Memory Lane

5 miles - Did I mention how easy it is to run these 5 while watching Biggest Loser? I'm not sure easy is the best word I guess, but definitely keeps my mind (and eyes) off of the mileage tracker. I messed around a bit and I mean a tiny itty bitty bit with incline and speed today, just to "spice it up" and I thought if the overweight peeps on BL could do it, I should at least give it a shot. I'm sorta obsessed with the thought of having my own Bob or Jillian, I think how amazing the results would be if someone was there beside me making me do faster runs and maybe even a push up or two after the runs. And then I think, seriously? I have to have someone make me do this to get this done? And, when I really think about it, I hate it when people make me do stuff.. makes me not wanta (problem from childhood, only person that has this syndrome worse than me is a friend from Portland... you know who you are! ;) So, as a result of obsessing about having a Bob or Jillian, I've really been thinking about the "drills" of high school sports lately. Let me just say that although my high school track coach, OJ, was no Bob (and I mean really not) and cross country coach, Clare,was no Jillian (ditto on this one); I think it would be fun to do interval training (although we despised it at the time). Or as we used to have done to us in cross country.... get dropped off on a country road about 4 miles out of town and have to run back. Yep, I'm from a small, small town in Iowa and believe it or not, we had a blast on those country road runs. Nothing says team building like trying to cut through field and stream for a shorter route than the gravel. I miss that. However, the TNT crew is slowly evolving as a group/team and that is fun to see on Saturdays. But I'm pretty sure we won't be doing any interval training soon. Probably a good thing, now that I'm fully into memory lane and remembering how it felt like. Interval training really sucked!

P.S. Breakfast favorite for the week: Kashi Oatmeal, Activia Vanilla Yogurt and slivered almonds. Micro the oatmeal, cool a bit, throw in the yogurt & throw on the almonds . Voila! Way yummy. Totally digging on this this week.