Action Movie Hero

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I don't really have too much to share with you when it comes to Revolt Fitness. Honestly, the June Uprising was my least favorite so far. I did not like the workouts (tabata) and the meals weren't really that appetizing to me. For the most part, I did the exercises from the workouts that we were supposed to do but I just did them in circuits rather than tabatas. As for the meals, I kind of went back to some older meals that I really liked and subbed in my own meals. 

All of this still ended up working in my favor as I weighed in at 122lbs when I started the program, 10 weeks ago, at 127lbs. I have not checked my body fat percentage in awhile because I was getting discouraged when it was only changing by 0.1%. I will follow up at the end of the 12 weeks with photos, statistics, and my favorite meals and workouts.

Even though I am not sticking with the Revolt Fitness program 100%, I am still being active. If you recall, the month of June, A and I were going to try and bike 100 miles. We came awfully close but did not reach our goal. However, we did participate in a 5k adventure run over the weekend.

I am a sucker for a good mud, beer, or any other type of adventure race. Give me an obstacle and I am all about it. But if you ask me to run 5k dead straight, I would look at you like you have more than a few bats in the cave please tell me you have heard this saying.

Mean Streets Racing is an urban obstacle race held in several Midwestern states. The theme behind the race is action hero movies and they try to incorporate the most popular scenes into the obstacle portion of the race - scaling walls, jumping off buildings, climbing through dumpsters...

A was super thrilled about the race. Can't you tell?

This was the first and only race that I did not train by running. In fact, I actually didn't train at all besides doing some Revolt Fitness exercises. I will tell you that I was dying during and after the race. But we finished the race in under 40 minutes and I am happy about that.

I even have some battle scars from the obstacles. Some of them were super intense - slightly dangerous.

Have you ever heard of Mean Streets Racing?

What is your favorite action movie Hero?

5k Shamrock Run

I might be slightly addicted to running 5k's. But not just normal 5k's because that is for wimps.

I like the get muddy, drink beer, and/or maneuvering obstacles.

The Shamrock 5k Run did not let me down in any way.

It was such a blast and I would love to do one every weekend.

I could do without the post bar hopping though. Shit show?!

Many people have never heard of a 5k Beer Run before and you might be one of them.

Let me tell you, it is worth every kilometer to drink those 5+ beers.

Let's relive Sunday all over again right now.

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The race started at 10am which is really not that early but to drag my butt out of bed to run when it is less than 30* outside is a tough one. We got to the park in Downtown Indianapolis early to check-in and start drinking some beers. This is the lovely group we ran with.

Hubby, Myself, friend, friend, friend, friend.

We all, along with everyone else, showed up in our best St. Patrick's Day attire and a good attitude.

The countdown to 10am came. We grabbed our beer, cheers'd to a great race, and hit the road running.

I was #27 right up front.

There was a break every kilometer of the run for another drink of beer. 

Who needs water stations?

I felt like I was running in the Chicago Marathon. Beer tables were set up every kilometer and as you ran/walked/crawled by, staff was handing out beer cups for people to chug and run off.

But I guess in a marathon you would be drinking water.

"Grab those beers, babe!"

We finished the race strong with an amazing time of 35:50. 

I mean we didn't trip over our feet, we took our time drinking the beers, and no one from my group puked. I don't care what our finishing time was because we had a blast.

The Hubs and I grabbed our final beer from the run and took a picture.

Clearly the finish time is not the above time mentioned because we had to go grab that beer for the picture.

We all ran with smiles on our faces and beer in our belly.

Great times.

Thank you to everyone at Fun-races.com  for throwing a great event!

Recovering

While I lay low recovering from the 5k Shamrock Beer Run yesterday, I want to share with you how my weekend went via pictures. But first a little preview from the run.

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Friday the Hubs and I relaxed all evening. I made a really simple dinner, we watch some DVR'd shows, and also put on a face mask. 

We stocked up our fridge for a weekend full of festivities. 

Shouldn't everyone's refrigerator look like this?

Saturday we went and picked up our packets for the race on Sunday.

These were the shirts they gave. I think they are pretty darn festive.

To finish Saturday out, we went out to dinner and of course ordered green beer and fried pickles.

A weekend full of St. Patrick's Day parties is not complete unless you have some green beer.

Sunday was the big day. The race began at 10am but more about the race later this week.

After the race, we walked a few blocks and started bar hopping.

We had a blast. 

How was your weekend?

I'm gonna pop some tags...

Getting ready for the 5k Shamrock run this Sunday and I found myself getting some green clothing from Goodwill. As I walked into the store with my friend, all we could think of is 'poppin' tags'. 

You know, the Thrift Store song? 

Yes I am listening to the song while I type this post.

But do you even know what it means to pop tags? I had to look it up!

I know there are a ton of fashion bloggers out there that feature thrift clothing. I am just not one of those shoppers. I only find myself in Goodwill when I am in need of something specific. 

Like ugly sweater party or halloween clothing or any type of themed party.

Don't get me wrong. Your Goodwill might certainly have designer labels or clothes that still have the original tag - but there is something about seeing underwear in the kids section that were donated.

Ewww face!

I did not end up buying any underwear, shoes, or hats from Goodwill 

but I did find some green attire for the Shamrock run.

Perfect, right? I found the Irish girl shirt and Pink zip-up for myself and found a green and white zip-up for the Hubby. Our friend picked up some bright green pants and shirt. 

Clothing is just not enough for us when it comes to a festive run. 

We ran into Target to pick up accessories.

Now that our uniform/outfits are all picked out, it is time to train.

I have been fitting in as much running and cardio as possible.

I just need to practice while drinking beer.

Didn't I mention that it was a beer run?!!

Do you or have you shopped at a thrift store?