While The City Still Sleeps

Today, I woke up at 5AM and couldn't go back to sleep. I laid in bed for about an hour before I headed out for a run. I've noticed that I perform better before the sun's out. There's something about running while the city still sleeps that allows me to feel more relaxed and run for longer periods of time. Once the sun is out and traffic begins to build up, I feel so exposed. All I wanna do is walk home and not be seen. I don't know if that makes sense? LOL

Today there was no sun. Yey for cloudy days.

Half way done. Nice little park by my house.

 I like that around 6AM other people are also at the park! I saw a couple of people walking their dogs, and others jogging by themselves. It make me feel at ease because I live in the hood and it's not a good idea to be out alone, especially at night (or in my case before sunrise.) I still remain alert at all times.

I wear bright colors so I'm visible to cars LOL I hope it helps.

After my run, I took Kimbo and Max out for a walk. I walk them separately and take about 25 minutes with each. As you can see from the picture above, Kimbo was not too happy about our walk being over. He layed there for about 5 minutes before giving up.

Sitting on the porch. He finally gave up after he started to get sleepy. Here he's yawning.

Max's turn! He was a good boy today.

Max chillaxing after our walk.

Late Night Run

Since I slept in this morning, I had to make it up with a late night run. Tonight was my first time running in timed intervals. I usually just run for X amount of time or until I reach a certain X amount of miles. Although it was hard to keep track (most legit runners have watches that track each mile/time but of course they're like $200!), I think I was able to manage. I typed the time/distance on my phone for each split, which btw is hard!  I don't know if I'll do it again, but I hope this helps me improve my average pace.

My average pace was higher than what I expected, of course the warm up and cool down are included. My goal is to run closer to a 10 minute pace. Only dedication and time will tell.... goodnight! 

Grilled P&J Banana Sandwich

Today's morning run didn't happen, oops! **Gotta hit up the gym tonight** My bed was just tooooooo comfy, I couldn't get up! First thing that did come to mind, as I dragged myself out the bed, was what to eat for breakfast. I had the essentials to make a peanut butter and jelly OH-OKAY-YUUH sandwich. Just as I got started, I decided to chopped a banana and throw the whole thing on a pan!!

Hello, I am a p&j banana sandwich. 

The result was a mouth watering p&j banana bam-in-your-mouth wonder! The p&j melted all over the bread, orgasmic! I threw in an egg with tomatoes because I knew the sandwich alone wouldn't fill me up. I was right. Mission accomplished!

I google(d) this afterwards and found out there is a recipe! [Click here]

Enjoy!

Gym Time AGAIN!

Despite hitting up the gym this morning, after work I felt that I needed to go back. As soon as I got home, I grabbed my gym clothes and off the door I was. I did an easy 2 mile walk on the treadmill.

I'm about to eat a quick light dinner since I didn't eat when I got home :\