This last week was a blend of relaxation, low-key workouts, and a short trip to San Diego for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon on Sunday. As I mentioned earlier this week, my workouts were sort of “blah.” I guess it was foreshadowing that I was ready for Sunday because (spoiler alert) I PR’d.
Here are last week’s workouts:
- Monday – 7 mi. hike in the Palisades
- Tuesday – 1 hour Kayak with my mom, weights in the evening
- Wednesday – SoulCycle
- Thursday – 4.5 mile run
- Friday – Yoga at Runyon Canyon, 30 min. on treadmill
- Saturday – 3 mi pre-race run
- Sunday – 13.1!
Clik here to view.
the view from my mat: yoga at Runyon Canyon.
I loved this yoga class – and since it’s donation-based, I’ll try and come a lot. It was nice getting some chaturangas going in the sun!
Other highlights for the week include FINALLY trying often-raved about (double) IPA, Pliny the Elder, at Library Alehouse in SM with Aviva and Armita. It. was. bomb.
Clik here to view.
Pliny the Elder!
Friday night involved a trip back to Santa Monica for dinner at a new-t0-me place called West 4th & Jane with my usual law school crew (Aviva, Armita, Taylor, and Blake, plus Blake’s fiancee, Heather!). I was bummed at first because the restaurant claimed they had Estrella beer on tap, but they didn’t when we got there. I lived and got an IPA, and then tasted one of Armita’s beers from her sampler and knew instantly what my second beer would be.
Clik here to view.
beer 101 for armita and blake.
I had the Smog City Coffee Porter. Espresso and a Dark Beer? Literally my two loves merging. The food was great too, and the company was alright too, I guess…
Friday morning I got up early to log a couple miles before I high-tailed it to SD. I decided to run the RnRSD Half relatively recently when my buddy Blake had to bow out due to a knee injury. I did something that is frowned upon by the race group – and bought his bib – but I probably wouldn’t have done it anyway and I couldn’t let a perfectly good bib go to waste. I booked a local Motel 6 and Jenn agreed to go down to San Diego with me. Since it was a last-minute decision and a super early wake-up call, I knew this would be easier than trying to arrange to stay with anyone.
We left around 10 am Friday and got to San Diego around 12:30. Even managed a pre-check in In-N-Out trip.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Advice for Motel 6 guests: bring your own shampoo and conditioner and arrange to have someone bring you a hot cup of coffee at the race. Oh, and be charming to the check-in guy and he’ll give you a 10% discount.
We headed over to the expo where I met up with Blake and Heather to grab “my” bib. We explored the expo and nabbed some free samples. I heard Deena Kastor was there but didn’t see her.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Jenn and I said bye to Blake and Heather and then explored Downtown San Diego for a bit. I kept my eyes peeled for SkinnyRunner but didn’t see her. Sad.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
We eventually met up with Jenn’s friends, Joe and Kate, for dinner.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
goat cheese pizza.
I obviously carbo-loaded. We headed back to the hotel early after arranging to carpool to the start tomorrow with Kate and Joe since Joe was also running, and hit the hay early, but obviously not before I went into OCD mode and laid everything out, including my now “lucky” PR shirt. Other things I decided were lucky: this was half-marathon #7. Boom.
It ended up being a great race. Full recap to follow, but for now, here’s all you need to know:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Oh, and I started my judicial externship today for a judge in the criminal courts building downtown. It’s gonna be super interesting, that’s for sure!
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
