Monday, Monsters & Morning Runs

Who doesn’t love starting their Monday morning off with a 4.5 mile run at 5:30 am?

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That’s how today started for me, after a not-so-stellar night of sleep thanks to Mr. Bentley waking me up just about every hour trying to jump on the bed. I was a little shocked that I had 4.5 speedy miles in me this morning due to my lack of sleep, but I’ll take it!

The rest of the morning went like this:

Downed a huge bottle of water,

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Walked a sleepy dog who only wanted to cuddle with his duck,

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And drank a green monster on the way to work. (Nothing new here!)

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In case you were wondering, I was up so early to sneak in some cardio because tonight starts 40 days of yoga for me! After looking around for a while I discovered a yoga studio downtown that offers new students 40 days of yoga for just $40. And it’s hot yoga. I may drown in my own sweat.

I’m actually really excited to take my first class tonight. I’ve never taken hot yoga before and I’m looking forward to a new little fitness endeavor. I used it as an excuse to go out and buy some “yoga clothes” because obviously I wouldn’t want to wear one of my 800 pieces of running clothing to a yoga class.

Duh.

I fully expect to get home from my class tonight and pretty much pass out. Bentley will prevent that from actually happening, but I’m sure that’s what I’ll be hoping for. And before I forget, I have to wish a Happy Belated Father’s Day to…

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My baby dog daddy! Nick will be thrilled to see this on the blog.

Alright, gotta get back to work! I’m running out of here at 4:00 so I can rush home to change and head to hot yoga. Let’s hope I can make it through the class tonight! Hope the rest of your day is marvelous! ;)

MiMM

 

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