Hey gang! It’s ANOTHER dreary day over here – not rainy, but cloudy. I’m so tired of all this gloom! Chillier than usual for this time of year, too, although at least that means that wearing pants and biking to the metro doesn’t leave me overheated. 🙂
My fitness routine this week has been yoga-heavy, which I love. Sleeping in a bit (aka not getting up at 6 a.m. for a workout) and then going to lunchtime yoga downtown is my favorite. No shower required so it’s super easy – all I need is a change of clothes! And it’s the best way to slow down and de-stress in the middle of the busy workday.
I hit up lunchtime yoga on Monday and Wednesday at Epic Yoga via ClassPass (<—$20 off affiliate link) with a coworking space friend. On Monday, we treated ourselves to lunch bowls afterward at Yafa, one of my DC faves. I get a big bowl with brown rice, lettuce, a billion veggies, hummus, chicken, and yogurt dill sauce. Sooooo delicious and satisfying.
We are especially obsessed with their roasted cauliflower!
As for Wednesday, I grabbed Sweetgreen after yoga and took advantage of the 10 minutes of sunshine we randomly got and ate it outside solo, enjoying the fresh air. I’ve been terrible about packing lunch lately when I work downtown because there are so many delicious, healthy, fresh places to eat in DC now! Not the cheapest way to do things, I know, but it makes me happy so I refuse to feel bad about it. 🙂
I do almost always eat lunch at home when I’m working from home, though. Here’s what I made for myself and Matt on Friday when we both worked from home – tuna creations! We only had 2 slices of bread left, so I made a sandwich for him and a big grain salad (with leftover brown rice) for me. The tuna salad was a mix of avocado and dijon mustard as usual, and I threw some homemade balsamic vinaigrette on top of my salad too! Also, since some of you have asked lately – the fun woven wood salad bowls I use all the time are these ones!
As for Tuesday’s workout, I was at the track with my buddies as usual! We JUST beat the rain – it started raining just as I got home after the workout. Whew!
It was a tough one:
- Warm up jog (I did about 0.5 miles)
- 2000m threshold pace run
- 2 mins rest
- Series of 2 to 4 of the following: a 400 (1 lap around the track) at 5k/speedy/hard pace with 1 to 2 minutes rest in between before repeating. I did 3 of them.
- 2 mins rest
- 2000m threshold pace run
- Cool down jog (again about 0.5 miles)
It was a tough one – and appropriate with the short speedy stuff because I have a 5k coming up this weekend! I’m doing the Fit Foodie Run (cute name right?) in Fairfax on Saturday as part of a blogger group. The weather is looking rainy and cold so fingers crossed the forecast changes! Anyone else running it? Or do it last year? I haven’t raced a 5k in a million years so it will be fun to mix it up!
Have a great day, my friends!
Do you usually pack lunch or eat out? I used to ALWAYS pack lunch when in grad school and when working downtown full time back in the day because the options weren’t delicious, but now that there are so many great places in DC I treat myself to lunch out more often!
