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Oh I definitely have to have my hair in a bun during run! I’ve had it in a ponytail twice and all I could focus on was my ponytail swinging!! Haha.

I am so glad to hear your AirPods survived!! Good to know for future reference;)

Question–does that TRIM thing grow your hair back the same way it would from waxing? I’m so weary of using a shave type thing on my face, but it would be much more convenient!

Also, is that the same niece holding Skye grabbing the donut as the one where she grabbed the cake?! If so, maybe Skye knows who has the soft hearts;)

The hair hitting my back while I’m running really bothers me. But running with a messy bun is even more annoying to me. My hair is very long and carrying a messy bun while running means my entire bun will be jumping in my head with every stride I do, and that’s definitely not fun.
For that I have to just 1. Be patient and deal with the ponytail/ all the hair in my back, or 2. Create a tight bun with a hair band and hair pins, or 3. Braid my hair, which is surprisingly comfortable. Although I do not love how my hair looks when I unbraid it hair after my run.

As you can see this question about the hair in my back Ian quite the topic for me. Hope you enjoy your weekend Janae;).

I don’t mind if my hair *touches* the back of my neck but I HATE it sticking to the back and sides and hitting/touching/sticking me in the face…and I am a sweaty, sticky mess when I run so I always wear a braid. The end touches but doesn’t stick and there isn’t any big swinging/hitting or sticking to anywhere.

Peaches are in the top group of my favorite fruits but I don’t know if I could pick a single favorite.

FRESH peaches (whether just bitten into as they are or cut in half and grilled and then with a served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream) are excellent. But any other way–canned, jarred, frozen, smoothie-ed–whatever–totally not my jam. My favorite fruit I think is still berries. I wanted to say bananas, but sometimes I get sick and tired of them, especially when I let one get a little bit too ripe and then put it in my smoothie and everything tastes like banana or when a banana peel is in the garbage too long and the whole dang place stinks up…

I love Brooke’s birthday party at the skating rink! I think after I was in the 2nd grade and my birthday party turned into a big table of girls stomping their hands on the table and chanting WE WANT PIZZA!! WE WANT PIZZA!!!” my mom gave up on the at-home birthday parties, because the next year was my first year where the “party” was a matinee, or a trip to a roller rink, or a trip to a “paint your own pottery” place, or whatever followed with store-bought birthday cake. As an adult now, I can imagine how much those parties exhausted her; for me, the existential exhaustion of so! many! people! everywhere! and no space to breathe exhausts me in more lasting ways than the physical exhaustion of a hard workout.

When trying to get your breath even again–and when trying to take a deep breath and lose yourself in it–becomes a thing of effort because of what you’re doing, then it starts to become a bit too much for me…

Last fall I got an oversized tunic-y sweatshirt from the Reebok website that is a bit similar to what you got from gap, and I love it. I wanted more but never bought one; I might take a look at your tunic but in navy. I also might keep those gap jeans on my radar–a good dark wash (that’s flat and even and not too brown-undertoned/not too black-undertoned/not distressed/not whiskered or anything/etc.) is really hard to find. And you’re right–Gap does seem to always have a sale!

I hope you get some good REST soon! Exhausted bodies are never fun. When I taught my spin class on Wednesday night, because I decided that my body needed sleep instead of my usual Wednesday morning HIIT class, I rocked it…and then I rocked my run yesterday and had the happiest, most liberating run I have had in a little while. And then I rocked teaching my Body Flow class–even with a choreography flub. But then yesterday afternoon I practiced some new choreography and yesterday night I subbed another person’s Flow class, and I was all kinds of OFF and TIRED. I think I need to do a better job at really paying attention to when my body and mind are exhausted and being more ocnsistent about backing off–whether that means riding easier on the spin bike, or not chastising myself for a slower pace on a run, or allowing myself to skip workouts and just sleep without feeling like i need to apologize for it.

(Note to self: Stephanie, don’t do that! Sleep is good!!! Exhaustion is bad!!! Listen to your body!!!)

Hope your day is excellent! For me it’s a full day of departmental meetings…and on Monday fall term begins and HELLO COLLEGE STUDENTS! I have about 110 of them this term. Yeesh.

My hair is past my waist so I’m use to it hitting my neck and back when I run. I can’t stand for it to be in my face, though. I usually braid it so it’s not a tangled mess when I get home.

I like peaches but they aren’t in my top 3rd. Watermelon, grapes, pineapple, kiwi, berries and mango head to the front of the line.

I’m jealous of your Fall clothes – it’s triple digits here in So Cal and I probably won’t wear any Fall clothes until November!

YAY for your AirPods surviving the wash! hehe! Can you tell me how long yours last when you’re out? I bought some similar ones and the longest they’ve ever lasted is 1 hour (sometimes shorter) on what I believe to be a full-charge.

Thanks in advance, have a HAPPY day! :)

Sara

If i put my hair in a high pony it doesn’t reach my back, but it drives me crazy if the pony is loose or a stray piece comes out. Love love love peaches (and nectarines!) and am inhaling them lately. I love you summer! And definitely need to try those cauli gnocchi next time I’m at TJ’s, thanks for sharing those!

Hair on my neck during my run never used to bother me, but then I started following Alexi Pappas and tried the bun and cannot got back. It is AWESOME having no hair anywhere on the run, and when you are hot or wet (sweat or rain), fuhgedaboutit.

First week of school in the books! I pick Baxton at 3 and head to Indianapolis to see my oldest nephew. Yahoo!

I washed a battery pack and it worked for one more cycle then it fizzled.

Are you saying that if a brownie sundae had walnuts then it would be better then peaches? I do love peaches. I was born in Georgia, so you kind of have to.

Okay..for the life of me I cannot find Allie Kieffers power bun thing you mentioned?‍♀️ Where can I find it? I’m in desperate need of a bun during my runs ? thank you!

Same!! I single stray hair in my face at ANY point in the day drives me nuts. I have long hair, but if I had the courage I would have a pixie cut. I never even wear my hair down anymore, it’s in a virtual state of ponytail/messy bun at all times. And when I workout, tight, tight bun!

I never grew up eating peaches in Wisconsin, but they are big on them here in Southeast Missouri and I do like them. Nothing beats a perfectly ripe nectarine though!

I’m glad your Airpods survived! That would have been devastating. I don’t think I’ve ever washed anything super valuable. I do constantly have alcohol pads floating around in the washer/dryer though #nurseproblems

OMG you have the Levitate 2s in multiple colors!!! I am so envious!!! (and that darker color pattern–with the purple–is so pretty, right?!?!?) I love it. I hope they brought you swiftness and joy on your long run this morning…and that your nutrition game (which I know you’ve been working on) felt strong and steady this morning. Huma for the win!!!!!!

Too bad Skye isn’t enjoying the peaches too much. Send me her portion of the fresh peaches–I’ll give you my mailing address! I wonder how they’ll hold up in the mail?

In 50 minutes I am teaching Body Flow at a gym near me that just brought Flow onto the schedule THIS WEEK. I am launching the brand new release–I hope I don’t totally screw up my choreography! I don’t want to make a bad impression! After that, I get to change super fast and then head to the running store to work. What’s good about that is that if I *have* to have extra work to make ends meet, at least it’s retail work that’s meaningful–a good fit for shoes to run or walk in can really help change a person’s life, and having a customer’s interests be heard, and listening to their wants and concerns can help transform a person’s view on, well, capitalism and consumerist structures. But the bad thing–I spend an entire shift helping people buy shoes that more often than not I wish I bought for myself (especially since SO MANY people come into our store and buy Brooks!!!). And then this evening I am curling up with a book, because I signed up to go to a book club meeting a week from Tuesday just one town over from where I live! It’s time that I do some FUN things that have nothing to do with any of my 3 professional capacities (college professor, shoe-slinger, and Les Mills fitness instructor).

Those are my three things. ANd with that–I’m off! Have a GREAT Day!!!!!