Time? What’s that?

 

Oh, I know. It’s something that some people actually have. And I’m not one of those people. Right now, I’m trying to cram about a week’s worth of work into like 3 days–not an easy task, especially not for a perfectionist like me. Sigh. It will get better. It always does, right? Right? Anyway, because late hours at work mean that I’ve already been on my computer for like 12-13 hours today, here are my thoughts–bullet point style. 🙂

  •  Yesterday I ran 3 miles in 30ish-degree weather. Boy, was it frigid. I regretted not having gloves or something covering my ears. But a run is a run. At least I did it. 🙂 And I ran with one of my coworkers who’s awesome and hitting great running goals.
  • I’m planning on running an unofficial 10k on Friday for my Virtual Run for Sandy Recovery. It’ll be good.
  • I’m really liking Twitter. I just recently got an account and, let’s be honest, don’t know how everything works, but I think I might like it more than Facebook (gasp). So if you don’t already, follow me. I’m @FrenchFryRunner. Let’s be friends!
  • I went to bed at 9:45 on Monday. Score.
  • A few online stores are having great sales.

 

Do you like Twitter?

What’s your favorite running shoe?

FFR

Weekly Recap: November 5-11

Monday: No running.

Tuesday: I was going to go running but picked up the wrong bag and therefore didn’t have running clothes with me . . . So I didn’t run. Fail. And I decided that it would probably be wise for me to keep backup workout stuff in my car.

Wednesday: This normally would be a rest day, but because I didn’t run the previous day, I went for a 4-mile run. It felt okay. Not the best.

Thursday: No running. Running on Wednesday throws me off.

Friday: No running because it was snowing and quite treacherous by the time I got home.

Saturday: 5 miles on the treadmill. I kind of made up a progression run, which worked decently. I started out slow and gradually increased the pace until I was going pretty hard (for me) at about mile 3.5, then I slowed a bit to a more comfortable pace. I need to incorporate more speedwork into my “training.”

Sunday: Official rest day.

Total for the week: 9 miles.

Man, I really need to start cross training again! And I need to add another day of running/actually go running when I’m planning to do it. Overall, though, it was a decent week of running. I got some good runs in amid the craziness/stress that is my job. I don’t see any relief from stress anytime soon, though, unfortunately, so I have to make time to get after it.

What do you do to relieve stress (besides running)?

 

The Search: Smashburger

The search continues . . .

The search for the best fries on the planet continues with . . .  Smashburger. Smashburger offers a few choices for fries: regular, sweet potato, and the “Smash” variety of each–which means they are drizzled with olive oil and rosemary. I’ve had the regular, smash regular, and sweet potato.

We went to Smashburger last night and had the normal sweet potato fries (and I had goat cheese on my burger–try it! It’s super good!). They’re crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and have a good texture. While they’re good, they’re not amazing (which they have to be for the honor of “best fries on the planet”).  They’re just your average sweet potato fries, and I’ve had better elsewhere.

Bottom line: Good, not great. But that won’t stop me from ordering them the next time we go to Smashburger.

Sweet potato fries