Scorcher out today! We are currently experiencing a major heat wave and it's only going to get worse. I know the heat is pretty much everyones worst nightmare, but I will take a heatwave over a snow storm any day!
I had 6 miles on tap this morning and finished in around 53 min. Still averaging that 8:30 pace but I do notice that my speed is a bit slower when I run on the treadmill. I guess this is because I am manually controlling it rather than just running on how I feel. This is why treadmills are not the best for doing speedwork but regardless, it gets the job done!
I only wanted something cold for breakfast….
Overnight Oats came to the rescue!
Chocolate Covered Raspberry Overnight Oats
Last Night: 1/2 Cup Oats
Raspberry Chobani
1/2 banana
1 tsp Chia
1 tsp flax
Morning: Raspberries and Blueberries
Pecans and Coconut
Dark Chocolate AB drizzle
Raspberry Jam
With ice cold coffee and sweet juicy grapefruit and berries
I adore overnight oats in the summer.
I spent the morning driving. I had a presentation in a location that was about 45 min away and with the commute ahead and I came prepared with some good road tunes.
For the past few days, I've been craving some Dave. You see, I was a HUGE DMB fan in my younger years and although I still enjoy his music (mainly his original work) I seem to go through phases where I really crave his music. I just found out that he will be in Hershey on Friday night which kind of explains where this desire is coming from. I seem to get very nostalgic when Dave comes to town.
Anyways, the windows down, Crash was blaring, and I was loving the drive.
After my presentation, I came home to make a fast but filling lunch.
The Fresh Vegetable Soup I made this past weekend
Salad with all kinds of goodness
With a slice of some of the best bread I have purchased in a long time. This was Wegmans Spinach and Parmesan bread and I highly recommend. I'm not even a big bread person unless its full of flavor and this definitely delivered!
When I got back to work, I discovered that our AC unit was broken. Ugh, not a happy workplace! They eventually got it to work partially which kept people from attacking one another but it was still very miserable.
I got home and thought about forgoing the gym, but I knew I would regret it so I got changed and told myself I would give it 30 min.
1.5 mile on treadmill 1% incline (warm up)
3 sets of 12 overhead press, 40 lbs
3 sets of 12 bench press, 40 lbs
3 sets of 12 lat pulldowns, 40 lbs
5 min bike (cool down)
Exactly 30 min and I was out!
I did walk Sammy but both him and I could barely make the loop around the block. I think my pupils were burning it was so hot.
The thought of eating something hot and heavy was just not appealing as you can imagine.
I remembered about this recipe I have been wanting to make for some time now and decided tonight was a great night to try it out.
Cold Sesame Noodle Salad
Rice Noodles
Carrot Sticks
Mango
Shredded Cabbage
Broccoli Slaw
Edamame
Peanuts
Sesame Soy Vinaigrette
I also grilled shrimp and pineapple teriyaki skewers to go along with the salad. Grilled asparagus made it on there too!
This was just what I had in mind, light, refreshing, and flavorful.
I'm off to see if I can score some DMB tickets. I hear this is his last year touring so now I really want to see him one last time!
Until tomorrow!
What bands/artists were you into in high school? For me, I was all about DMB, Phish, Dispatch, OAR, and Sublime. Haha, totally into that scene during my adolescent years.
OMG, I love Dave! You really can't go wrong with him! I hope you can get tickets! Too fun!
ReplyDeleteI have to get some dark chocolate almond butter...I drool over your oats all of the time because of it!
I used to love Dave Matthews as well! And like you, I still randomly get the urge to listen to some of my old CDs.
ReplyDeleteI have a great memory from when I was in college at LVC. DMB came to Hershey but we were too poor for tickets, so my friends and I just camped outside the park and listened to the concert. It was a fun night!
Amen- I love the heat! I'd go for that over cold any day. Beautiful breakfast. Glad you enjoyed your drive. I love OAR. They are playing a concert close by us in August- Josh and I may go. Beautiful dinner too- You're making me want to whip up a batch of peanut noodles
ReplyDeleteI completely agree ... I'll take a heat wave before a snow storm any day!!
ReplyDeleteI think you've inspired me to eat some cold oats in the morning ... I'll have to get that together right now ... thanks! ; )
hee hee i knew you and i were soul sistahs - i was totally into phish and dave matthews when i was younger. i can't say i'm still a fan today, but i do occasionally blast "crash" when i drive - it's such a good song!
ReplyDeleteIt WAS a scorcher out yesterday! Today is supposed to get even warmer! I've been loving iced coffee these days! It's the perfect refreshing drink for this insane weather. :)
ReplyDeleteI need to find this Raspberry Chobani! I haven't seen it here.
ReplyDeleteI love DMB. I could NEVER get tickets in high school - the concerts sold out super fast - but I fianlly got to see them 2 years ago when they came and played a free concert in memorial of the VT shootings. I love that they did that, and they were amazing live.
If you don't have their newest cd, get it! It's great.
Such great salads you have going! I loved seeing the blackberries...what a wonderful summer addition. It has been nice and cool in Colorado (only 70 degrees today) so I will try to send some cool vibes your way!
ReplyDeleteWow that is quite a fibrous lunch! Great for the digestion tract! ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I hope your AC works now...it's crazy hot right now, and I think I could get heat stroke if there were no AC!
I have never been much into bands, but for a short while, I did get a bit interested in Westlife and A1 because all my friends were crazy about them!