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A Lazy Memorial Day Morning

No alarm clocks were set which meant that we both slept until 9am. I guess the busy weekend caught up with us. In case you missed it, we’ve had quite a busy weekend so far and we still have one more day of fun!

First we started with A BLT Fish Shack Date Night

Then we continued the fun on Saturday with An Intense Bike Tour of Manhattan

This morning, we dug through our tea bin to find some liquid caffeine to clear the sleep away.

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We mixed together two different types of tea, Yogi Tea Mint Uplift and Oglethorpe English Peach tea, for a delicious and fresh morning tea treat.

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The main attraction this morning was my favorite bread of the moment, Arnold HealthFull, paired with a schmear of PB&Company and Crofter’s Jam.

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I used our last egg to make scrambled egg white with salsa and then added a sweet, fruity treat on the side with yesterday’s leftover beach pineapple.

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Now it’s time to throw on my running shoes and fill my CamelBak for a run with Melissa. Hopefully she’ll share one of her favorite routes with me Smile 

Question: How are you spending your Memorial Day?

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Starting the Long Weekend Right

Happy Memorial Day weekend! The Empire State Building is sporting red white and blue to honor our troops this weekend!

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Needless to say, I didn’t get to enjoy that happy hour I talked about yesterday. I left the office at 4pm though which is definitely earlier than most days so I was still able to enjoy some of the “summer Friday.” After leaving work I tried a “new to us” class at New York Health and Racquet club, MELT Method, with Melissa. We were definitely the youngest people in the class by at least 20 years but it did relieve a great deal of the tension I was holding in my feet and shoulders!

After the class, to my surprise, Bo made sure that my cute outfit wasn’t put to waste by making dinner reservations for us! We started the weekend with a fun, relaxed date at BLT Fish Shack in the Flatiron District. The service and food were both wonderful and exactly what we wanted. We enjoyed a few items from the raw bar and then split appetizers for our main course. There really is nothing better, in my humble opinion, than fresh seafood and a good beer on a Friday night.

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This morning, I slept in until 9 and upon waking realized that my body is definitely feeling the last two days of workouts! Between Physique 57 DVD, swimming 3/4 of a mile, doing a TABATA running and lifting workout with my trainer yesterday, and rolling out my body at MELT today’s planned long run isn’t happening! IMG_2385 (640x478)

Instead, I enjoyed a breakfast of champions with Bo in preparation for a 25 mile bike ride up the Hudson River Parkway.

                                                           Picture from last year’s biking adventure!

I’m going to enjoy a beach trip with friends tomorrow as my rest day and then do a long run Monday morning.

Overall, I think this is going to be one perfect long weekend!

Question: What are your long weekend plans?

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