Friday Favorites
It will come as no surprise that this week’s Friday Favorites will feature all pictures from my couple days spent in Copenhagen. These are just a collection of my favorite “fun shots”. Hope you guys are enjoying the posts while I am away! I was able to sneak in one post about the trip yesterday but I’m on the cruise ship no so we’ll see how that changes! Love and hugs!!
“MySpace” style self-portrait at the top of the spire of the Church of our Savior (I was all by myself and I wanted photo evidence that I climbed all the way to the top!!)
Copenhagen is considered one of the most “bike-friendly” cities in the world… and people seem to know it! Apparently 1 in 3 people in Copenhagen travel by bike. This is a bike rack outside a metro station… ridiculous. They don’t even always lock them up either!! Obviously this is not DC.
My mom and I enjoying a delicious locally brewed Danish beer at dinner.
My dad and I tried the traditional “Shooting Star” at lunch. This dish includes boiled / breaded herring on a slice of bread with shrimp, asparagus, and caviar. It was… AWESOME.
Walking along the river one afternoon we found this weird trampolines! Obviously my mom and I wasted no time getting on them and taking many silly pictures. That Danish boy doesn’t look that pleased but we had a BLAST.
Week in Workouts: Thankfully I have been able to stay really on track and I feel great about it. My weekend got really crazy before we left on Sunday evening so by the time we landed on Monday morning I was DYING for a workout. Only complication has been all the treadmills measure km/hour and all the weights are in kilograms. I really struggle with the metric system so it’s been kind of trial and error 🙂
Friday 8/3:
- 60 Minute Spinning Class
Saturday 8/4:
- Rest Day
Sunday 8/5:
- Rest Day
Monday 8/6:
- 8K Treadmill Workout (that is approximately 4.98 miles)
Tuesday 8/7:
- 20 Minutes Inclined Walking on Treadmill
- 30 Minutes Total Body Strength Training w/ Weight Machines / Free Weights
- 10 Minutes Elliptical
Wednesday 8/8:
- Speed Workout (referenced in a post earlier this week)
Thursday 8/9:
- 20 Minutes Inclined Walking on Treadmill
- 30 Minutes Total Body Circuit Workout w/ high intensity cardio intervals
- 10 Minutes Stair Master
Friday Favorites
This was a really, really good week! I got to have dinner with a great girlfriend who I love spending time with, run with my favorite running buddy (and life buddy too), eat Sweet Frog frozen yogurt (which is THE BEST), and spend a whole night eating pizza and drinking beer with my softball team. As you know, I embark on my vacation this weekend, but before I go I have plans to see a great friend who is going back to Boston while I am away (I got her for a whole summer and I feel like it went by SO FAST. I’m going to miss her), attend Mike’s family reunion brunch in New Jersey, and PACK. Sometimes I don’t have enough appreciation for how great my life is, and that’s a shame because I am so blessed. On the phone this morning my mom gave me an excellent piece of advice. She said, “Stop majoring on the minors. Major on the majors.” Such a simple concept, but so much truth for me. I get bogged down in silly little stuff a lot, and I lose sight of the big stuff that actually matters. I can’t wait to take some time on this vacation to regain some perspective 🙂 Have an excellent weekend and I will see you soon!!
Fig photo bombed some blog photography earlier this week. There are a lot of cat pictures this week… just deal with it.
This is literally one of my favorite sights to wake up to in the morning.
Fig once again demonstrates his complete lack of utility in the kitchen… just hangin.
The Battitudes “awards banquet” at Armand’s Pizza in Silver Spring. Bryan won “Best Midwesterner / Beard”… it was a landslide victory.
Evan won “Most Improved” and Dump won “Most Valuable Tape Measure”… it’s a hipster thing, just go with it!
Aaaannnddd in my crowning achievement for the season, I won “Best Dance Moves”… most notably for my “towel dance”, which I did on base anytime I got a hit.
Week in Workouts:
Friday 7/27:
- 60 Minute Spinning Class
Saturday 7/28:
- 90 Minute Level 2 Hot Yoga Class
Sunday 7/29:
- Rest Day!
Monday 7/30:
- 5 Mile Treadmill Workout
- 75 Minute Level 1.5 Hot Yoga Class
Tuesday 7/31:
- 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
- 4.5 Mile Trail Run
Wednesday 8/1:
- Speed Workout (400 Meter Interval @ 10K Pace, 100 Meter Recovery. Repeat x16)
Thursday 8/2:
- 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
Friday Favorites
This has been a really interesting week. Early in the week I wasn’t feeling very well so I skipped my normal Tuesday yoga class in favor of going to bed at 9 pm (it was glorious). The week certainly picked up with some really great mid-week activities with great friends. This weekend promises to be no less amazing… opening ceremony of the Olympics tonight with friends, a concert with my brother and Mike on Saturday, and hopefully some time relaxing in bed with Fig.
Crossing Broad Street in Philadelphia… on the way to brunch!
A perfect Thursday evening with one of my favorite girls. Painting pottery at All Fired Up with wine and snacks! Summer To Do List item… complete! Also look at my SWEET dinosaur cup!
Something in this closet doesn’t belong… I love this little hooligan.
Screen On The Green‘s showing of “It Happened One Night“. Checking off another item on my Summer To Do List with a Clark Gable movie… perfect.
Washington Monument Day and Night… sometimes I really don’t appreciate how amazing this city is 🙂
My Week in Workouts:
Friday 7/20:
- 60 Minute Spinning Class
Saturday 7/21:
- 30 Minutes Hill Workout on Elliptical
- 15 Minutes Total Body Strength Training (Clean and Press, Burpees, Push Ups, Bent Over Rows, Bicep Curl / Shoulder Press, Chest Press on Stability Ball, Crunches / Oblique Twists on Stability Ball, Dead Lifts, Squat Jumps, Overhead Tricep Extensions) I was kind of all over the place with this one but it was fun.
- 20 Minutes Inclined Walking Workout on Treadmill (3.8 mph, Incline from 8.0 – 12.0)
Sunday 7/22:
- Rest Day
Monday 7/23:
- 5 Mile Run
Tuesday 7/24:
- 60 Minute Cardio Strength Intervals Class
Wednesday 7/25:
- Speed Workout (10X 400 M at 5k Pace, 200 M recovery)
- 75 Minute Level 1.5 Vinyasa Yoga Class
Thursday 7/26:
- 60 Minute Cardio Strength Intervals Class
Friday Favorites
Finally gave up on Jazz in the Sculpture Garden to find a place where drinks can be purchased without 30 minute lines. Elephant and Castle is it… and a Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen
Final softball game of the summer… Evan, Bryan, Sarah, Sarah, and Me! Post coming soon about this amazing group of people I have the honor of calling my teammates 🙂
Wilco at Wolf Trap (Post coming next week about our July date night!)
Lazy morning spent in bed snuggling with Fig. The towel is in the bed with us because Fig decided to be a real jerk and knock a full glass of water into my bed. I couldn’t stay mad for long 🙂
Here I am settling in for a late night at work and I get this notification on my phone from Facebook. RUDE.
My Week in Workouts:
Friday 7/13:
- Rest Day
Saturday 7/14:
- 10 Mile Long Run
Sunday 7/15:
- Rest Day
Monday 7/16:
- 3 mile Run
- 75 Minute Level 2 Hot Power Yoga Class
Tuesday 7/17:
- 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
Wednesday 7/18:
- Speed Workout [Ladder: Â 800M (10K pace, 400M recovery); 400M (5K pace, 200M recovery); 200M (>5K pace, 30-second recovery); 1000M (10K pace). Â Rest 3-4 minutes. Â Repeat set.]
Thursday 7/19:Â
- 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
Friday Favorites
Fig and Bernie sharing an afternoon snooze
Fried pickles with Buttermilk Ranch at Island Way on the Fourth of July. The one fried food I can’t give up 🙂
A little late but my favorite shot from the Japandroids show at Rock and Roll Hotel
Enjoying a complementary glass of Watermelon Sangria on the patio at Helix with some girlfriends.
Mike and I enjoying Fourth of July dinner at Island Way with my parents. Photo complements of my wonderful Mom (I guess Mike didn’t get the “wear red, white and blue on the Fourth” memo)
My Week in Workouts:
Friday:
- 3 mile Run
- 2 hours of Tennis
Saturday:
- Rest Day / Played Golf
Sunday:
- Rest Day
Monday:
- 5 mile Run
Tuesday:
- 75 Minute Level 2 Hot Power Yoga Class
Wednesday:
- Speed Workout (1/2 Mile Warm Up, 4 x 1000 M Repeats with 400 M rest, 1/2 Mile Cool Down)
- 75 Minute Level 2 Hot Power Yoga Class
Thursday:Â
- 60 Minute Cardio Strength Intervals Class
Friday Favorites
Well it has been a week! I picked up a little bit of a sore throat in Disney (airplanes are the worst) so I’ve been feeling kind of beat since I got back. I am so excited for a weekend at home complete with Saturday run with the running club, a concert at the Rock’n’Roll Hotel and a special day with Mike. Also, Ted is coming out this weekend. Anyone else really want to see it???
Mike sent me this picture while I was in Florida and it made me so happy!! Glad Fig had a great “boys trip” with Little Mac and Mike 🙂
Parade at Magic Kingdom… Cinderelly Cinderelly…
Used my one day off to hit the parks with my friend Bryan (his very first time ever at Disney!!). It was an epic day complete with all the major rides at the Magic Kingdom and Epcot!
MISSION SPACE!!! Really fun ride at Epcot
You know you’re in Disney when… all your snack options are shaped like Mickey Mouse heads
Finally home just me and Fig! We were both pretty exhausted so there has been a ton of snuggling.Â
My Week in Workouts: My workouts this week were kind of scattered since I was traveling for work. The hotel gym was incredibly small and crowded so I just hopped from machine to machine, whatever was free! The gym hours also weren’t ideal for my work schedule on this trip (didn’t open until 6 am and on Friday I had to be showered, dressed, and at work at 6:45 am, hence the hotel room workout!)
Friday:
- 30 minute hotel room high intensity cardio circuit (perform each move for 60 seconds, repeat three times: jump rope, jumping jacks, burpees, speed skaters, tuck jumps, mountain climbers, power squats, scissor lunges, high knees, butt kicks)
- 10 minutes Abs
Saturday:
- 9 Mile Run
Sunday:
- 20 minutes Treadmill
- 30 minutes Elliptical
- 20 minute hotel room high intensity cardio circuit (the above but only repeated 2x)
Monday:
- 40 minutes Treadmill (First 20 minutes running at 6.0 speed 1.0 incline, Second 20 minutes alternating 5 minutes running at 6.0 speed 1.0 incline, 5 minutes walking at 4.0 speed 7.0 incline)
- 15 minutes Bike (hill workout setting)
- 10 minutes Abs
Tuesday:
- Rest Day
Wednesday:
- 75 Minute Level 2 Hot Power Yoga Class
Thursday:Â
- 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
- 60 Minute Level 2 Hot Power Yoga Class
Friday Favorites
In a slightly difference version of Friday Favorites I’m going to include some products and items I’m curently enjoying, as opposed to my favorite pictures from the week. Expect next week’s Friday Favorites to include some Disney pics 🙂
Peanut Butter GU Gels: I got this as a free sample at the Nashville Marathon expo, but never actually ate it. OMG so good. My favorite flavors of gels before were Orange, Lemon Lime, and Chocolate, but the Peanut Butter flavor is more savory and not as sweet. Perfect for later in a long run when sugarly GUs start tasting terrible.
Herbal Essences Curl Mousse: My hair is finally getting long enough to wear curly again and this SUPER budget friend mousse has been great in the humidity of DC.
Bullfrog Gel Sunscreen: Runners (or those who exercise outdoors) are at a higher risk for skin cancer than those who workout indoors all year. The truth is that most of us don’t think to always put on sunscreen before we go out for a run (I certainly am guilty of this!). I HATE sweating with a sunscreen lotion on, it makes my skin feel so greasy. However, Bullfrog’s Gel sunscreens absorb quickly into skin (even when wet) and don’t leave me feeling as greasy.
Snuggbuds Headphones: Mike bought these at a race expo and didn’t like them. I inherited them and I am LOVING them. I am horrible to headphones, so I’ve never bought anything besides the super super cheap earbuds. The sound is so amazing in these and doesn’t leak out like regular earbuds. They’ve been with me every day at work, during my commmute, and during all my workouts.
My Week in Workouts
Friday:
- Four Mile Run
Saturday:
- Rest Day!
Sunday:
- Rest Day!
Monday:
- Five Mile Tempo Run (Warm up / Cool Down Miles @ 10:30 min / mile, Speed miles between 9:00 and 9:20 min / mile)
Tuesday:
- 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
Wednesday
- Four Mile Run
Thursday:
- Two Mile Run
- 40 Minute Circut Workout (Exercises done for 3 sets of 15 reps, 45 seconds of jumping jacks or high knees between each set / exercise. Leg Press Machine, Chest Press Machine, Bent Over Rows, Single Leg Deadlifts, Bicep Curls, Overhead Tricep Extensions, Shoulder Press Machine)
- 10 Minutes Inclined Walking (Incline 7.0, Speed 4.0)
- 5 Minutes Cooldown on the Treadmill
Friday Favorites
Happy Happy Friday to you all!
I’m rocking out at Bonnaroo currently so hope you enjoy Friday Favorites 😀
Sarah and I got stuck in a sudden DC monsoon. Luckily, she had the world’s largest umbrella in the trunk of her car, so under it we huddled together. It was a touching moment.
Sunday afternoon spent on Kyle’s boat out on the Potomac. Sun, friends, and a cold beer is the perfect Summer day for me.
tUnE yArDs at the 9:30 Club on Sunday evening. Such a great show!! They are playing this weekend at Bonnaroo too, but since we just saw them we might skip it.Â
Slightly messy at-home manicure before the concert. Black polish with chunky silver glitter… literally looked like my nails from when I was 15. Sometimes it’s fun to digress into my teenage years just a little.
Two handsome boys manning the boat. Woodrow Wilson Bridge in the background… heading down towards Mount Vernon. I think Kyle was looking for a gas station… not texting while boating.
My Week in Workouts: This week was a really light workout week. I was really busy with work and getting ready to go away for the long weekend. Some weeks are just better than others. I got some exercise in on the majority of days. At baseline, that is what I am going for. I walk to and from work every day (which is approximately 2.5 miles total) so if nothing else I get my body moving a little bit!
Friday 6/1:
- Rest Day
Saturday 6/2:
- Gym Session with Sarah! We did a 60 Minute Spinning Class and 30 Minutes of a Zumba Class
Sunday 6/3:
- Rest Day
Monday 6/4:
Tuesday 6/5:
- Lunch: 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
Wednesday 6/6:
- Lunch: 60 Minute Zumba Class
Thursday 6/7:
- Lunch: 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
Friday Favorites
Exciting news!! I purchased my domain name so now it’s just Penniesontherun.com! Woohoo!! Now onto Friday Favorites…
Sweetfrog frozen yogurt on Memorial Day Weekend. I love love love frozen yogurt in case I haven’t made that ABUNDANTLY clear.
This is a picture of Mike’s nightstand. A copy of Runner’s World, a copy of Running Times (which he says has “more technical shoe reviews”), Advanced Marathoning, and Road Racing for Serious Runners. So.Hardcore.
We went up to Philadelphia on Sunday so Mike could buy a new motorcycle from this guy (yeah it happened). We stopped in the city to have lunch with Sarah, and walked by the Magic Gardens on our way to Supper on South Street.
Took Fig over to Mike’s house for a little playdate with Little Mac, and tried riding in the car out of the carrier. He was so much happier! He just cries and cries and cries in the carrier (not to mention he drew blood the last time I tried to put him in the carrier).
Mini bagels! Just enough carbs to make me feel totally satisfied by a salad lunch. Â This is also perhaps the most perfectly toasted bread item in history (in my humble opinion)
My Week in Workouts
Friday 5/25:
- Early AM: 60 Minute Spinning Class
Saturday 5/26:
- Cascades 10K (Run 6.2 miles)
Sunday 5/27:
- Rest Day
Monday 5/28:
- Run 5 Miles
Tuesday 5/29:
- Lunch: 60 minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
- After work: 75 minute Level 2 Hot Power Yoga Class
Wednesday 5/30:
- Lunch: Cardio Session (20 minutes Hill Workout on Elliptical and 20 minutes Hill Workout on Stair Master)
- After work: Track Workout (Woohoo I actually did it! We did a half mile warm up, then 500 M at 5K pace followed by 300M recovery jog. Do this 8 times. My 5K pace was between 7:44 min / mile and 8:16 min/mile – between 2:25 and 2:35 for each 500M interval.)
Thursday 5/31:
- Lunch: 60 minute Cardio Strength Intervals Class (I wanted to go to early AM yoga but I was really wiped out from Tuesday / Wednesday’s workouts so I gave my body a small rest)
Friday Favorites
A beach day with two of my favorite girls (and my mom behind the camera!)
Fig playing in an empty box of seltzer
Sweat art after a really intense yoga class
(Not mine, so I had to be really stealthy to get this picture)
My Bonnaroo wristband arrived!!
My favorite look… dripping sweat after a really hard workout 🙂
My Week in Workouts:
Friday 5/18:
75 Minute Circuit Workout
- Run 2 Miles
- Upper Body Exercises (10 – 15 reps each)
- Back: Bent Over Row / Deadlifts
- Chest: Push Ups / Chest Press
- Shoulders: Overhead Military Press / Alternating Front / Side Raises)
- Biceps: Bicep Curls / Hammer Curls
- Triceps: Overhead Extension / Dips
- Run 1 Mile
- Repeat Upper Body Exercises
- Run 1 Mile
- Repeat Upper Body Exercises
- Cool Down / Stretch
Saturday 5/19:
- Rest Day (I played Golf!)
Sunday 5/20:
- Divas Half Marathon (Run 13.1 Miles)
Monday 5/21:
- Rest Day
Tuesday 5/22:
- Lunch: 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
- After Work: 75 Minute Level 2 Hot Power Yoga Class
Wednesday 5/23:
- Early AM: 60 Minute Level 1.5 Hot Flow Yoga Class
- Lunch: 45 minute Cardio session (20 minutes Elliptical, 15 minutes Stair Master, 10 Minutes Elliptical)
Thursday 5/24:
- Early AM: 60 Minute Level 1.5 Hot Flow Yoga Class
- Lunch: 60 Minute Cardio / Strength Intervals Class
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