Thanks for joining Coco and me for the February Ultimate Coffee Date. These are always some of our favorite posts to write and read. The only thing better than an actual coffee date is a virtual one. Make mine extra hot because it’s beyond freezing out there! Grab your mugs and join us! I’ve also got a fun February giveaway read on for details.
February Ultimate Coffee Date
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…I was rushing around to grab a few necessities in the store the other day and I realized right as I was getting into the check out line that I had picked up Decaf coffee by accident! Crisis averted but can you imagine?
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…I heard the craziest term for a new fad the other day: “Exercise Snacking”. I got all excited for a second when I thought someone was going to tell us that snacking was now a form of exercise. I am already a pro at that! But nope, exercise snacking is a term for doing small bursts of exercise like 30 seconds of jumping jacks in your office. Apparently taking the stairs instead of the elevator is now considered exercise. These small “bites” of exercise are thought to help ward off diseases from sitting too much. Hmmm…
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…I am excited for my first race of 2019 tomorrow. Although it’s freezing and I am feeling a bit underprepared for the hills, I know it will be lots of fun to do the For The Love 10K again. Two years ago, I met the other Deb in person at this race. We even got to share a real coffee date afterwards. Love it when that happens.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…I have a fun giveaway! We runners do creative ways to show off and reminisce on our running accomplishments and these Kudos coasters are a new way to do it. Simply, pick a medal that you would like to show off and insert it into the coaster with a colored back round of choice. There are 6 colors to choose from. Display your favorite medal for motivation. Switch it out as often as you’d like. I have one to give away to one of you. I am currently displaying my Cherry Blossom medal from a few years back. That is my next big race!
If we were having a February Ultimate Coffee Date in person, what would you tell me? What would you display in your Kudos Coaster?
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I got all excited when I read “exercise snacking” too, haha. It’s a good concept though for sure! I definitely do that as much as I can when I’m working super long hours at the hospital!
I only have one medal since the other race I ran gave me a Tiffany’s necklace, so I’d put the one from the Rutgers 8K that I ran last year in it! :] Thanks for the giveaway!
Well the Tiffany necklace is a keeper! Exercise snacking lol thanks for joining in on the coffee date
I have never posted, but I always look forward to the coffee date each month. My daughter just finished the Houston marathon with a huge PR. The coaster would be for her; love this idea.
Thanks for following along with the blog posts and the coffee dates. The coasters would make a great gift for your daughter thanks for entering
Good luck in your race! and finding out what exercise snacking is was a disappointment, lol!
ha ha is sure was disappointing!
Well, I for one, always take the stairs and challenge anyone who scoffs at the quality of exercise it is LOL (I usually do more than one flight at a time, though). Good luck at your race tomorrow! Are you guys just getting the worst of the cold now? It’s finally mellowing out in Iowa, and I’m looking forward to hitting the streets 😉 Happy February 😉
I know you are a stairs queen! Yes today should be the worst of the weather for us. It’s actually snowing again!
That’s a fun way to display medals! Love that CB one too. .Have a great race tomorrow! I hope it’s not too cold. It feels tropical here this morning at 6 degrees, although now we’re getting snow.
It will still be a little cold tomorrow morning and then we get a nice warmup!
I’d love to set a goal race and use the coaster for that medal.
It’s fun to have as a great reminder! Thanks for entering
That is such an awesome medal & a nice way to display it!
I guess I’ve been exercise snacking for a while (although never heard the term). I’m a firm believer that those little “snacks” can make a huge difference.
I definitely think small bursts of exercise add up. I think it’s funny the term they used to describe it though. Thanks for stopping in for coffee
Since I’ve been stuck inside all week, I’ve been doing a lot of reading and I just read about exercise snacking! Who knew it was a thing? I feel like I have been doing this all along. Because I can never sit still.
Thanks for coffee! Thank goodness you didn’t get the decaf.
Yes I think lots of us do the “exercise snacking” thing but it sure is an odd phrase to coin in. Thanks for stopping in!
Exercise snacking is definitely an interesting term, but I’m fully on board with the concept of moving more during the day. It’s a great reminder to get up and move more when you are working. Luckily, I’m a little distractible, so I tend not to sit for more than 15 minutes or so before I end up jumping up to do something unrelated to the work I’m trying to accomplish LOL.
If my kids ever have a week of school, we should meet for coffee IRL!
It’s crazy how much school the kids have missed in the past few weeks! Yes would love to get together soon we are long over due
Marine Corp Marathon 2016.
Best race ever for many reasons
I bet it was! Would be perfect to display in the coaster
Exercise snacking is interesting…I think it’s helpful with the built up affect if you work long hours and extra movement is good for all of us. It shouldn’t be someone only form of exercise in my opinion though.
Those coasters are so cute! They would make a great gift.
It is a funny term to use! Yes the coasters would be a great gift
What a cute way to display a medal!
Good luck with your race tomorrow! Are the streets there clear? We’ve still got a lot of ice, but I’m hoping to hit the roads tomorrow.
Thanks for coffee 🙂
Well it’s currently snowing….yes the coasters are cute thanks for checking them out
I’m hoping it warms up for my first race of the year next weekend.
I hope it does too! It’s snowing here right now
I saw exercise snacking, too and was like “now there’s something I can get behind.” Until I realized there was no food in it. LOL. I do like to walk and take stairs and get some movement, etc. during the day. It’s a great idea – just a funny name.
Good luck in your race. I ran two half marathons in January. That may be a first for me!
Yes that was exactly my thought! You did crush it this January nice job
I think I might prefer snacking while exercising, rather than short bursts of fitness, but hey. Toe-may-toe, toe-mah-toe.
So excited to hear about your first race of the year! It’s going to be great.
Love those coasters! I have so many fabulous medals, and it would be so cool to see them in coaster form!
Yes the snacking thing I don’t know! The coasters are cute thanks for entering
I’m skeptical of the “snacking” idea. Why has society shifted so much that we need to seek out ways to move more?
It kind of rubbed me the wrong way as well!
Good luck on your 10k tomorrow! Bundle up, it’s cold out there. We just finished driving home from Florida today and I already want to turn around and go back. An unexpected snowstorm kept traffic crawling all the way from DC to PA!
It was quite chilly out there this morning!
Decaf doesn’t make any sense to me. What’s the point, really?
Exercise snacking? Imagine getting up once in a while and moving is actually good for you. Who knew? Lol.
Good luck on your race!
I thought the term exercise snacking was a little silly myself! Decaf? Why?! Thanks for stopping in
Exercise snacking, that’s a new one! At least now I’ll know what it means when I hear someone say it :). I would have thought it dealt with food too.
I was kind of hoping it did! 🙂
Awww, I loved having a real coffee date with you after that race. I think I told you that I’d actually considered running it again this year and then my injury happened…
That Cherry Blossom medal is gorgeous! Back when I used to run the race, they didn’t give out medals.
Thanks for the linkup!
I know I thought about you today and was hoping that you were not too upset about not being able to run it again. We will just have to plan another coffee date soon! They do have nice medals now for cherry blossom.
Good luck with your 10K! I have one tomorrow too, and glad the weather has improved somewhat. But it’s living up to its “frozen penguin” name. I love the Cherry Blossom medal you’re using in the display – way better than 2018’s which was a little too gaudy for my liking.
Too funny re: other Deb. I think you two, the two Kims and any other doubles need to do a name relay.
Well hope you stayed warm this morning! It was a balmy 11 degrees at the start line
Downright tropical 19 here with a wind chill of 12. In the words of the wonderful Grumpy Old Men soundtrack: we’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave.
Seriously I know! This week looks a lot better though!
OMG, I hope you are bundled up today! It’s still in the teens here! I haven’t heard the term “exercise snacking” before, but I should try it. Thursday I was glued to my desk from 3 to 8 pm trying to finish something. Ugh.
Well it was a balmy 11 degrees at the start! Those hills out there ugh
I hope you have a great race! Thankfully after today, the weather is going to warm up significantly!
I love the medal display…there are definitely some medals that I have that I don’t have room to hang that would make great coasters – mostly RNR virtual medals!
Yes we are expecting a big warm up after today as well!
Hmm, well I would definitely be switching medals in and out, but I guess right now I would put in the medal from our turkey trot last November, where I WON MY AGE GROUP! (That definitely gets easier the older you get, ha ha!)
Well that is a fantastic idea! congrats on the age group win something to show off for sure
I would put the medal that I won in a race.