With the glorious chilly temperatures hovering through the morning in Ocala today, I decided to shuffle my workout schedule around a bit and tackle the long run on my half marathon training plan for the week around lunchtime today.
Sadie was amped as usual and basically pulled me through our entire 10 mile run.
We ran a ginormous loop around town and finished 10 miles in 1 hour and 30 minutes (9:05 minute mile pace).
I’m not sure how or why my pace per mile seems to be dropping as I increase the mileage of my long runs, but I’ll take it! I think a lot of it has to do with the cooler weather. It is 10 times more pleasant to run outside when the heat doesn’t make you feel like your face is going to melt off.
Lunch
Lunch was top-of-mind after a quick post-run shower.
I made breakfast for lunch: Scrambled eggs with veggies and cheese, topped with 1/2 of an avocado and served with a buttered English muffin on the side.
I basically inhaled my lunch and before I knew it I was back in the pantry looking for more food.
I spy, with my little eye, salted pistachios!!!
I bought a bag of Harry & David pistachios as a stocking stuffer for Ryan for Christmas and think I may need to replace them since I ate more than my fair share out of his bag today. Sharing is caring, right? I just couldn’t stop eating them this afternoon. The saltiness called to me!
I hope you’re all having a great Friday out there! Our plans for the weekend are very low key, which sounds perfect to me. I’m hoping to make it to the movies at some point to see Les Miserables. Have any of you seen it yet? Thoughts? I absolutely love musicals, but have never seen Les Mis. I think a lot of the music is beautiful, so I’m anxious to see it!
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great job! i can’t imagine running in the middle of the day. i prefer going early in the morning- like 5am, early. something about getting it over with before anything else, i guess. plus i hate running when the sun is up- not sure how that’ll fly during my race in a couple of months! :/ do you wear sunglasses? any brand you would recommend?
funny about your pace picking up for your long runs. i’ve noticed that i have been much faster on my weekend long runs than my mid-week long runs. weird how that works! i think i get much more excited about doing 13 miles vs 7…..
i’m crunching on pistachios, right now, too 🙂 SO good!
Well done on the run! I’m trying to get outside for runs more myself but the gale force winds and rain are making it easier to stick to the treadmill! Though I miss the fresh air!
I love musicals too but I saw Les Mis this weekend and did not like it at all! I was bored until like the last 10 minutes! You may enjoy it since others I saw it with did. It just wasn’t for me!
Nice job on your run, Julie! Running in cooler temperatures can make a world of difference. When I trained for my half-marathon this summer, I made sure my run would be complete by 8 a.m. at the least; I can’t take heat and humidity, ha! I really, really want to see Les Mis–let us know if you like it!
Congrats on your 10 miler! Your an inspiration for my half marathon training! Les mis was awesome!!! It’s long but incredibly well done and the music is great!
Just saw les mis on Wednesday and I had never seen it! Music blew me away and I didn’t expect the acting to be that good but it was superb!! Absolutely amazing!!
I thought les mis was wonderful and VERY emotional!! Because I know most of the songs by heart, I was a little disappointed that the singing wasn’t quite up to “broadway standards.” I still thought it was a great movie, but beware there is pretty much no “speaking”…all singing! Haha
I saw Les Mis this week with a friend. I’m not quite sure what drew me to it, since I normally don’t like musicals. I can’t watch Rent or Chicago. However, I LOVED Les Mis and it kept me completely engaged for all 3 hours. It is a MUST see. I highly, highly recommend it. I may even see it again 🙂
Way to go on the run! That picture of your 4 feet is cute 🙂
Nice going on the 10 miles! I always find I run faster outdoors as opposed to the treadmill…which is the opposite for most people!
Great job killing that 10 miles! I can’t even imagine running in the Florida heat…I honestly don’t think I’d be able to do it. And we had pistachios at my parents’ over Christmas this past week…mmm they’re SO good. I need to buy some of my own now!
10 miles is a loooong run! Good job. And I want to see a movie too, that movie does look good 🙂
Nice 10 miles! I’m so jealous it is warm there. Here visiting my family in PA and I did my 10 miles this morning on the TM at the gym. Hope you have a lovely weekend 🙂
Great job on the 10 miles, especially at such an excellent pace! I absolutely LOVED Les Mis, but I highly recommend taking some tissues with you. I’m not a big crier but I was a mess!
Nice job on that 10 miler! Awesome pace! And I bet it’s fun to have a dog that runs with you. That makes me want one.
she really does motivate me to run! i know how much she enjoys it, so running w/ her reminds me to do my best to enjoy it, too. 🙂 sometimes it’s harder than others… 😉
I’ve seen Les Mis at a local theatre, but it wasn’t anything professional. I’ve only heard amazing things about the movie so far, and I’m really hoping I get out to see it too!
I saw Les Miserables on Christmas with my mom. If you love musicals, I think you will love this movie. The production is phenomenal.
Les Mis is absolutely wonderful! I was so excited to see it the other day, and it absolutely surpassed my expectations. They actually did this musical different than most musical movies in that they did all the singing live, rather than recording it a few months before filming and then lip-syncing. It’s not a theatre musical so the quality or tone of their voices may surprise people but I think it adds to the genuineness of the story – it’s really truthful and raw, which makes it so great. I hope you enjoy it!!!
Your lunch reminded me of seeing a woman yesterday at the doctor’s office.. she pulled an avocado out of her bag, peeled off part of the skin, and basically ate it like an apple!
ha! i like her style. 🙂
Les Mis was absolutely amazing! I don’t normally like musicals, or lengthy movies, but I was glued to the screen the whole time. Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman will def. be nominated for an Oscar. Even my boyfriend really liked it, so that made me really happy! The music was great and I am on the hunt for the soundtrack. BTW great job on the ten miles, I’m just trying to get in shape for the Color Run in Orlando in January.
Awesome job on the run today Julie! Now you have me craving avocado and pistachios.
Great job on your long run! Have a wonderful weekend!
Yeah, take the tissues, the whole theater was sniffling! We have always loved Les Mis, it’s my husbands favorite and is really a great story. If you like Broadway shows you should definitely see it live, but I enjoyed the movie because sometimes at a live show it’s hard to understand all the words or figure out exactly what’s happening from where you’re sitting and how the stage is set up, you know? I can see how people that have seen it live don’t really enjoy the movie, but if you go into it knowing it’s going to be somewhat different you can adjust your expectations. Highly recommend the movie, but if you ever get the chance to see it live you have to! 🙂
I love your Mizunos! That color is so nice! I love when you go faster than you expect to on your long runs. Such a nice surprise 🙂
Enjoy Les Mis! I haven’t seen it yet but I’m hoping to catch it this weekend – everyone who I know that has seen it has said it’s really good.
Way to go!! 10 miles is a huge accomplishment!
I heard les mis was good! or Django! I havent’ seen either yet, but want to see both!
Hi julie i wandered what you liked using better. your garmin or runkeeper on your phone? i just got a garmin but im used to runkeeper. thoughts? thanks
You should definitely see Les Mis! I didn’t know the story and only one song but I thought it was great, the whole thing was beautiful and so well done. And the time flew by!
I literally just got out of the theatre 10 minutes ago and it was GREAT, just a little long. Warning: don’t drink before, or during the first half of the movie. Haha
Great run!
I want to see that movie, too. Maybe next week…
I know a lot of women who would kill to have legs like Sadie’s! Haha! That first picture cracked me up!
I saw Les Mis on Christmas Day and it was amazing!! I am a huge fan and it was one of the first musicals I ever heard. (Phantom being the other.) I listened to it on a record way back when! I tried so hard not to sing along to all the songs. It was so hard!! Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway will win Oscars. Enjoy!
Pistachios – my faaave!
Great run – it’s been too long since I’ve gotten in a long run. yikes. 🙁
I haven’t seen Les Mis yet. I’m a huge musical/broadway fan, so hoping to check it out soon. Let us know if you like it!
Our weekend is very low key, too! We saw This Is 40 (totally different than Les Mis haha) but it was pretty funny!
I love the photo of you and Sadie’s feet! So cute!
I really wanna see Les Miserables – I just love Anne Hathaway! Looking forward to hearing what you think!
Awesome run!! I have a hard time getting in good quality, long runs in the middle of the day. It’s all mental, I know…but I prefer early morning, or late afternoon.
I just saw Les Miserables this morning and loved it!! I basically cried through the second half of the movie, so bring tissues!
i am jealous of the outside running weather! i live in nebraska and the sidewalks are filled with snow and patches of ice! 🙂 i love your running shoes – what kind are they? 🙂
Awesome run, but be careful! Increasing speed + distance is how I got my plaguing runners knee that I’ve had forever and can’t even run .25mi now. :/ good luck 🙂
I haven’t seen Les Mis yet but I’ve been hearing great things about it!
Les Mis got rave reviews apparently- according to everyone I’ve spoken to.
Congrats on the 10 miler! I understand that ravenous feeling; last time I had a long run, I inhaled Christmas cookies! Not the most nutritious, but tasty? Very 🙂
G4eat 10 Miller with a wonderful running buddy!
whew nice job on your 10 miler! i’m finally up to 3 miles now (getting a head start on my 2013 resolution ;)) i can’t wait to run in the 50s though… we’ll be in the single digits a little longer here in MT though! yikes!
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Good for you to tackle that run and at such a speedy pace!!
Woah! Great job on that run!
Les Mis was great! I want to go see it again.
Your running totally inspires me! I ran a 10k last September and I am planning on trying my first half this summer!
that’s exciting! congrats on your 10k and good luck on training for your first half!!
I loved the first 15 minutes of Les Mis, but that’s all I saw because the emergency alarm in the movie theater went off and everyone had to evacuate. The theater wound up cancelling all screenings for the rest of the evening too so we weren’t able to catch a later showing. I blogged about it because it was such an unusual experience. Fortunately nothing serious happened and nobody was in danger. I went running around the lake adjacent to the theater complex the next day and the entire place looked fine–nobody would have ever known that anything happened there unless someone told them.
that’s really unnerving. i’m glad everyone was okay. i’d be nervous, too!