I am possibly the worst blogger ever. I wish I had a good excuse, but I’ve mainly been drinking a lot of iced coffee and recovering from Nashville.
Casually lounging with iced coffee.
Let me put it out there: I loved Nashville. The more I visit southern cities, the more I’m tempted to live in them. I love Austin, New Orleans, and now Nashville… so I’m seeing a little theme.
I had an absolute BLAST and also was reunited with two loves of mine: Yuengling and TastyKakes. I may have screamed a little in Publix when I realized both of those delicacies are a thing in Nashville. I also went on the Belle Meade plantation tour (they have a winery!), Yazoo brewery tour (they have a delicious hefeweizen!), ate chicken from Hattie B’s (hot!), and ate a lot more delicious food. I even managed to get a run in on the 4th.
It was a not-so-quick 3 mile run. I really didn’t know how I was going to finish because these hills were HARD and it was h o t. Seriously, I give an incredible amount of props to anyone who runs hills (and in the heat) on a regular basis. I think everybody already knows how incredibly flat Chicago is and how we have to Google search where hills are. Yup. THAT sad.
Basically how I felt.
I know hills are so good for training, but THEY ARE SO PAINFUL. I’m still figuring out exactly what I want to do for my marathon training, but I’m pretty sure hill & speed work should be included…
I have my first 10k coming up in a couple of weeks! I’m running the BTN Big10k, which is stupid exciting because University of Maryland joined B1G on July 1st and so now I get to run and rep Maryland. (Side note: I didn’t go to UMD, but with the amount of friends I had/visited there basically makes me an honorary terp). I bought these running shorts from Route One Apparel to wear:
I have some Maryland flag socks, too, so…. no judging please.
Did you go to a B1G school? If not, do you root for any B1G school?
If none of the above, do you have any races coming up?
emily runs chicago 
Welcome to the Big 10! Sadly I’ll be out of town on the day of the 10k so I can’t rep University of Illinois :0( And I definitely don’t have anything as snazzy and school-spirited to run in as those shorts! Work em!!
Oh no! Do you have any other races coming up?
I do! I’m doing the MagMile Women’s Half in August and the Chicago Marathon in October- I was just really excited to be a UofI nerd and add the Big 10 race to my training regimen. Maybe next year!
LOL, that first pic of you is hilarious. I didn’t know iced-coffee was a thing as I’ve only heard of iced-tea (probably because I hate coffee and like tea although I hate ice-tea…lol). I wish I could run the Big10K race. I bleed scarlet & grey (GO BUCKS)….THE Ohio State University. The Big10 is the best conference ever!
Those are some cuuute shorts!
They are so COMFORTABLE too!! Can’t complain.