Oh, what a great week. Ha, it feels like my lesson in contentment is a work in progress. God is constantly revealing his abundant blessings on our family an me individually. I think that being a child of God makes life so much more worth living and I don't know how peeps can wander this earth without a relationship with him.
Obsessing over: Claremont,CA this is a town about 2 miles from my house. It's the cutest little village and the restaurants are amazing. Super cute shops. Just charming!!! I love spending time here and love how close it is.
Wrapped up in: Family time! I love having my Hubbs home and we actually get another week with him home,yay! Being all together for all the fun, nonsense and shenanigans we get into makes my life so wonderful and I'm thankful for the time we get wrapped up in each other.
Working on: looking back at my accomplishments physically and being grateful for my journey of being healthy. Instilling a healthy and active lifestyle for me and for my girls is my focus. Not to obsess over their bodies but how they will live and enjoy their lives while implementing activity and healthy living.
Thinking about: how I can spend some time volunteering with my family. We have a different schedule and not very traditional. This should be really labeled,praying about. Because, I really am praying about this more and that God will just show us how we can give back more.
Anticipating: some more traveling and getting my passport renewed :-)
Listening to: Springsteen and guys next to me at Starbucks who are going over a plan for shooting a commercial or film about youth athletics.
Drinking: SF hazelnut iced coffee! I just went on a run and the sun is peeking through my little village!
Happy Wednesday!
Mahalo,
Dina
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Happy Monday: race recap
Oh, what a glorious Monday! I got out of bed, feet hit the floor and thought "hmm, just a bit sore." Yay, for ice baths and foam rollers! They are both annoying, especially ice baths but the make the next day sooooo much better!
My race yesterday was amazing! It was the third in the "Beach Cities Challenge" in Southern California. I started in May 2012 with the Orange County half and then did Long Beach in October and finished up with the Huntington Beach half yesterday.
I don't really "train" for these races. But, I do run consistently every week about 15-25 miles depending of my schedule. I will usually get in a 8-10 miler the week before and then race the following weekend. I started last week with a 6 miler and decided to do 4:1 intervals of running and walking. This makes for such an amazing race! Because I can run about 10 miles with out any problem but at mile 10 I'm pretty spent. Yesterday, I was able to run easy through 10 miles then turn it up and run straight through the last 3.1! So amazing!
The course takes you through a beautiful scenic route of pacific coast hwy. The half course is an out and back with about a 3mi detour through some pricey residential. There are some inclines in that portion but nothing to crazy by my standards and I'm not a pro-incline type of gal,ha!
I usually go through so many emotions while I run but yesterday I only had a teeny little, almost breakdown. For me the fact that my run felt easy bc of the run/ walk intervals I didn't really focus on anything other than when to run and when to walk.
My amazing Hubbs was at the finish line to see me get my medal and also I actually got to visit my first post race beer garden since my mama was watching the dumplings. It was so nice to just enjoy that afterglow race moment with Mike and talk about how exciting the course was for me. He is and always has been so encouraging and his support with running has been so wonderful to have! Running can be a little time consuming and finding a balance is something he has really been a part of with our little family.
I don't run for a time goal. Maybe one day I will. But, right now I run for the experience, I run because I can and most importantly I run because it makes me so happy. I never was an athletic child or teenager. So, as an adult the while medal receiving is a big deal!
This race I got two!! One for HB and a monstrous one for completing the challenge! I was so happy to be a part of this series and I can't wait for my next race!
Mahalo,
Dina
My race yesterday was amazing! It was the third in the "Beach Cities Challenge" in Southern California. I started in May 2012 with the Orange County half and then did Long Beach in October and finished up with the Huntington Beach half yesterday.
I don't really "train" for these races. But, I do run consistently every week about 15-25 miles depending of my schedule. I will usually get in a 8-10 miler the week before and then race the following weekend. I started last week with a 6 miler and decided to do 4:1 intervals of running and walking. This makes for such an amazing race! Because I can run about 10 miles with out any problem but at mile 10 I'm pretty spent. Yesterday, I was able to run easy through 10 miles then turn it up and run straight through the last 3.1! So amazing!
The course takes you through a beautiful scenic route of pacific coast hwy. The half course is an out and back with about a 3mi detour through some pricey residential. There are some inclines in that portion but nothing to crazy by my standards and I'm not a pro-incline type of gal,ha!
I usually go through so many emotions while I run but yesterday I only had a teeny little, almost breakdown. For me the fact that my run felt easy bc of the run/ walk intervals I didn't really focus on anything other than when to run and when to walk.
My amazing Hubbs was at the finish line to see me get my medal and also I actually got to visit my first post race beer garden since my mama was watching the dumplings. It was so nice to just enjoy that afterglow race moment with Mike and talk about how exciting the course was for me. He is and always has been so encouraging and his support with running has been so wonderful to have! Running can be a little time consuming and finding a balance is something he has really been a part of with our little family.
I don't run for a time goal. Maybe one day I will. But, right now I run for the experience, I run because I can and most importantly I run because it makes me so happy. I never was an athletic child or teenager. So, as an adult the while medal receiving is a big deal!
This race I got two!! One for HB and a monstrous one for completing the challenge! I was so happy to be a part of this series and I can't wait for my next race!
Mahalo,
Dina
Friday, February 1, 2013
Leftovers...
At the end of the week I have some many leftover pictures in my phone so I thought I would use Friday to serve them up! I don't know I'm really nosey and I like seeing other peoples stuff so I thought you might want to see mine! :-)
We are so the parents that buy Disney themed merchandise and bust it out at Disneyland! The girls loved their Belle wands and I loved the five dollar Target price tag!
The girls are super into my EOS lip balm and this was Penelope's first time applying by herself. It only took me 5 minutes to get it back, we are working on that!
While shopping on Tuesday w came across this great bench that I am obsessed with and would like to have a yellow bench for my dining room.
The sunset was GORGEOUS on the way home from LA on Tuesday and mike and I stuck our phones out of the car to get a pic. This was the best of the 5 or so ones of the roof, random cars, etc..
New APP for run/walk interval training! Plus the guys voice is exciting that tells me when to run/walk. I feel like he may be attractive so I'm like "okay, okay!" when it comes on, ha!
Mama and Pen plying with my new ear buds for when I run. She likes to try out everything!
This last pic was of the moon I think on Monday night but I just loved it!!!
We have such an exciting weekend coming up I am so glad its Friday,Ready to get it started!
Mahalo!
Dina
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