Relaxing my expectations (and other random Wednesday moments)...

I'm really loving the cooler weather in the morning. It makes my early morning workout sessions so much more enjoyable...

Not enough for me to do more than a one mile run though (and it wasn't even a fast one)...

I'm focusing on working my legs back into full training mode. After my last half I took a week off before running again (I did some cross training and walking in between but no running for 6-7 days). Since my second half on Sunday I have taken one full rest day (which was Monday), walked once (on Tuesday), and ran a mile (today). I don't want to overdo it and push myself to do too much too quickly, but I also have the Palm Beach half coming up in 4 weeks so I can't afford to take it too easy either. 

I'm not sure if I'm going to go into the Palm Beach half with any specific performance expectations. I will probably evaluate how I feel after my 11 mile training run with my group in two weeks... 

("I've always got such high expectations...")

I absolutely love the course for Palm Beach (based on the map) and if there are no bridges to worry about it might actually be a better race for me than Ft. Lauderdale was.

Palm Beach Course Map...

Today was a great Paleo day....well for most of the day it was great. It's Damian's birthday so we went out to eat dinner. On the way to dinner I was able to capture the simplistic beauty of the evening sky...

We had a wonderful dinner at Brio (Italian cuisine) and as we were finishing up our entrees the waiter presented the dessert options on a tray right in front of me (that's just mean). It's easy to pass on dessert when it's on a menu...but when you can reach out and touch it....sigh...

(left - right: cheesecake; creme brûlée; bread pudding. top: carrot cake [with candle wax topping])

I received a mini lecture from my brother about not taking the whole Paleo thing seriously, but since birthdays come once a year (although it wasn't my birthday so I really could have passed on dessert) I figured "flexibility" in the whole nutrition department shouldn't be frowned upon :)

The week is almost over (yay!). I hope your Wednesday was great!