Before I get to the rest of this week’s goodness, here’s how my “off-season” workouts went:
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: Run 5ish miles
Wednesday: Strength/core
Thursday: Run 3 miles + Yoga
Friday: Run 6 miles (wanted 8 but caught in downpour)
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: 20 min stepmill + Crossfit
On 11/14 the Caveman and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. We enjoyed a celebratory dinner at House 406.
While this surf and turf burger w/lobster and grilled asparagus was delicious, a seemingly simple salad stole the show. Mixed greens, roasted beets, burrata cheese, fresh citrus slices, pistachio vinaigrette….trust me it was amazing. In my ecstasy I neglected to take a pic.
Our gorgeous fall weather finally took an inevitable turn and became more winter-like. I shuffled my run schedule to avoid the weekend’s wind and freezing temps and hit up a Crossfit session instead. While I neglected to take pics (again, did it really happen??) I’m happy to report that I am now a proud member of the giant tire flipper club. Boom!
We’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving with the in-laws this year, followed by a family picture the next day. Wish me luck. I’ll be reviewing previous posts about Managing Holiday Stress and Handling Holiday Drama for sure.
Congrats to Janelle and Kim on their marathons this weekend! What are your Thanksgiving plans? Who’s turkey trotting?
This Friday and the last Friday of every month is the Runfession Friday linkup. Stop by for a special Black Friday edition! The linkup stays open for a week so feel free to join us late if you get carried away with your shopping.
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I’m linking up with Tricia and Holly for the Weekly Wrap…
…and with Ilka and Angela for the Sunday Fitness and Food Linkup. Join us!
I’m still stunned about CrossFit…pretty cool that you are trying it. I like a lot of what Becky and I do. But I’ve never actually taken a class…she advises me against it since I”m lacking in…what does Jason Karp call it?– kinesthesis? Sounds so much better than uncoordinated and I’m going with it.
That restaurant is in Northbrook? Say it ain’t so…
Giant tire flipping? Definitely badass 🙂 Good luck with the in-laws…I’m off to face mine too this week…heaven help us! LOL!
OH I feel you on the Thanksgiving stress with the family! Happy anniversary to you have a great week
Happy Anniversary! Your dinner looks delicious! Those lobster pieces are huge!
Happy anniversary! I cant believe how quickly it got so cold. We had a great stretch of fall so I feel like I cant complain!
That burger looks decadent, although from your description I also think the salad sounds amazing. Or, amazeballs, as the cool kids say. I finally ordered some SPANDITS! I used your name and code so thanks for introducing them to me. One pair for me and one as a holiday gift for my sister.
Happy Anniversary! LOL on forgetting to get a picture of that salad. Blogger’s remorse? 😉
Thanks for the reminder on Runfessions – I almost forgot after spending the weekend menu planning, cleaning and shopping ….
Happy Anniversary! I do think we need evidence of this tire flipping activity. 😉 Good luck with Thanksgiving and that family photo. I’m heading to the in-laws as well. At least I don’t have to host… Black Friday. The two most stressful words in the English language. I.just.can’t. Thanks for linking, Marcia. I will see you very soon!
Happy Anniversary! Why do you call him Caveman? Do you ever call your hubby and kids by their real name on here? I don’t think I have ever come across that… Here’s hoping your Thanksgiving is drama free!
Happy anniversary! Sounds like a great dinner and that salad does sound amazing – I love anything with beets in it! I don’t blame you for avoiding the weather – I do the exact same thing and have been delaying my runs on the weekend waiting for things to warm up just a bit! You know I’m in for Runfessions!
Oh my gosh that surf and turf burger looks like heaven.
And our off season is the opposite of yours – most people here rest May – Aug.
then run winter/spring fulls
Happy Anniversary!!
I would flip runs to avoid unfavorable weather conditions…I try to work around rain usually lol
Good job the tire flipping! I flip a mid size tire lol I can’t do the big tractor thing…yet 😉
Congrats on the tire flipping. Are you liking it ? I have always been intrigued to try Cross fit but there are not a lot of places in France but also, when I see some of those women… it is a little over the top for this lady in her forties. Kind of scares me actually.
Runfessions already ? Wow
Have a great week !
Happy Anniversary! You two make a great looking couple! Flipping tires? Wow! Beast mode!
I need to stop and confess that you now have this woman very very curious about CrossFit and tire flipping. I used to say never CrossFit – – now I’m saying: where in Austin should I try CrossFit?? 🙂
happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary and way to go with the tire flipping! Sounds like fun! 🙂
Welcome to the “Tire Flipping” club!!! Mine is still sitting in the backyard of my “other” house and keep asking the hubs to haul it over to the new house so I can flip it between unpacking boxes! 🙂 I’m laughing out loud at your “family drama” comment …I’ll be holding my breath and biting my tongue on Thursday as well! Happy Anniversary to you and the Caveman…18 years is definitely something to be proud of!
Happy anniversary and thanks SO much for the shoutout!! It feels great to be a marathoner..well, my body doesn’t feel so great haha!
Great job with your workouts. I’m wondering how soon I can at least start doing yoga again…I’m okay with not running for a bit!
Happy anniversary! We celebrated our 18th as well last month! Good week of workouts for you. 🙂 Enjoy the tire flips and have a great Thanksgiving!
Happy anniversary. I’m going to start making my dish tonight for Thanksgiving. I’m making two batches, and I want to make sure I have enough ingredients. If not, I can stop at the store tomorrow instead of Wednesday.
Happy Anniversary! Congrats on the Crossfit and the tire flipping! I still haven’t tried it out, I think I’m scared of all the weights. :p Have a great THanksgiving!
Happy Anniversary! And congrats on the tire flipping!!
I did other types of flipping, but in my defense, I had the pedestrian light on! and the driver was rude!
I hope your holidays stay stress free!
Yay for tire flipping! Hey, I got an option to help with holiday stress and family drama…. wine! 🙂 Ok ok I had too! I’ll be earning part of my Turkey dinner with a 6k in Jacksonville. I’ve never run a 6k before so auto PR! YAY!!! See ya in about 10 days Marcia!
That surf & turf burger looks amazing! Congratulations on 18 years!
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving – I’ll be doing a turkey trot and then heading home to cook cook cook! I love holiday cooking!
Congrats on your 18th wedding anniversary! What an amazing accomplishment!!!!
Happy Anniversary Marcia!! Of course I love the wedding photo, but what caught my eye were your killer biceps…wow!!! Also, that burger looks amazing…I have had lobster in a lot of things, but not on a burger! It sounds like you are enjoying the off season, but keeping very active. Thanks so much for linking up at Sunday Fitness & Food. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving 🙂
Happy Anniversary Marcia!! We had our 18th anniversary this year as well!
Love the fall running pic of you. Palm Beach is still quite warm even at the end of November, I as hoping for some more fall running temps..
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family!