Sheesh

I don't have any explanation for my lack of posting other than the fact that I am busy. But, EVERYONE is busy, so that doesn't seem like a valid excuse. So, let me just catch you up on things and make a promise that I will blog as I can. (Hopefully a little more frequently).

3 weeks ago I started running on Saturdays with a running club formed by the local running store. It is awesome because I am running with a different group of people and I feel like I fit in a little better than with my other running club. I have been using their runs as one of my shorter weekday runs and then run in Sundays longer. So far so good!

Since I started running with the running club, I also started swimming long course at the local outdoor pool. I am actually disappointed that I can't swim tomorrow ;( it's not that I can't make it, there just isn't a swim tomorrow :( :(

On Monday, the stars lined up and I was able to start a 6 week boot camp. Let me just tell you how awesomely hard it is and how I want to die almost every session, yet I keep coming back for more. Today was no doubt the hardest session (although I am partly convinced that it was because it was at 4am). Anyway, I am excited to see how my body will transform in the next 6 weeks! A good friend of mine is a nutritionist so I have her just keeping an eye on my eating to make sure I am eating enough for the activities I am doing, but also enough to lose weight. What differences there are between programs out there (on amount of calories one should consume) and the amount you SHOULD consume so that you don't put your body into starvation mode. Hopefully with these 2 things under a strict an firm plan, great things will happen!!

But, for now, I am going to bed. Yes, it isn't even 839, but getting up at 4 am has me completely exhausted. Besides, I need to rest for TeamVark run tomorrow!

Enjoy your weekend!

Dunzo

With summer quickly approaching and knowing that I will be training during the hottest months (I have 3 half marathons planned in the fall) I thought it would be great to try hydration options besides water to drink during my runs. I have heard so many great things about Nuun that I was excited to try it. When I was in DC, I bought my first Nuun, Watermelon, from Georgetown Running Club. Yeah, didn't really like it as much as I thought. It tasted like a diluted air head. You know, that candy from when we were younger. So, I told my friends on Facebook about my experience and Strawberry Lemonade was suggested. I found it online, but by the boxful, and KNEW I didn't want to commit that much to this product knowing that I didn't like the first flavor that much. I continued my online search and found that the local The Vitamin Shoppe sold select flavors in the store.  I was so excited that I could get it there and try this flavor. But, now I can say my relationship with Nuun is DUNZO. I was again completely disappointed. I made it exactly as directed and even with less water. It had too much fizz and not enough flavor. Actually, I can't even describe the flavor, maybe a, nope not that either. 

So, now I am in the market for other hydration options. Gatorade, Powerade, something. Now currently accepting applicants.

How do you stay hydrated during those long runs on hot days?