Monday I took a 3 mile walk in Cape Elizabeth on part of the Beach to Beacon trail! It was nice to do a walk the day after the triathlon!
It was a beautiful walk! Remember walking is just as good as running. Running burns significantly more calories because your body is working much harder, but low intensity activities such as walking tend to focus more on burning fat than anything else!
After work Cyn and I made pizza on the grill! It was delicious! If you've never done it I suggest you try it!
Tuesday I went to 6 AM hot yoga to at Greener Postures Yoga Studio! It is a great workout and definitely relieves a lot of my back pain! It's a great opportunity to stretch and increase your body's flexibility! It's also a great place to sweat out anything you might not want to be holding onto!
After work we went over to EMS to get some of our hiking gear for KATAHDIN next week! My mom is turning the big 5-0, and for her birthday we are hiking Mt. Katahdin as a family!
Wednesday my sister and I went for a bike ride around Cape Elizabeth! I never thought I would love biking as much as I do! It's such a great workout and doesn't put too much pressure on your joints! I felt like a million bucks after our ride!
I love this Biking app! It's called Road Bike! I definitely recommend it!
After work Cyn and I went to Jonathon Douglas Hair Salon & Spa for Facials! I cannot remember the last time I took the time to do something like this for myself. We both left wishing we had the money to do something to pamper ourselves at least once a month! (Someday! Right? - I sure hope so)
It's important to take care of you body and sometimes we forget to listen when we are in pain or sick that some relaxation and pampering might be the perfect remedy!
We came home and Cyn made delicious Steak Bombs (okay so I know my diet hasn't been on the healthy side this week, but I did go 3 weeks without sweets and being a health nut leading up to my races! - it's all moderation)
We took a post dinner family walk (Cyn, Bela & I) under the cotton candy sky!
Thursday morning felt like fall! I absolutely love running outside when the air is crisp! I got in a nice little run before work!
Another app I love! The Nike Running App! It is amazing! As you're running it tells you your splits!
After we got home from work we took Bela for a nice long walk she was so tired while we ate dinner she was snoring!
At 6:30 we decided the night was still young and why not go to the movies to see The Heat! I'm not a huge movie theater person (1. I think it's way too expensive 2. I'd rather wait to watch it on red box at home and 3. It means you might see people you don't want to) needless to say we threw on sweats and headed out!
Friday I woke up not feeling all that great but I took it easy because we've had plans to go to Bar Harbor for the weekend for sometime now.
After resting for a few hours in the car we finally arrived to our hotel and took a trolley to Downtown Bar Harbor! We did some window shopping and grabbed appetizers and drinks at Rupununi's!
We continued in and out of stores while it rained down on us! We posed in front of our "wannabe" yachts!
We stopped for one more drink before heading back to our hotel room as we were all quite exhausted!
Saturday morning we all got up and were headed to Acadia National Park by 9:30 AM!
We hiked Jordon Pond 3.4 mile loop!
Then went to Thunder Hole for high tide!
And to the top of Cadillac Mountain for the Sunset!
Sunday morning we got up, checked out of the hotel and headed downtown Bar Harbor for a few hours to shop around! We finally made our way home and I made a few collages to sum up our trip!
On our way home we stopped in Waterville to see Jenny, Craig and Cameron!
Cameron had to show Grammy his new bed!
He is so handsome!
We finished our journey home to Bela! She was so happy to see us she was crying (whimpering) for 10 minutes after we got home!
We quickly unpacked and went to visit my parents for dinner and to show them pictures from our trip! We also got to make one last list for Katahdin as we leave Wednesday night to hopefully hike on Friday for my Mom's 50th Birthday! It will be a blast!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and is gearing up for a fun filled week! Can you believe it's already August this week? Where has the summer gone? Have you reached your summer goals? There is still time! Keep working hard and you'll get there!
If you're looking for some Monday morning motivation check out the link below on why exercise makes it better at your job! :)
http://www.wamda.com/2013/07/10-reasons-why-exercise-makes-you-better-at-your-job
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