Built a roof, ran a PR & Created a Gourmet Pizza!!

Not bad for one day, eh?

Today, the hubby and I, along with my in-laws company, volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. They are a non-profit organization that builds affordable housing for low income families. They are founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a safe, decent, affordable place to live!

We get there, and little did I know we were going to get some fine fancy wear. Watch out now...we're bringing sexy back to construction site attire!

Note: Neither of our eye goggles are our normal look

just in case you were unsure! LOL

But hey! Helmet head hair aside, we'd do it all again for a great cause such as this! These were the town homes we were building... adorable aren't they?
This is our crew today....setting the trusses, nailing in the hurricane straps. But I cannot tell a lie...they did NEED someone to hold the ladder (on the floor) while someone else was 13 ft in the air pounding in the nails. It IS a very important job, and I took one for the team and offered my services for that position. Thank you very much.

What was that saying..."no job too small?" That's what I'm going with! I mean seriously...I couldn't allow my husband to hold the ladder for me!!! Now how would THAT look? I was really just looking out for HIS best interest. He's my hero.
In keeping with traditions of construction sites all across the good ol' US of A...around 10:45, a truck, similar to this one, came horns blaring around the corner signaling lunchtime to a bunch of hungry construction men. Ummm....thanks, but no thanks. I wasn't ready to take my chance on this one.
In the area of town we were in our alternate choices were VERY limited. But thanks to the handy dandy mapping feature on my iPhone, I was able to track down a Quiznos Subs only about 10 minutes away.

I ended up with a Veggie Sub on Whole wheat. Included on it: Mushrooms, black olives, yellow peppers, red onion, lettuce, guacamole and red wine vinaigrette! It was actually quite tasty!
We got done with a little over an hour to spare before we had to go get the wee ones of our household (thank you Grandma!) In keeping with my training schedule, I still needed to get in a 5 mile run. Hubby was sweet enough to go with me this time too! I ran my 5 miles (feeling awesome too) in 52 minutes. New best record. I'm determined to get it down even lower now too!!!

This weekend is quickly going by with a TON of things still on my to-do list. As I check one thing off, something else seems to appear! I got home from our afternoon activities and got to work on things around here. I look up and realize its already 6pm and the tribe is getting hungry and restless...including this Momma too!

I had purchased an Amy's Vegan Pizza, but had yet to try it.
In this little beauty was roasted red peppers, marinated artichokes and organic shittake mushrooms.
When it came out of the oven, it looked a bit lonely...like it was missing something. So I chopped up a bunch of romaine lettuce, tossed it in garlic, red wine vinegar and a wee bit of EVOO and placed it on top of the pizza. NOW it looked complete...gourmet if I do say so myself.

I give this pizza, exactly as I created it, 2 thumbs and 2 big toes UP. It was INCREDIBLE. Even the hubby thought it tasted great!
I did have more than the normal amount of starchy carbs with the sandwich for lunch, pizza for dinner, but ya know....sometimes you just gotta go with what you have on hand. But I will most definitely be buying this pizza again!!

Now back to my running, if you will.

I want to improve my time, and from what I've been told, incorporating speed drills once per week will definitely help me achieve my goal.

So my question to all you runners is: how exactly do you do speed drills? Do I just do sprints in between walking or do I jog as normal adding sprints along the way? Please help this runner out!