Dopey Challenge Training – Week 6: Beat the Heat

 

Since my neighbors left me in charge of watching their house over the weekend, I helped myself to their above ground pool. I’m pretty sure that was implied with “watching the House”.

 

With this heat, it was so refreshing to float around enjoying my adult beverage. When I was growing up we had a pool in our backyard and it was wonderful on those hot hot days. I actually learned how to swim before I learned to walk. Mom was adamant about that since it was hard to keep track of us three kids and God forbid one of use accidentally falls in when no one is watching. 

 

I am running so much slower this week and it’s because of the heat. As all good training plans say, you should slow down once the temperature increase. I know once the season turns it will cool off and running will be much easier. 

 

This week I learned a very important lesson on waiting to run after you eat. My Thursday run was miserable because I ran out the door after a huge dinner. I adjusted my interval timer to 3 minutes run/2 minutes walking to accommodate the bulging tummy. I didn’t want to see my dinner on the pavement (if you know what I mean)

 

This was a big week in my son’s life. He finally purchased his dream car. A brand new Tesla. 

Welcome to the wonderful world of debt my boy. Seriously though, I am so proud of my son. He is only 24 years old, college graduate, terrific job, no student loans and able to afford a new car of his choosing. I feel a pat on the back is deserved for the fine job I did raising such a fiscally responsible young man. 

 

This weeks recipe is from the Villains cookbook: Olympus Moussaka. 

Probably the hardest and most time consuming recipes so far. I ended up cooking for 3 ½ hours and the kitchen became so hot the sweat was pouring down my face. I use a lot of dairy substitutions in my recipes, this causes many of my dishes to be a little on the runny side, however the flavor of this dish was so good. There was no photo in the cookbook so hopefully this is what it is supposed to look like.

 

Week #6 and my son's new car can be seen by clicking here