Marathon Eating

WORKOUT – Ran outside

10.0 miles/1:26

no music, flat, easy

recovery miles

If you want to keep your recovery miles from being too fast, try running them without any music.  Of course, that only works when you regularly run with music, but I always run my “easier” miles tunes-free.  This also works well if you want an excuse for your slow run… Oh, I didn’t have any music, that’s why I was race walking instead of running.

YESTERDAY

Yesterday after the race I walked to a nearby Tully’s and ordered a coffee.  Ok, a grande nonfat misto with a shot of sugar-free Madagascar vanilla if I want be pretentious about it.  Seriously, the flavor was “Madagascar vanilla” – it tasted like “regular vanilla”.

I normally don’t crave coffee after a race, but I was sorta cold and it sounded really good.

Speaking of the race, I’ll recap it soon; I’m just waiting for a couple pictures.  But Lisa, who won a free race entry, PR’ed with a 3:46!

Me, Lisa and her niece Mary who came out from Cali to be a cheerleader.  I also met reader Jaime at the start and ran into EMZ at the grocery store!

POST-RACE CHOW CHOW

I said my mom was awesome yesterday, but she really is.  While I was out running the marathon, she bought me a bottle of celebratory champagne.  She thinks bubbly’s so gross, but she knows I love it.

Asti’s definitely sweeter so if you like a more dry bubbly, you won’t like this.

And she also knows that I have incredible style:

If you’re tweetin’, you’ve already seen this.

Like mother, like daughter…

Last night my too cool for school in her own high socks mom made dinner: pork chips with sautéed mushrooms, egg noodles, broiled asparagus and a side salad.  definitely went for seconds on that business.  and the Asti.

Throughout the day I had another big salad for lunch.  I don’t know why I’m talking about food as if I’m a food blogger. 

That Diet Coke, by the way, tasted sooo good.  I don’t drink much DC anymore but when I do, man, it’s like falling in love all over again.

And I had this NuGo bar in the afternoon after church.  These are at Costco for about $18/24 so we bought a box to try.  I always like to have at least one energy bar in my bag or car.  I know a lot of people say that, but it’s the truth: I don’t like to be hungry and not have any choices nearby.

I had never tried these before, but I dug it – has sort of a light, Rice Krispy-like texture similar to a Kashi GoLean bar and has 170 calories, 3 grams fat, 11 grams protein.

Enough boring food talk.  Let’s have a little Cat Lady Blogs:

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My blog is mostly about fashion, food, and of course the occasional (read often) random snip-its about traveling/DIY projects/TV (emphasis on Real Housewives/anything on Bravo)/movies/kitchen appliances/gym playlists/decorating/dieting/family/friends/the boyfriend.

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Like most females, I love meal-time and food, both preparing it and eating it (obviously).  I like to share healthy recipes and kitchen favorites that are quick, easy and tasty.

More than anything, I try to show humor and personality in everything that I post.  I think that’s why we all come back to SkinnyRunner, because she makes us happy and she makes us laugh.  And in my mind, that’s what blogging is all about.

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