weight training + cycling session at my gym beforehand. As I was doing some strength training exercises, and sweating my butt off since I haven't been doing that kind of workout much lately, I started thinking about how important it is to diversify your workouts. True, there may be some people out ... [Read More]