Get outside of the box

Today was my six mile run day and guess what?  I made it!  It was 8 degrees with 30 mile per hour winds, but with my many layers, I made it!

I felt like the michelin man with all of my layers.

Top:

2 under armor thermals (long sleeved)

Nike windbreaker jacket

Puffy Down Vest

Mittens

Hat

Scarf

 

Bottoms:

New FILA fleece leggings

smart wool socks

Brooks tennis shoes

Here's the final 6.01mile mark! Ignore the last split, I had to stop walking to take the picture and of course my split time almost doubled.  I managed to run all six miles in under 13 minute splits!

Here's a fun outfit that I wore on Friday to work! Super comfortable and user friendly. 

 

Today, I am meeting with my benedictine friend, a nun from campus and we are going to the retirement home for the older nuns to chat and listen to some christmas singers.  I am really looking forward to this event.  I have been in this program for two years now and it's so fun to hear about what made these women give up their normal life to devote themselves to the convent.  My benedictine friends name is Sister Pat and she reminds me of Namie.  Without her being there for me last year I am not sure I would've made it!

 

Here's my outfit.

Love this dress from ATHLETA, it's like a sweatshirt, but it can easily be dressed up a bit!

Black scarf from Lane Bryant

Leggins by Vera Wang

Boots from Heartbreaker

 

I'm ready to hit the road!

 

My advice for today is to do something you're scared of. Go run further than you think you can! Try a new outfit combination! Ask someone out you didn't think you had a chance with! Go out with a different group of people!

 

Without pushing myself out of my box these last few weeks I am pretty sure I would've ended up going home a few times.  I have been having some issues with friends, school is always a challenge, and add work and workouts on top, you have a recipe for chaos.  I have begun to hang out with some new friends and it has definitely helped me find myself again on campus.  I am not the kind of person to go out and party on the weekends and not come home until 4am, so why was I hanging out with people who did?  I have begun hanging out with people whose values are in line with mine and it has definitely lighted my mood and made me feel more like myself, FINALLY!

 

DO SOMETHING YOU'RE AFRAID OF!

 

Until tomorrow :)

 

C