Good afternoon!

My run today was excellent! I am lucky it was a little chilly today because I was able to wear a fleece with a pocket for my iPhone (still having iPod issues).

Running Stats:

• Miles: 11.3
• Time: 1:39:02
• Pace: 8.13 min/mile
• Sharikes Eaten: 4
• Sharkies Dropped on the Ground: 1

The best part of running with an iPhone is taking pictures.

I like to take pictures of purple and yellow houses because I want one! Isn’t this one pretty?

And one of me running. I look like a Conehead!

When I got home I laid on the ground for a good two minutes, then stretched and had lunch.

I had a wrap with Roasted Red Pepper Hummus and Spinach with some cheese and yogurt, strawberries and blackberries.

   The most fun part of the day thus far was making strawberry yogurt sandwiches.

The questions you are asking are so fun! I am going to answer some now and some later. Keep ‘em coming!

bobbi Says: “that bowl is soo cute, and those banana oats are my fave! I have a question for M and You, what is your favorite active thing to do together, does Mark run?”

Mark has a strict policy of only running when chased. We like to walk a lot, like for hours at a time. It’s something we both like doing and it goes by so quickly when we are talking. We also both like to ride bikes. He does it alone right now because I don’t have my own bike, but maybe I will get one soon. Or perhaps a bicycle built for two. Just kidding. Another thing we can both do is play Frisbee, which is lots of fun, but I stink. We also have a bocce ball set, which is fun to play. Mark has also gone to yoga with me twice. Other than that, we are pretty separate in the workout department. I would like to go to the gym with Mark, but he likes to go to the gym alone and I’ve recently learned not to take it personally.

Amanda Says: “Have a great run!! Since you went to Villanova and know the area, what are your favorite spots (both foodie and non) to hang out, eat, drink, etc. in and around Philly?”

Well Amanda when I was in college I was not into food at all and couldn’t cook a thing, but I did love this one restaurant in Ardmore called Fellini’s (it’s still my favorite place there!) and I love Peace A Pizza, which I still go to for a slice whenever I am in the area. If you go check out the one on Lancaster Ave with the Hope’s Cookies inside – the cookies and shakes are fantastic! I also used to eat BLT Shorties from WaWa a lot! A couple of my favorite Philly restaurants are Alma de Cuba – fun to go to for drinks, but also good food and Buddakan. I wish I explored more of the Philly food scene when I was there. On the non-food front, a trip to King of Prussia was always fun, but I didn’t have a car until law school so it wasn’t that often that we could go. Whenever we went we ate at Fridays and got frozen yogurt at TCBY! Sometimes we would go into Philly. I loved going to the Constitution Center and to South Street. I also love Main Street in Manayunk! It’s fun to walk around and home to my first yoga studio, Yoga on Main.

P.S. If you’d like to win some salsa, which I would, check out Julie’s giveaway!

I took a picture of my tree bridge for you! This pretty street is the first 2 miles of my run.

Running Stats

• Miles: ~ 5
• Time: 43:49 (but I did stop to take pictures)
• Av. HR: 160 (that’s high!)
• Max HR: 181
• Cals: 343

After this, I did some Mixed Level Shredding and had a quick snack of an EAS Myoplex Lite. I guess Mark bought these at some point. This was certainly a first for me, but we were seriously low on food and I needed to rush to the market before work.

At first I thought it was disgusting, but by the end I kind of liked it and would like another.

I did some grocery shopping at Stop & Shop. All this was about $70

I had a buy one get one for the cereal and almost everything else was on sale. I got kiwi per the recommendation of rhodeygirl and Krista. I hardly ever eat them and have never bought them, so this is exciting.

On the way home from the store I had a cutie banana.

I had a super quick lunch of hummus on a wrap and goldfish (look at their smiles). The wraps are not good. They are bland and thick and just not good La Tortilla Low Carb nonsense. Sometimes cheap is not the way to go. Stop & Shop NJ, please start carrying Joseph’s brand wraps.

And a bowl of yogurt with pecan butter and flax.

I went to the Gap after work because they are having a big sale – 40% off all sale items, but I didn’t get anything. Of course, nothing I wanted was on sale. Isn’t that always the case! I liked these blue shorts and ridiculous dress even though it makes me look like a hot air balloon.

By the time I got home I was pretty hungry, so I had some cheese and crackers while making dinner.

I had a really great dinner. It was lentil burgers from 101 Cookbooks. This post is already quite long, so I will hold off on discussing further until I eat it for lunch tomorrow.

After dinner, I had two delicious City Girl Country Girl Chocolate Chip Cookies. A perfect end to a fabulous day!

Night!