walk for hope

on saturday, my friends lilcee, dailygluttony, kelley and i got together at the rose bowl for the liz logelin foundation 5K.  now, the "real" 5K actually took place that same day in minnesota, where matt and liz logelin were born and raised.  but by registering for  the "walk around the world" option, we received an official tee to rock during our walk.  despite having been out late the night before, the teen joined us as we did our loop and was coherent enough to take a couple of photos for us.

it was really nice to walk the 3.1 miles while chatting with the girls for a change.  i'm usually so antisocial when i'm working out, so being able to slow down and not think about my pace or breathing was pretty fabulous.  we kept up a steady, brisk pace and finished in exactly an hour.

dailygluttony and i had left our kids with mr. lilcee, who was such a great sport about staying at home to babysit.  they all play as nicely together as their parents do, so we were hopeful that they wouldn't run him ragged.  when we got back, it was hilarious to see what they'd been up to.

apparently, the bean and mini cee had a ball playing in the crib, even napping for a little while together in there.  pretty comical, considering i couldn't bribe the bean to sleep in her crib when she had one of her own.  hmph.

we decided to head out together to mike and anne's in south pasadena for brunch.  funny, the last time the teen came with us to this place was when we had that long duck dong sighting.  we didn't have anything as exciting as that this time around, but that's okay.  we were all pretty hungry, so we may not have even noticed had there been another celebrity in our midst.  while we waited for the grub, i was pretty happy to sip this:

from their tweets and facebook posts, it sounds like the "real" 5K had a great turnout and was lots of fun.  since proceeds from our registration fee benefited the foundation and we got to have a great time doing our own mini-5K, it was a total win-win situation.  and it totally covered my workout for the whole 30-in-30 thing!  sweet.

a different kind of dirty 30

my friend nabum, who became a mom in october and looks fabulous as always, invited a bunch of us to join her in a 30-workouts-in-30-days challenge for the month of june.  since i've been finding it a little tough to get myself motivated lately, i thought it was a great idea.

of course, i didn't sign up until june 2nd...and i'd taken a rest day the day before.  oops.  but the girls and i had gone to disneyland (shocker, i know), so i'm totally counting the five hours of walking around pushing the bean in a stroller.  it's still activity, right?

saturday's exercise was that 5K i did.  and my stepdad emailed me the funny photo i mentioned yesterday, taken as i tossed that goody bag towards my cheering squad on the downhill start.  maybe it isn't as funny to you, but it still makes me laugh.

on sunday i yoga'd along with jillian michaels via my yoga meltdown DVD.  i love that workout - it's a great strengthening and stretching session that still makes me sweat my ass off.  and yesterday was fit club with my friends kelley and mr. lilcee.

i haven't gone on a run since saturday, but since it's tuesday and the bean isn't in school today, i'm kinda stuck at home.  luckily, the hub recently made a purchase for his man cave - one that'll help me on days just like this:

yup, that's right.  nestled in the corner behind the IL's ATV is one very fancy schmancy elliptical machine.  it's really smooth, has a place to plug in my iPod if i want, and even has a built-in fan.  for the sweaty messes that the hub and i both end up after a workout, this is fabulous.  and i get to watch tv while i get my exercise in.

ah, the man cave.  despite the lingering scent of cigar smoke, it's gonna be my best friend in the upcoming weeks.  wish me luck as i attempt to conquer this new challenge.  i'm already missing my rest days.