Rest Day and a Tour of the New Place
It would appear that Fall is officially here. My newsfeed is clogged up with Pumpkin Spice lattes (I hate pumpkin spice, so I fail as a North American twenty something female without even getting out of the gate), the leaves have started turning colours and I wore a scarf yesterday.
I also finished up my favourite summer race series on Saturday which always marks the beginning of my fall race season. It was a great start with a trail half marathon. I felt strong going into it and ended up taking first female, although I did notice some IT band pain in the last loop. There were some gruesome hills and pounding downhills so I am assuming that is all that is causing it, but I spent some extra time with my foam roller and stick yesterday and took the day off running.
Podium shot at the awards ceremony
What do I do for my rest days?
I woke up at 6 am and make my favourite protein pancake and a pot of coffee and spent the morning in bed watching Suits. Around 9 AM, I ventured uptown for a service and to meet my friend for lunch. Following that, I napped and I mean the kind of nap where you wake up and don’t even know your first name. I made soup for the week and puttered around my place getting a few more things settled in which is still a work in progress.
In the evening, I headed to Hamilton to see a band play with my friend. All in all, a great day to recentre and get ready for another week of training.
As promised, I took a few shots of my apartment to show you:
World’s smallest kitchen.
Living room. I need art but for me, I am slowly collecting it and making sure I LOVE it. Any suggestions?
Bedroom
Desk
There are a few other rooms, but they aren’t ready for display yet. I also have a great wrap around porch and a deck that is currently being redone. I can’t wait to host BBQ’s outside in the summer!
What do you do on your rest days?
Nice to see and talk to you at the 5 Peaks race on Saturday! Sunday was recovery from the run; it kicked my ass! Spent the day picking pears from one of our two pear trees, and canning them. Oh, and went to my first masters trampoline class of the season. Now I’m REAL sore! 🙂
A trampoline class? You are officially the coolest ever. 🙂
Jess, your new place looks fabulous!! I can’t wait to come and see it 🙂 I hope you are settling in nicely, and well done on your first place finish over the weekend!
Oh yeah, and don’t worry…I don’t ‘love’ pumpkin spice either (apple cinnamon all the way baby! Haha)
It’s been a really long time. Let me know when you are free and I will have you over!
Don’t worry, if you get any pumpkin spice things I will gladly look after those for you. 🙂 Well done on your race this weekend! I hear ya on hills for days – our 5 Peaks Mount Seymour race was very much the same, and rather Grouse Grind-like in parts! This weekend ended up being a far more active one than I anticipated, but I’m off to Calgary on Friday for a wedding, and that means this coming weekend will be a pretty restful one… no complaints there! 🙂
Weddings are always so much fun!
As for the Pumpkin Spice? It’s all yours sister.
Whoa that’s a sweet place. Love the exposed brick.
A wrap around deck and a porch…now that sounds divine. Great for growing fresh herbs and tomatoes. Also, I adore the brick wall in your office. It adds so much character.
The Hubby and I have gotten our art work slowly over the years by picking up pieces we like at art festivals. It makes it more personal, they’re usually one of a kind (or few of a kind) and we always remember where it came from which makes it a little more meaningful.
P.S. I hate the Pumpkin Palooza which takes the blog world and the northern hemisphere by storm. Yuck!
“The kind of nap where you wake up and don’t even know your first name.” THAT is the best sentence I’ve ever seen to describe a nap. Well done my friend. I don’t do the pumpkin spice latte’s either. They are garbage in my mind.