Grab your morning cup of coffee or tea and let’s catch up. It’s High Five Friday, after all!
Seattle is a surreal city to live in. While our former city of residence was in a state of emergency because of a blizzard this week, we’ve been spending as much time as possible this week enjoying the fresh air, that strange yellow orb the floats in the sky (sunshine? is that you?), and 50 degree temperatures.
Five Snapshots
1. Charlie loves being chased. We took him to Marymoor Dog Park last weekend, which is 50+ acres of off-leash dog lover heaven. My mom snapped this photo of Charlie, who likes to think he’s a big dog like a German shepherd and then realizes he emphatically is not.
2. I love the little forests and parks that make you feel miles away from the city, even when you’re only a couple miles away from Seattle’s tech area. We explored some of the trails I’ve been wanting to try for trail running, which only made me more eager to try it once I’m done with my race in just over a week.
3. Even on a gray day, the cherry blossoms give sign to spring’s arrival. I ran along this trail Tuesday morning and didn’t see any blossoms; by Ryan’s and my run on Wednesday even, this tree was in full bloom.
4. Sunset run with my sweetheart. 50 degree temperatures and 4 easy miles together made Monday less of, well, Monday and more fun like the weekend was.
5. That little puggle butt. He’s just too cute for words, isn’t he? Until he tries to run through a pile of horse poo on the trail.
Five Reads
An Athlete’s Guide: 4 Ways to Avoid GI Issues: Because no one wants to spend their training run or race urgently searching for the next bathroom.
How Much Running is Too Much Running?: More isn’t always better. Even though high mileage offers benefits to athletes, there’s a fine line for each runner between dedicated training and obsessive exercising.
Food Ethics: Part 1: Why eating local, organic meats will improve your health and save the world.
Confessions: Healthy Living Tips I Love but Don’t Follow: Confession: once I made kale chips during a summer home from college and my mom thought something had died in the garage based on the smell. Worst thing I ever cooked and I can never even attempt to eat kale chips now.
3 Moves to Help Runners Strengthen Their Upper Back : Your posture can make or break your running form, which is why upper back, along with glutes and core, is one of the most important muscle groups for runners to strength.
What are you high-fiving today?
What’s the worst thing you ever cooked?
Do you run alone or with a training partner?
14 Responses
Im so glad its Friday, and Im hoping to spend some time outdoors this weekend! I think its supposed to be in the 50s on Sunday! Hope you have a great weekend!
I hope you get to spend some time outside! That weather sounds wonderful – 50 is the perfect temperature. I hope you have a great weekend!
That trail!!! Makes me want to run and get lost. Not really lost but wander lost. I’d love to run more trails but doing it solo freaks me out. Have a great weekend!
Me too! This trail was great because it was three loops that connect and are marked, so you can wander but not get lost. Hopefully you can get some great trail running in soon! Have a great weekend!
Ha ha ha ha ha! I’m laughing so hard at the kale chips! Something I will always remember was about okay like, at LEAST 10 years ago when Jason and I were married and our oldest two were really little, I decided to make refried beans in the crockpot…overnight. We woke up and our whole house smelled like garlic and onions which would have been delicious at 5pm, but not 6am. Jason went to work and he said his clothes and hair and skin reeked. I always get the giggles over this story.
I love that picture of you two! And Charlie is SO CUTE.
Ha ha ha that is too funny! And probably something I would do if you hadn’t shared this story, so thank you 🙂 Garlic and onions are just not a kind smell that early in the morning. Sometimes the best foods make the house stink – like fish and curry! And thank you! I’ll tell Charlie that 🙂
I hate coconut flour. Everything that I’ve ever made with coconut flour in it has sucked.
I love coconut milk, coconut water, and coconut oil, but I can’t bring myself to try the flour for that reasons. It just seems like the texture wouldn’t be right?
I’m high fiving YOU for wanting to try trail running! You will love it! Good luck with your race!
Thank you! I hope so! I’m not starting out on super technical trails (lots of trail runners in Seattle do the smaller mountains) but I’m excited to start with baby steps!
That trail looks gorgeous! I run solo most of the time, but I love having a partner or group for some extra motivation.
Isn’t it? Hard to believe it was right in the middle of a suburb! Solo running is fun – great time to think and unwind! 🙂
I mostly run alone but I like it this way! , I had loved run to the finish’s post with her confessions the other day. thanks for the other links
Running alone is great time to think! I loved those confessions also because I am the same about all of them!