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Hot & Steamy 9

Posted by Melissa on July 24, 2011 4 comments

Saturday morning my alarm went off at 4:15 and I promptly hit snooze. Or so I thought. I actually shut the alarm off and didn’t wake up until nearly 6:00.

Whoops.

The plan was to be running by 5:30, so we would have been nearly 90 minutes behind schedule by the time we hit the trail. After a quick text exchange with Carly, we decided to move the run to Sunday. Again. Back to bed we went.

I had three alarms set for this morning to ensure history wouldn’t repeat itself. Of course, I woke up on my own two minutes before the alarm went off. When I finished getting ready and walked out of my bedroom, there was Carly, explaining she had overslept. Clearly us cheetahs love our sleep. After getting our stuff together, we headed out.

When we arrived at Town Lake at 5:30, the air was already exceptionally warm and thick with humidity. We were going to have our work cut out for us.

Our pacing for the past two long runs was all over the charts, and felt the best way to remedy this was to run 3:1 intervals. And stop to take pictures.

The intervals worked out really well, and although our average pace was slow (13:08) it was MUCH more consistent than our past runs. Thankfully it was very overcast this morning, but it was still hot as hell. We attempted countless photo ops together, but both looked like we were about to drown in our own sweat and die. Rather than subject you to trainwreck pictures, we stuck with scenic shots.

One hour and fifty-eight minutes later, our nine mile run was complete. Next week, we’re officially in double digits – TEN!

Our day now consists of inhaling mimosas, bagels and screwdrivers

watching mindless TV

and napping on and off.

Pork is in the crockpot for pulled pork sandwiches tonight, and the house smells like heaven.

Perfect day? I think so.

Cheetah Fuel

Posted by Melissa on July 5, 2011 No comments

A road trip is not easy. Great conversation and a rockin’ playlist can make all the difference, but another key component is food and beverages. We would not have made it through those 22 hours without our Cheetah Fuel.

Day 1

Early morning necessity:

Hangover necessity:

Eating on a road trip can be tricky. I can’t even tell you how many billboards I saw Wendy’s, Waffle House, and Taco Bell on. We avoided the fast food and chose a healthier, quicker option:

And mid-afternoon, when your hangover is subsiding and exhaustion is setting in (and you haven’t seen a Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks in several hundred miles), you swing through a McD’s drive thru for a pick me up.

Neither of us were convinced there was actually coffee in there, but it gave us the energy to carry on until dinner.

Desperately trying to avoid a drive-thru dinner, we were pleasantly surprised when we came across a Ruby Tuesdays.

They like to keep the mozzarella sticks classy by sprinkling them with a little parm.

After a long day of 12+ hours of driving combined with two hours of hitting every rest stop possible desperately searching for an available hotel room, it’s wine time. It’s only right to reward yourself for not having an emotional breakdown on the side of I-10 in the middle of Mississippi.

And because that bottle of wine had been buried in a suitcase all day, we needed a little love from the ice machine

Day 2

The Hampton Inn in Hammond, LA was kind enough to offer a complimentary breakfast. We accepted with open arms.

Of course, those mini cups of coffee just weren’t going to cut it for us caffeine junkies. A trip to Starbucks was more than necessary.

One grande iced coffee and one Dirty Chai (chai tea + shot of espresso) for the ladies.

After this visit to Starbucks, we decided not to break for lunch and made a beeline to Austin. We kept busy by chugging Smartwater and eating Jolly Ranchers