Healthy Travel: Balancing Workouts + Food

I am so happy it’s finally Friday!! The sun is shining here in Cincinnati today and the weather forecast for New York City is beautiful for the weekend!

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We don’t have many plans other than to celebrate a friends birthday and while Bo is scuba diving on Saturday I’m going to spend the day running and enjoying the gorgeous weather with Katie while also finally checking Balthazar off my brunch bucket list!

It’s easy to say that I want to stay healthy during business travel but it isn’t always easy to practice what we preach. Luckily, this week it was easier than I expected! 

I think the trick to staying healthy this week was balance and having the time. The training that I was in all week finished each day by 5pm which allowed plenty of time to catch up on work. This meant that each evening I was able to enjoy a relaxed dinner with co-workers or friends while still getting to bed in time to wake up for a morning workout. Here’s a glimpse at my workouts for the week along with some of the restaurants that I was able to try!

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Notice a trend here? I ate out each night but I balanced it with very healthy meals during the day and a daily workout that pushed me whether that meant lifting heavy or running fast.

Overall, it was a great week of travel though I’m looking forward to being home. Too bad I don’t fly out until late tonight! For those of you who get to Cincinnati, like Emily, I will be doing another post on the Cincinnati food scene as I was amazed by all the new restaurants this week! So delicious!

To those folks running and racing Flying Pig, New Jersey, or any other race this weekend GOOD LUCK!

Your turn: Do you have any plans this weekend?

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  1. Emily Malone May 3, 2013 / 1:51 pm

    Haha I love that you had drinks at Pavilion. That was definitely our weekend SPOT after college. So much embarrassment there. 🙂 Looks like fabulous weather! Hope it sticks around!

  2. Emily N May 3, 2013 / 1:52 pm

    I agree with Emily. Nothing good has ever come out of Pavilion. At least for me. Lol. I usually ended up falling out of there. 🙂

    How was Metropole? I live here and haven’t made it there yet?

    • ashleyd May 3, 2013 / 10:44 pm

      Haha! Yes buckets of beer were only $12! Can you even believe? Metropole was amazing!! Hands down AMAZING!

  3. Katie May 3, 2013 / 1:53 pm

    Way to go!! My plans for the weekend aren’t set in stone, but I’m hoping to do a Yoga Sculpt workout class tonight, and join the local run group for 5 miles Saturday morning. I may also squeeze in a walk or two! (I have a wedding at the end of June I want to look good for, so I’m trying to increase my activity) Plus I need to safely get back into Marathon training, June 22 is coming soon!

    • ashleyd May 3, 2013 / 10:43 pm

      Thanks Katie! Yoga sculpt sounds great!

  4. Jana @ Happy Wife Healthy Life May 3, 2013 / 2:27 pm

    I live about 40 minutes north of downtown Cincinnati and there really is a ton of things to do in the area! Plus, you are exactly right, there are some awesome restaurants too! So glad you enjoyed Cinci while you were there! 🙂

    • ashleyd May 3, 2013 / 10:42 pm

      Jana I so enjoyed every place we visited! Next time we’ll have to try and do a join up!!

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