Mel On...Hitting Autopilot (then getting my butt-kicked)

Today I planned on doing an easy 4 mile jog (around a 12:00 min. mile) around the new trail I found last week.  I can leave from the parking lot of the MMA gym and run for about an hour before I have to be back for kickboxing.  I love doing this because I can get in a quick solo run without being worried about having the traffic lights and intersections affect my run time.  Easy peasy miles...I like it.

I don't know what happened today, it was one of those runs that you don't plan on being awesome but it totally turned out that way!  The weather was almost perfect (upper 30's, chilly but not too cold -- which is really rare for this time of year here) with a fine mist blowing just enough to dampen your face.  Something about the combination of seeing the sunrise, breathing in the fresh air, and that cool mist just makes you feel so....so alive.    I love it!

Mel On...Meg's Miles

This was supposed to be a rest weekend; however, when a fellow runner shared with me this Facebook campaign, I knew I had to get some miles in for Meg.

Mel On...Friday Night Wine Run!

Soooooo.....when I talked my friend, Sarah, into doing today's "wine run" I sold it as a quick 5 mile run from my house for some yummy wine and dinner (I may or may not have forgotten to include the distance from my house to the actual loop we were leaving from...and the fact we were running with a 40 lb kid in a stroller).

When I actually realized we had to include the distance from my house into the run, I was CERTAIN it was maybe 1.5 to 2 miles....yeah right!

Mel On...This Week's Deep Water Running Class

Today is THURSDAY!  I love Thursdays because Thursdays mean hiking or deep water running with my girl, Bri.  Since we did hiking last week we really didn't want to miss deep water running today.  The class was super-packed (I'm assuming because it was the first class of the new year everyone was hitting the gym to knock off their resolutions), which is great...but a little annoying when we kept bumping into people trying to balance on a noodle....

Hopefully, they will open up some more lanes next week if the class is going to continue to grow.  If you can't make it to a class or don't have one in your area...or don't want to be knocked off your noodle... I am posting the workout below!

Mel On...Recipes for Runners (Moroccan Chicken Salad)

OMG!  You all know I love me some food.  I especially love me a good salad.  So, when I saw this recipe from FemFusion Fitness I knew I had to try it!

Brianne Grogan's Moroccan Chicken Salad
Photo courtesy of FemFusion Fitness

And let me tell you...it was amazeballs!  Hands down the best salad I have ever eaten in my entire life.  There are sooooo many yummy things going on in this salad.  Every single bite is like Christmas because you don't know which flavors you are going to get, but all the flavors work so magically well together, and OH MY GOODNESS it is GOOD!