Meanwhile, in the Capital…
I spent Sunday to Saturday in Canberra this week – the longest stretch in a few months!
Sadly – this is what it looked like…
No biggie. I just got my purple on and got ready for PROM!
Prom
Prom?
Prom.
But -
1. You are too old for prom
2. You live in Australia – surely you mean formal?
You are never too old for prom! Or so said Chal to the ANU International Law Society. I’m on the society’s executive, and so I got to be part of the fun.
Not a totally random shot! Check out the hoodie - the International Law Society Hoodie!
The prom was in aid of the US election – we wanted to do something fun with our members, and in election year, the US embassy was happy to get involved (one of the perks of living in the nation’s capital!).
Chal and I getting set up – you may notice some similarities between the tape holding up the ‘flag’ and the tape on my head
After a full day of setting up we headed home to get dressed up, and help each other to forget that we had spent the entire day in tracksuit pants.
Ready for prom!
I may or may not have been vain enough to spend my morning workout on the rower in the hope that it would show in my backless dress…
(Yeah, I just admitted to that – please don’t bring it up in real life!)
Andrew and I in a very serious political event pose
I think I mentioned awhile ago that I’m a bit of a hypochondriac when it comes to heels and running. These babies didn’t last long.
Mr The Rake was in Sydney – which meant that I was partnerless. It also meant that I could do AWESOME things like not drink much, eat mini hotdogs for dinner, and wake up at 7:30am to run 20km with the law man.
I got it wrong, but it’s ok
A week or so ago, Debbie from Live from La Quinta suggested a run I could do during this first week of taper. Today was the day for it. And I really stuffed it up!
Sorry Debbie!
Here’s where I went wrong:
1. Champagne and mini-hotdogs are not the world’s greatest pre-run fuel.
2. Mentally, I don’t think I was there this morning. I knew I could get through the run, but my mind wasn’t pushing like it often does.
3. Headwind. Epic. The worst I’ve experienced, and I got nowhere near enough tailwind to make up for it.
4. I just didn’t push hard enough. The last lap should have been a lot faster, and it just wasn’t.
5. The best bit – Garmin gave up half way through. For the first time ever, and for no reason. It had plenty of battery life left.
No excuses – I just didn’t run very well. This is a workout I’ll come back to again though, so much appreciated Debbie!
Foooooood
After that 20km, I was highly intelligent and jumped in the car for 3 1/2 hours. You should have seen Mr The Rake laughing when I tried to walk up the stairs in our apartment.
Are you a little bit gimpy Kate? Are you?
It was ok – he bought ice cream. And, even better…
I had a special delivery waiting for me! Chobani sent me a box of my favourite flavour – the plainest of the plain (they asked me!) -
So thank you very, very much to my yogurt family!
Today’s Moment
You have to ask? I got home to free yogurt!
Your Turn!
When was the last time you got all dressed up?
Have you ever done something stupidly vain that no-one would ever notice?
Have you ever run in a really strong headwind?
Cute dress girl! You look fab! And don’t worry, you’re definitely not the only one to put in a lil extra effort to look good last minute! Hehe, sometimes before I go out I do 100 crunches and a few push-ups! Your secret is safe with me!
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Aw, thank you! Lol at doing 100 crunches – I’ve definitely been there
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WOW..You clean up good girl! You look fantastic. You should after all that running. I love that brand of yogurt also. They sell it in the states also. It is my favorite. Are you sure you are not my daughter, cause you are beautiful like me and we like the same things.
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Tanks so much Liz! Hmmm, I could be your daughter. I’ll have to dig up my birth certificates
you look lovely my darling!!!! i cant wear heels to save my life, either! way too uncomfortable! but yours sure did look snazzyyy!!!! im glad that you had a good time! i miss dances! lol. happy saturday, pretty!!!! xo
Thanks so much Jenna!
Kate….you look GORGEOUS girl!!!! Glad you had a good time! I agree with you on the heels…I would have ditched them too! I hate heels lol! The last time I dressed up was in March for my sister in law’s wedding. Heels were a factor there too…they came off asap!
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Thank you! It sounds like you and I wait for what seems like an appropriate amount of time to pass and then sneak off to ditch the shoes!
You look awesome and it’s really fun that you got to go to a prom and take a picture with a standup of Obama
. I would love that… I like that idea about the taper run with it being slower then getting faster, good luck with doing it and let us know how it goes because if it goes well I may do it too.
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Thanks Amy! Michelle was there too, but she got cut out of the picture. I kept walking past them and thinking ‘crap, who’s hiding behind the door?’
That workout was great – even though I stuffed it up. I’ll definitely trying it again and I’ll be sure to let you know.
Cute prom idea! And I like plain too
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Thanks Kat! Can’t go past some good old blue Cho.
daaaaang…i’d say that rowing did u well!
seriously, look how awesome that runner cleans up!
omg, i LUV the flag sticker on ur forehead…that was the first thing i actually noticed in the pic…and if i were there, trust me, we’d have been twinsies.
Aw thanks Cait – I had a great image of us rocking the tape together.
Aw, I’m sorry the run didn’t go as planned. Champagne will do that, y’know? You did look gorgeous, though, with or without the shoes (although they were pretty gorgeous too
). I always kick off my shoes too. Much more comfortable in running shoes or bare feet!
I hope you’ll give the run another try. It’s challenging, but will really push you in your training.
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1 – I haven’t been sitting and watching my blog like a hawk – I just happened to be on-line shortly after you posted this
2 – I normally abstain from alcohol the night before – but it was totally worth it!
3 – I will definitely be trying that run again! It’s fantastic And even though I didn’t do it well, I was definitely pushing the pace on the last lap, and it felt good (in a sick kind of way). I’ll be coming back to it, and I’m really grateful to you for suggesting it – I’d never heard of it before. If nothing else, I was speeding up the whole way, so it was a good lesson in pushing more when you’re body is wanting to wind down.
Thanks Debbie!
Wow. your outfit is fierce. You look amazing. Mr. The Rake was missing out. (My heels never last either)
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Thanks so much Abby! It sounds like there’s consensus on the runners, not heels love here!