{"id":290,"date":"2013-02-14T23:16:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?p=290"},"modified":"2013-02-14T23:16:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:16:57","slug":"290","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/290\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing Season!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh boy ladies, have you been into the stores lately?\u00a0 Bathing suits are officially out.\u00a0 If that is not motivation to stop eating cookies and get your fanny to the gym, I don&#8217;t know what is.\u00a0 Thank GOD for lent, no sweets for me. \u00a0 I mean seriously, what girl loves trying on swim suits?\u00a0 If you do, please raise your hand&#8230; so I can smack you. Only\u00a0 because I am jealous.\u00a0 Swim suits are the bane of my existence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dear Victoria Secret,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please make a swim suit that covers my entire bum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jill<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">P.S.\u00a0 Oh and do you mind turning down the fluorescent lighting in the fitting room while you are at it?\u00a0 You are not helping your sales, trust me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-294 aligncenter\" alt=\"Picture 007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-007.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-007.jpg 1936w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-007-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-007-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-007-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, no self hate here.\u00a0 I am a healthy girl who is good with her body.\u00a0 But I am also human.\u00a0 Good news is, it is almost RACING SEASON!!\u00a0 The time of year when I spend ridiculous amounts of money on 5ks, half marathons, marathons, triathlons you name it and I am all over it.\u00a0 It makes me SO HAPPY.\u00a0 You see, when you are a washed up ex-college athlete, these are the kinds of things to look forward to.\u00a0 I love the friendly competition, the\u00a0camaraderie\u00a0 and the feeling of accomplishment when finishing a race,\u00a0 no matter if its 3.1 miles or 70.3 miles.\u00a0 Oh and then going out for breakfast afterwards, duh.\u00a0 This is my bliss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-295 aligncenter\" alt=\"Picture 045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-045.jpg\" width=\"308\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-045.jpg 1936w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-045-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-045-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Picture-045-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Races I am signed up for thus far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nashville Country Music 13.1 on\u00a0 &#8211; Girls trip! WOO!<\/li>\n<li>Great Western 13.1<\/li>\n<li>Chicago 13.1 June<\/li>\n<li>Chicago 13.1 September<\/li>\n<li>Fox Valley 20 Miler September<\/li>\n<li>Chicago Marathon October- ticket to Boston fingers Crossed!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will of course be some 5ks and 10ks thrown in there but I still have not decided if I am going to do a Triathlon this year. I have a lot of fun doing them, but I struggle with fitting in the multiple daily workouts with two jobs and grad school.\u00a0 We shall see.<\/p>\n<p>Keep yourself accountable and sign up for something, it is the best way to force yourself to get out there and RUN.\u00a0 You will be so glad you did.\u00a0 What are you signing up for??\u00a0 Comment below!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh boy ladies, have you been into the stores lately?\u00a0 Bathing suits are officially out.\u00a0 If that is not motivation to stop eating cookies and get your fanny to the gym, I don&#8217;t know what is.\u00a0 Thank GOD for lent, no sweets for me. \u00a0 I mean seriously, what girl loves trying on swim suits?\u00a0 If you do, please raise your hand&#8230; so I can smack you. Only\u00a0 because I am jealous.\u00a0 Swim suits are the bane of my existence. Dear Victoria Secret, Please make a swim suit that covers my entire bum. Thanks, Jill P.S.\u00a0 Oh and do you mind turning down the fluorescent lighting in the fitting room while you are at it?\u00a0 You are not helping your sales, trust me. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, no self hate here.\u00a0 I am a healthy girl who is good with her body.\u00a0 But I am also human.\u00a0 Good news is, it is almost RACING SEASON!!\u00a0 The time of year when I spend ridiculous amounts of money on 5ks, half marathons, marathons, triathlons you name it and I am all over it.\u00a0 It makes me SO HAPPY.\u00a0 You see, when you are a washed up ex-college athlete, these are the kinds of things to look forward to.\u00a0 I love the friendly competition, the\u00a0camaraderie\u00a0 and the feeling of accomplishment when finishing a race,\u00a0 no matter if its 3.1 miles or 70.3 miles.\u00a0 Oh and then going out for breakfast afterwards, duh.\u00a0 This is my bliss. Races I am signed up for thus far: Nashville Country Music 13.1 on\u00a0 &#8211; Girls trip! WOO! Great Western 13.1 Chicago 13.1 June Chicago 13.1 September Fox Valley 20 Miler September Chicago Marathon October- ticket to Boston fingers Crossed! There will of course be some 5ks and 10ks thrown in there but I still have not decided if I am going to do a Triathlon this year. I have a lot of fun doing them, but I struggle with fitting in the multiple daily workouts with two jobs and grad school.\u00a0 We shall see. Keep yourself accountable and sign up for something, it is the best way to force yourself to get out there and RUN.\u00a0 You will be so glad you did.\u00a0 What are you signing up for??\u00a0 Comment below! &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}