Anyone else feel like they didn’t have a weekend? Saturday and Sunday totally flew by for me! I’m not sure that I’m ready for Monday quite yet.
So, I got my official race time: 24:56 (8:02)! Wahoo! PR for me! 
My previous 5K PR was 25:35 (8:14) at the Jingle Bell more than a year ago, so I’ve definitely made some progress since then– even though I haven’t been running very much because of my bursitis. I think that my faster time is due to Body Pump. My body is just so much stronger, so I was able pick up the pace and really push myself without any training.
Breakfast
I craved creamy oats for breakfast this morning, so I made a batch of old-fashioned oats + oat bran with banana.
In the mix:
- 1/4 cup oats
- 1/4 cup oat bran
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
- 1/2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 cup water
- 1 banana
- 2 scoops Nuttzo
VinoVoyage II
Remember my post about the VinoVoyage last fall? Well, I had an absolute blast at it! And, the event first initiated my working relationship with Gordon’s. You never know where you’ll make a connection! 
The next VinoVoyage is May 13, 2010, and it is THE wining and dining event of the season! The event includes a tasting over 250 wines, a buffet dinner, DJ, dancing, and live jazz music. It was such a fun time last year! I can’t wait!
Question of the Day
What was the best vacation you’ve ever taken?
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I can’t believe I am going to NYC tonight!!! I’m excited, but I feel so unprepared. I haven’t packed or done anything yet! 
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I studied abroad in France for a month. Not technically a vacation because I was taking classes…but it sure felt like it! We visited Barcelona, Paris, and lived in Toulouse. I fell in love with French culture!
Congratulations on the PR! Dang girl! You’re fast
My favorite vacation has to be when I went to Italy last year! Amazing!
Yes! This weekend zipped by. But, then again, it always goes so quick.
My best vacation was when I studied abroad in New Zealand. It’s the most amazing place I’ve ever been to.
Congrats on the PR, that’s so exciting!! Have a great time in NY too. My whole family is from there but I haven’t been up to visit in forever…My favorite vacation ever was the week I spent in Costa Rica on a self-sustainable ecological center.
The time change totally threw me off too! I feel like Friday was yesterday!
Congrats on the PR! Very exciting and what an awesome time!
Hmmm I’d have to the best vacation is the vacation I haven’t taken yet! I’m going to NY this weekend for my first half marathon so I’m sure that will take the cake!
this weekend DID fly by, huh!? great job on your race time. have a blast in NYC!
congrats on the pr!
hard to say what my best vacay was because we take so many. life is tough, what can i say…
maybe jamaica for our honeymoon.
have fun in nyc!
Have fun in NYC!! And yes, this weekend was WAY too short!!!
I have GOT to try oat bran and oats mixed together. I love them on their own… they must be even better when mixed!
Best vacation I ever had was to Ireland and England about 5 years ago?
I love reading about all these trips! My best trip is a tie between our wedding and honeymoon in Italy and Nicaragua.
Hands down, hiking all 5 national parks in Utah!
Congrats on the PR and have an amazing time in NYC! The best vacation for me was our honeymoon to Greece! I want to go back everyday!
weekends always fly by! and this time change has really got me off this time around for some reason! Have a great time in NYC!
Congrats on the PR!
Best vacation: Paris. I think it’s the most amazing city in the world.
Great race time! Good for you! My best vacation was going to France with my husband! Such a great experience! Have a safe/fun trip to NY!
Congrats on the PR …that’s awesome!!!! My best vacation was probably my honeymoon.
Have fun in NYC….one of my fav cities.
A pr in those conditions is a real accomplishment, Congrats!
I have yet to beat going to Disneyworld as a kid, I was completely in awe that a place like that existed and that my Dad was willing to take me there. This spring break I’m going back to Florida (but probably no Disney).
Europe by far! Italy is my favorite place! Have fun in NYC!
Congrats on the PR! Overcoming the weather obstacle makes the accomplishment that much sweeter.
Awesome job on the PR!
My favorite vacation was to Antarctica…it was the trip of a lifetime!
Congrats on the PR! That’s wonderful! Best vacation: my 10 day honeymoon in Maui..hands down! FABULOUS!
My best “vacation” was a 3 1/2 month trip around Europe post college grad. I use the word vacation loosely though because all that travel on a tight budget was hard work!! Well worth it tho
Yay for the new PR! Yet another reason strength training kicks A!
Congrats on the PR, and your’re lucky. You’re heading up here just as it’s supposed to get nice and be in the 60s all week! Best vacay was one of the two cruises I went on, or just a week in OBX. Haha all vacations are awesome.
Congrats on the PR!!! And it seemed like you were worried because of the rain & cold! Glad it turned out so well!
Best vacation – my honeymoon with my husband to Little Dix Bay on BVI. We still talk about it almost 3 years later. It was amazing and we hope to go back there again soon. I highly recommend the resort to everyone!! Gorgeous!
Have a safe trip down here tonight! At least the weather should be much better tomorrow!
Congrats on the PR! My best vacation was last April in Australia — best beaches ever!
My best vacation was traveling through Europe on Summer 4 years ago with my sister. I was so happy back then and we had a great adventure!
The best vacation I ever took was to the Olympics in 2000 in Australia. The Olympics were awesome and Australia is a beautiful county!
Awesome job on the PR! I’m doing a St. Paddy’s Day 5K on Wednesday…kinda nervous because I don’t usually try to run fast.
My best vacation was probably Hawaii…but I wish my family could have been there!
Congrats on such an awesome race time!
My fav vacas are our traditional family summer trips to northern michigan to be on the lake! c’monnnnn summer
hands down, a luxury safari to s. africa and botswana 3 years ago. the entire time we were there we knew there would never be anything to top it – so we just soaked it all in.
Great run!
My favorite vacation was the summer before I went into fourth grade, when my parents took me to all the Laura Ingalls Wilder sites from the “Little House” books. We started in Wisconsin, where “Little House in the Big Woods” was set, then went to Kansas (Little House on the Prairie), Minnesota (On the Banks of Plum Creek), and then out to South Dakota (On the Shores of Silver Lake and all the rest). We ended in Mansfield, Mo., where Laura and Almanzo went after they married.
I was a huge fan of those books, so spending time seeing all the places Laura lived was the coolest.
My favorite vacation was a 3 week trip I took the year I turned 18 up through Canada. On the way back south I spent my 18th birthday in New York City watching Angela Lansbury in “Mame”. That trip is full of memories and it’s been a VERY long time ago.
I can’t believe that body pump helped your race time! That’s awesome!! I am still working on my Lose the Dough challenge but I haven’t been very consistent with weights. They have a similar class at my school’s gym called Body tone (at 7AM!!!!) but your success is really inspiring me to wake up at the insanely early hour of 6am just to try it! I’d love to see a huge difference like that.
Plus if my bod looks anything like your goal picture for lose the dough then it would be well worth the lost hours of rest!
The best vacation I’ve ever taken was to Europa!
Congrats on the PR
first of all congrats on your pr lady! thats awesome
now you can enjoy some guiness on wednesday & really celebrate st pattys day.
my fave vaca so far was the one i took to greece – i adore all things greek. other than that though i really enjoy traveling anywhere with my boyfriend, hes the best travel buddy!
Best vacation is always the last vacation I took!
We went to Sydney, Australia last year. I grew up there, but hadn’t been back in many years, and my husband had never been. It was a blast being back in my 2nd home!
Congrats on the PR. I’m always surprised at how much strength training makes me run faster.
I went to Rome, Torino, Switzerland and Paris on a week long trip with a friend while studying abroad. We saw so much and had a blast. I would love to go back.
Have fun in NYC!
The best vacation (so far) has to be last February my husband and I took our first bike (motorcycle) trip to Arizona. We didn’t plan the date right because it was unseasonably cold (35 every morning). But we bundled up and rode the whole week.
Hmmm, well my weekend was my first ever in Paris, and I spent most of it at a Parisian hospital being told I might have to cancel the rest of ym trip and go home… so can I say this vacation is simultaneously my best and worst?
That is an awesome 5k time. I’m totally jealous!
My favorite vacation was my honeymoon last summer in Italy. I miss it so much!
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