Well I had a pretty fantastic Super Bowl Sunday — what about you?
I started off the day by making a big batch of blueberry quinoa breakfast and got started on the Western Bacon Cheese Ball I was making for our party. Once I got the “ball” formed and set in the fridge, I headed to the gym. I was looking forward to a group long run with some of the MN Ragnar Ambassadors but with the cruise coming up I need to get all the visits to the gym that I can get in.
When I got to the gym, all of the treadmills with the TVs were taken. Luckily, I had predicted this scenario so I brought my iPad with. But the wi-fi must not be strong enough to stream any video…darn — was really looking forward to catching up on Revenge. Oh, and it made for a really, really long seven miles on a treadmill.
Minus a couple of blisters on my toes (still breaking in the new shoes) and some little aches I felt while warming up, the run went really well. I forced myself to take it easy which is much easier to do on a treadmill than outside.
Approximate splits:
Mile 1 – 10:21
Mile 2 – 10:10
Mile 3 – 10:10
Mile 4 – 10:00
Mile 5 – 9:50
Mile 6 – 9:40
Mile 7 – 9:48
7 miles in 1:09:58 (~9:58 average pace)
I think I earned some BBQ pulled pork and wings.
Right after I posted that picture on Instagram, the official Pawn Stars account “liked” it. Very strange.
WTF?
Our Super Bowl party was a success and the game turned out to be pretty good at the end! Oh, and I was too busy stuffing my face to take photos of the rest of the delicious food, but I did manage to take a couple of photos:
The cheese ball!
Andrea’s delicious dessert.
Looking forward to a busy week before leaving for Tampa on Friday morning! I’ve got the Tackle the Miles virtual 5K, a pedicure and dinner with a friend, group run at the Metrodome and a much-needed haircut! Anyone else have a super busy week?
February 4, 2013 at 11:29 am
Bahahah! I love random favoriting and such. I ran long on Sunday and ended up bailing on a few game watches because I was tired… seriously regretted it, though, when the runger set in and I had no cheese balls or desserts. Lesson learned!
Jealous of your cruise. We could all use some warm weather right about now!
February 4, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Haha — runger is the worst! Probably way worse when you don’t have food around (because then I start to get irrational about things. And desperate) but also bad when you DO have food around. Because there’s no stopping me when I get started!
February 4, 2013 at 11:29 am
But the main question: how did the cheese ball taste? Would you alter the recipe at all???
Bummer about Revenge not working!! I would be so depressed of I thought that I was going to get to watch it then it didn’t work. I love her style so I enjoy looking at her outfits
February 4, 2013 at 11:54 am
The cheese ball was DELICIOUS! It was a savory and a little sweet — so good. The only thing I left out was the parsley because I didn’t have any
February 4, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Thanks! I’m making it Sunday for our small group
February 4, 2013 at 2:17 pm
LOL the Pawn Star thing is so random. That iPad-instead-of-TV thing reminds me of how I like to bring a mag w/me to the gym at all times just in case they don’t have any good ones for me to check out on the StepMill. I hate being stuck with nothing to read! Just listening to music doesn’t entertain me.
HOLY CHEESE BALLLLLL
February 4, 2013 at 3:09 pm
I really should get better about bringing a mag. I have an entire stack that I never seem to have time to read!
February 4, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Respect. I struggle to stay interested on a treadmill for any more than 10 minutes
Had a great Superbowl Sunday – couldn’t find any pubs to watch the game at in this part of the UK, so watched at home instead. Also put in a 20 miler earlier in the day and not felt any repercussions since. More Sundays like this please 
February 4, 2013 at 3:09 pm
WOW! Nice job on the 20 miles!
February 5, 2013 at 7:33 am
Good work… I’m not sure I could make myself run seven on the dreadmill
But, I like the iPad idea… maybe then I could!
I barely watched the super bowl – and barely watched the commercials!
So jealous of your upcoming trip! I’m headed to Denver + Wyoming next week for work… not quite the tropics, but I’ll take it
February 5, 2013 at 8:17 am
Thanks
And actually I didn’t watch much of the Superbowl or many of the commercials. Too much distracting food and too many good conversations!
Have a good trip!