Monthly Archives: April 2011

April 11, 2011 · 3:10 pm

Superman Says Eat Local

Congratulations Charlottesville marathoners!  You ROCK, Cville doesn’t know flat so it’s a tough course. You inspire me!

My first thought on Saturday morning was “they’ve already been running for nearly an hour!”.  My second thought was “I want to join them”.

So I did.

You know, after a leisurely breakfast and coffee. 😉

At first I felt kind of guilty when I met up with the race course and started cruising by people at mile 15, here I was just getting warmed up and they were getting ready to hit the wall.  Then I reconfigured my attitude and decided that my fresh energy would hopefully enliven them a little.

My plan was to go out for a quick and easy 3.3 miles but I was having so much fun and was SO INSPIRED by all of the running dedication surrounding me that I went an extra mile.  The second half of my run was swimming upcurrent of the runners (don’t worry, it was pretty thin so I didn’t get in anyone’s way) so I got to give every single marathoner I passed a HUGE grin and sometimes a “nice pace!” or “beautiful morning, isn’t it?”.   I got a few high five’s in but quickly realized that you have ZERO energy to spare when you are running for hours, not even to raise your hand!

While I didn’t complete 26.2 I did cover a lot of miles this weekend, 16.5 over Saturday and Sunday by walking, running, and HIKING!

I love, love, love hiking and yesterday’s romp around Shendoah National Park with Matt + Kath was a perfect way to spend a Spring Sunday.

Superman say’s “Eat Local” and Matt agrees!

84 foot South River Falls

Naturally, there was lots of real food refueling.

Super seedy and delicious Great Harvest Dekota bread, three kinds of cheese and lots of veg.

Manna bread and almond butter cookies topped us off.

I went a little nuts in the kitchen on Saturday afternoon and whipped up big batches of sprouted wheat biscuits and cookies.

Sprouted wheat, shredding carrots, dates.

I baked this batch of sprouted wheat bread in individual biscuit form because the first loaf was so crumbly and took forever to cook.

These cookies were made without an iota of a plan and sadly they kind of taste like that.  I had a little bit of applesauce and some extra shredded carrots (from the manna) so into the food processor they went.  An impulse buy of $2 a jar organic almond butter has left me with a plethora of my least favorite kind of nut butter so in went a few big spoonfuls. Honey, a little bit of sugar, lots of cinnimon and a few grates of nutmeg, some eggs, oh wait they need something more…oats to the rescue.

They are o.k. but nothing special, if you try to create something like these cookies (you know, based on this glowing review ;)) I recommend baking them for just long enough to cook the eggs, otherwise they will dry out.

There’s a high of 84* predicted for today. I say BRING IT ON!

My strawberries need the SUN!

 

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April 7, 2011 · 4:37 pm

5 Weeks to 30

My crafty husband did it again!  Thank goodness we moved his broken surf board all the way across country with us, otherwise what would we sit on? 😉

Yeah, I’m a little sore today.  The absolutely best thing to do when your muscles are sore and tight is to get moving.  It can be counterintuitive and downright painful you’ve got to get the blood flowing in the muscles to aid in the healing.

The first 5 minutes of my run this morning were really pathetic-feeling and looking.  As my body warmed up and loosened up I began to stand up straighter, tread lighter, and lengthen my stride.  Before long I was feeling great and thrilled to be moving. Remind me of that next time I moan about being sore because it was hard to talk myself into getting out the door this morning.

I am a procrastinator.  I just am.  It’s a quality that I have been working to improve, especially since living with a super go-getter (♥Tate♥).  But the truth of the matter is that I kind of thrive on a tight deadline.

So while I’ve had my entire 20’s to prepare for my 30’s I have left a few things to the final 5 weeks.

5 Weeks to 30

My 30th birthday is coming up in a mere 5 weeks FROM TODAY.

Yeah, yeah, I am well aware that I will wake up no different on May 12th than when I went to sleep on May 11th but entering a new decade only happens every 10 years so I think it deserves some serious recognition.

There are a few not great habits/qualities that I would like leave behind with my 20’s and a few new ones that I would like to foster and carry into my 30’s.  Over the next few weeks I am going to set some serious intentions for change, some major, probably most minor.

Here are my first two habits that are on their way OUT

Interrupting. Everyone does this in conversation, especially when we are really excited about the topic and just have so much to say about it that we need to get our points in NOW.  But it’s rude.  And it makes people feel like you’re not listening.  I will increase my awareness of my interrupting habit and do it less (it is occasionally appropriate in conversation after all).

Mindless “Tasting”. I snack while I cook.  A taste of this, a (couple dozen) spoonfuls of that and before I know it I’ve consumed hundreds of calories and barely chewed or enjoyed them, not to mention that I’m no longer really hungry for dinner but want to sit down and eat it anyway.  I’ve gotten way better at this over the last few years but it’s still a habit that I want to break.   Sometimes I am really hungry when I cook, in those cases I will make a small snack (an apple, some chopped veggies) on a plate and slowly eat it between stirring and chopping.  Since I rarely use recipes it’s necessary to taste along the way, just not 10 times with a big spoon.

Thanks for helping hold me accountable!

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