I’ve been so tired all week. I’m still exhausted from my class weekend last week, and I’m quickly losing all motivation to do anything. School is stressing me out, and I feel like I have no free time. This has been leading me to very sporadic gym schedules. In summary, I blame grad school for making me fat. [end complaining]
So, as a way to motivate myself out of bed and out of the textbooks that are consuming my life, I signed up for Orlando’s Corporate 5k today.
I’ve never run a race before, and it’s been quite some time since I’ve run three miles. I hear there’s a lot of walkers, so hopefully that will take some pressure off. However, nothing motivates me more than the threat of looking like a chump in front of coworkers. The race is in a month….I’m really hoping to motivate myself to put on running shoes within that time period. There’s no time like now when I’m at my lowest physical capabilities and at rock bottom in terms of athleticism to sign up for a race.
In contributing-to-my-expanding-waistline news, Kevin and I tried a new restaurant with some friends a couple weeks ago: Greek Flame Taverna on Restaurant Row in the Dr. Phillips area. They were recently voted a top Greek restaurant in Orlando, and they lived up the hype. We went for dinner, so the menu was fancier, but they do offer sandwiches and more casual Greek fare as well.
We started with an order of mussels cooked in tomato and wine sauce topped with feta cheese.
The mussels were delicious and very flavorful. I loved the broth they were swimming in. For my main entree, I ordered baked shrimp and calamari, which came in a spicy broth.
The spicy kick warmed the back of my throat, and I loved the freshness from big chunks of garlic. This was not a dish for a weak palette. The flavors were very strong, and I really enjoyed them. It came with a side of Greek rice, which helped to mellow out the flavors.
Kevin ordered the rack of lamb with a side of Greek fries. The lamb was cooked perfectly and was incredibly succulent.
The wait staff was extremely friendly, and the atmosphere was a lot more elegant than a lot of Greek restaurants. I really enjoyed our evening there.
Any tips for a first-time racer? How do you motivate yourself?
I love Greek food! That place looks absolutely delicious.
Mmmmm greek food!!!! Everything looks delicious, especially the mussels.I’ve never run a race before but I know many friends who do…. a lot of them follow a training guide on the race website which tells you how to start training and how to progress… like how many minutes of running and how much of walking to do… 1 min run, 30 sec walk, 1 min run, etc… until you build up enough to be able to run the whole thing! YOU CAN DO IT!!!