I hope your weekend is going well! We’ve had a great time entertaining my sister-in-law and playing tourist a bit in our own city.
Today we fly out to spend some time with family in the northeast, which we’re all looking forward to.
L will stay with my parents for two days while we get a quick getaway, and will even get to meet up with one of my favorite bloggers. 
The day after we get back is the half marathon… at 6:30am Sunday morning. That should be interesting!
I don’t feel all that prepared for this half, but am hoping the marathon fitness will carry me through. I took it easy for the first 3-4 weeks post-marathon, and now had two weeks to ramp up before tapering again. Here’s what this week looked like:
Weekly workout recap
Monday: Tina’s boot camp
Tuesday: Interval run (5 miles with 4×800 at 3:08, 3:12, 3:13, 3:13)+ 1 hour spin
Wednesday: 6.5 easy run + Cathe low impact DVD
Thursday: Cathe superset DVD (lots of squats, lunges, push ups, etc)
Friday: 10 run (last 4 at 7:45 pace) – sore butt from Cathe’s superset workout!
Saturday: taught spin class + arms/core
Sunday: Planning 5-6 easy miles
It will be a shock to switch to winter running this week, but the timing worked out well. With the race next weekend, I won’t be running much while we travel.
Here are a few things we were eating last week:
Apple Raisin Oat Muffins; Easy Guacamole; Butternut Squash Fries; Cilantro Lime Fish Tacos (recipe coming this week)
I’m excited that I don’t have to menu plan this week! I don’t think I’ll be doing any cooking. However, I did come across some great recipes this week, so here are a few ideas if you’re looking for something new:
Beef and Butternut Squash Slow Cooker Stew
And a few yummy snacks/desserts:
Link up your menu and/or visit a few others for inspiration!
Have a great time! I’m super jealous. We need a vacation in the worst way right now. Hopefully the weather will cooperate with your running and you won’t have to deal with any big snowstorms.
Thanks for the link love!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama recently posted..Quick Healthy Cooking with Organic Pizza
tough workout schedule! I’m linking up backwards as I try to figure out what the heck we are going to eat this week!
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I hope you enjoy your trip! I have a half next Sun as well. I definitely won’t be doing any Cathe lower body workouts!!
Heather (Where’s the Beach) recently posted..Fun For Friday – Loving, Thankful For, Enjoying
Enjoy your time away! you will smoke that half marathon Laura, you are so strong!
Lisa @ RunWiki recently posted..Kyle’s Krusade Race Recap
i agree. You will do great! ENJOY it! Wish we could all come cheer!
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thanks for sharing!!
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Oh you will be fine for the half marathon after your awesome Full marathon! You’re weekly workouts sound awesome! I’ve been thinking about looking into teaching spin someday. I love it and they don’t offer enough classes at our gym. Do you enjoy teaching it?
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Yes, I love it! I was trained through Les Mills RPM, so I mostly do their choreography (pros and cons to this…) I’m happy to chat more about it sometime, feel free to email me with questions.
Laura recently posted..Tapering for the half + Menu link up
Looks like a great week of a variety of training. Good job on the interval run. You’ll have a great half this weekend. Enjoy your little getaway.
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Welcome to the Northeast!!! Hopefully this storm will be gone before you get here!!! That guac looks to die for….easily my favorite food! You’re doing awesome with your training!
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yippee for a getaway and spending time with your parents, also so nice having them around to help out!
I plan on getting my menu linked up tomorrow!
Awesome! Glad you can link up!
Laura recently posted..Tapering for the half + Menu link up
Have a fun trip and getaway!! Good luck on your race when you get back! We had fish tacos last week too! Talk about yummy!
A week without cooking sounds nice. Enjoy!
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Have a great trip! The weather out this way is actually looking relatively warm this week – in the 40s most days – so you shouldn’t need to bundle up too much for your runs : )
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Have fun on your trip! We had a similar week of sightseeing with family. It is nice to see your town in a new light. And I always love seeing the food you make. Yum!
And I’m planning to do Boston 2014. Let’s definitely meet up there!!
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I feel the same way that you do about how my training is going and my upcoming half marathon. Those Apple Raisin Oat Muffins look good. I need to try them!
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I’ve been posting my weekly meal plans for a couple weeks not but just joined your link-up this week! Love it
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Thanks for including my recipe! I’ll have to try the Greek Black Bean burgers! Have a great trip!
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All this food is making me so hungry!!!
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I’ve been loving linking up and making sure my meal plans are ready each week, thanks for hosting!
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Wow you’re a busy lady!! Enjoy your trip!! And good luck with the race. I’m sure you’ll be fine!
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Enjoy your trip Laura!
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YAY!! We are so so so excited!!
Awesome job on the speed workout! Those are some awesome splits! =)
Hope you are having a great time with the fam! Texting you now! xo
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Oh man, tapering is hard but it is necessary! I can’t wait for my taper, although I go a bit stir crazy when it’s actually happening! I love all your meals…you can come over here and make dinner any time and I will show you around the city in return!
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Have a great time with your family!
I know that the half will go well for you! You have the fitness
Jamie @ couchtoironwoman recently posted..Hyannis Marathon Relay Race Recap – Part 1
For some reason, my blog reader does not let me subscribe to your blog, so I need to catch up. Hope you have a great half and can’t want to read about it. I’m going to just bookmark your blog so I can check it and stay posted on your blog!
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Nice job on your runs this week. Good luck with the taper. Figuring out that whole marathon-into-half-training thing was tricky. I look forward to seeing how this goes for you! Are you going for a PR? What’s your goal? And what is the race?
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