Exercise, Food, Healthy eating, Running, Training

Welcome to My Life as Mrs!

Welcome to the new blog, My Life as Mrs! This new blog has been a long time coming. I had been trying for so long to think of a good name to represent me and I’d had a whole bunch of inspirational ideas for a name but the domain name was usually taken whether or not there was a blog attached to it. Well I finally figured that I wanted a name that would move along with me as my life changed and I really liked the idea of incorporating “Mrs” because being a wife is pretty much my favorite thing. I love my husband and all of our adventures! Since we’re in an extremely transitional period right now with him just about finishing with school, about to take his boards, and starting a new job, a lot of things are going to be changing over the next few months and now is a great time to start documenting our adventures in a more dedicated fashion.

I’m in full swing for triathlon training since my sprint tri is coming up in 6 weeks! It’s been slow going to get into it because of pain in my back that I’ve been dealing with lately, but things are going well all things considered so I’m going to be sharing more updates and details as they’re actually going on so I can have a better training log of this training cycle.

So let’s start with Sunday’s run!

I look like I’m falling asleep but the sun was right in my eyes! About 2 seconds after Brady took this photo, I realized that my shoelaces and my top were pretty much exactly the same color. Yay for color coordination! I haven’t been running a whole lot lately due to the aforementioned pain but when I have been, I’ve been running to push for speed because I really held back on that last year when I was training. However, when I run for a faster speed like in the 8:30-10:00 min/mi range, I usually don’t run for more than 3-5 minutes max in an interval. So for Sunday’s run, I really wanted to see where I was at if I focused on running for an amount of time instead of speed. I managed out a decent 20 minute run with no breaks at a 12:26 min/mi average pace. I was getting some nerve problems down through my right leg the last 3 minutes of running and I’ve been a bit sore in my quads and hamstrings today but I’m actually really satisfied with that run considering it hasn’t been a consistent endeavor lately.

I haven’t been eating the healthiest lately for various reasons but since I’m once again staying at home for a few weeks, I’ve been inspired to do more meal prep in my free time. I ran by Aldi today to pick up some groceries because when you’ve got a small budget, they have the best value. My healthy cart only cost me $31.92 and I’ve already enjoyed a delicious dinner with today’s finds!

While I was at Aldi, I picked up some cauliflower because I’ve really been wanting to try out cauli rice. It looks like a great way to sneak in one of my lesser favorite vegetables. It’s not like I hate cauliflower… but it’s unlikely you’ll find this on my plate if I’ve got a choice. I also grabbed some sweet potatoes so I can try out sweet potato noodles. I found this recipe that looks delicious and I’m hoping it tastes as good as it looks. I got one of those veggetti spiralizer things for our wedding and even though I’ve had it for 2 years and been wanting to use it many times, I never have! So that’s going to change this week. One of my favorite finds was a spaghetti squash which usually cost around $8 or $9 but was only $2.99. I’m really hoping this isn’t one of those too good to be true things and that it’s actually a good one because I really like spaghetti squash.

In other news, my brother and sister recently celebrated their birthdays. Caleb turned 13 and Hanna turned 20! These two are making me feel old. Caleb entered his teens and Hanna just left them behind. I can’t believe my baby siblings are getting so big!