Who's ready for July?

so ready!

I've managed to do my runs in the morning this week, which is an accomplishment in its self. (I'm pretty terrible at getting out of bed in the AM)  I've noticed though that by getting my workouts in early, I feel like I'm due for a workout earlier.  Tuesday morning I ran, and by Wednesday after work, I felt like I really needed to get my sweat on. Knowing that I needed to run yesterday morning & that it was too hot to do anything outside, I hit the gym, did a fast mile and a half and then some intervals on the elliptical. It felt surprisingly awesome.

these legs feel accomplished.

I'll spare you any other post-workout pics of me.
but!
with any luck, this is what July will look like. 

lots of cape time. 

 hopefully some beach

 Sox @ Camden Yards

 hanging out with these ladies

and then 2 of these 3 lovelies.

a month with 5 weekends?! yes please.

Goals for July
1. get to 12 miles  - half marathon is the first weekend of Aug. must be readyyy
2. take lots of pictures  - between the 4th, a family gathering, 4 days in baltimore, and a few of my NY girls coming to the Cape, there are LOTS of fantastic photo ops.
3. spend some QT with baby mac - oh charlie, I can NOT wait.
4. do yoga once a week -  I've done yoga a handful of times recently & always feel great after. Whether I go to a class or break my DVD, this needs to happen more - before my legs revolt against me.
5. get to the pool - my building has a pool & I have yet to go. going to need to change that. yup.

what are your goals for July?  anything missing off my list? 

June 30!

June flew by. Is it just me or was that fast?!

This morning's run was far better (and less eventful) than Tuesdays. awesome. 
I even ran a tad faster, without realizing. :)  I love that that happens.

plus it was a gorgeous morning.

As you may or may not recall.. at the beginning of this month, I gave myself a handful of goals.  Given that the month is just about over, we'll see how I did on those.

1. get up to 7.5 miles
           CHECK!   I actually went 7.8 miles without realizing. Apparently my runmeter app & mapmyrun weren't totally in sync, but when it works in my favor. I'll take it!!
2. commit to the half marathon
           CHECK!  only 5 weeks to go. Excited!
3. have a fantastic birthday
           CHECK!  so so good.
4. take Boston pictures
            ehhh. I took some. like a handful.
5. fully convert to my Mac.
            check.  I use my mac exclusively but I still have yet to transfer any of my pictures from my PC.  need to get on that.

I also had a behind the scenes goal to up my blogging & be more consistent which I did for the most part. PLUS 

I scored a ticket for the Healthy Living Summit, which is hosted by a bunch of my favorite bloggers. Super excited!

happy thursday kids!  only 24 hours til a 4.5 day weekend!!

Goals for 28

As many of you know, I'm a HUGE list person. I make lists for everything & I usually have a handful of lists going at once.
so, I made a number of resolutions for 2011 (which I'm about half way through) but I decided that in addition to (and slightly overlapping), I needed some goals for my 28th year. 
- Inspired by On Tap for Today

1. take a cooking class

2. take a photography class

3. watch 28 movies (1/28)

4. run a 5K  (or a few)

5. run a 10K - registered RnR 10K NY  10/22/11

6. run half marathon - registered RnR Providence 8/7/11

7. run a "fierce" race (warrior dash, rugged maniac, etc)

8. go to one blogger event - registered HLS in Aug

9. try bikram/hot yoga

10. plan and go on an excellent vacation
11. come up with 10 awesome alli-original recipes.

any other fun suggestions? 


Progress
Movies
1. The Machinist - 6/14/10

JUNE

saturday afternoon & I'm in a phenomenal mood.

Just did a slow but fantastic 6 miles. I got nervous that it was loong so ran slow and actually finished feeling really great. yayyy!

last night, I got drinks with Sara. still amazes me how 5 months ago she & I were both living in NY & now we both live here.  loove it.
JUNE!  its finally summer.  and I actually plan to spend the whoole month in Boston.
and I'm excited.  I've had a few weekends here but not nearly enough recently.  I did manage to snap a shot of this pretty sunset the other night though.

so goals for June.
1. get up to 7.5 miles
2. commit to the half marathon
3. have a fantastic birthday
4. take Boston pictures - since its finallyyy nice enough to spend some time outside.
5. fully convert to my Mac. I'm using both for now, but the mac is soo much better.

i'm off to enjoy this gorgeous day and will leave you with this:

two of my favorite men & their giant bass. 

doesnt get much more summer than that.