Fall is in the air! (and some healthy indulging)

This morning I woke up At 6 am to run. I haven't done that in a while. And it was more apparent than ever that the seasons are changing. It was still dark when I left. Here is the blurry dawn ten minutes into my run.

It was also a cooler temperature than I've felt in a while.

So much so that Ingrid, my morning running mate, was wearing long sleeves when I met her in Dupont. She took them off about four minutes later, but still. Fall is in the air. And so is love. To embrace it, Josh and I went out to dinner and ate this fried green tomato pizza with fennel, tomatoes, ricotta, and summer squash. And OH EMMMMM GEEEEEEE is how I felt about that. SO GOOD!

Then we shared a zuchinni whoopie pie and cookie monster cupcake from a bakery across the street. One very amazing perk of running four and a half miles at 6am is that I feel no guilt at all for the rest of the day about the calories I consume.

Then we went to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers nationwide showing of today's concert in Germany, in honor of their newly released album. It was pretty sweet, but I still need to see them live. Obvi.

3D glasses = coolest kids around

Though I do like how I feel all day after an early morning run, I have been preferring to "sleep in" until 7 recently, and do my exercising in the evenings. And with fall around the corner, running after work will just get more and more pleasant. I can't wait!


Do you tend to indulge after a good workout or do you still feel guilty for eating empty calories like in my cakes above? Are you excited for fall too???