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October 5, 2010 · 12:50 pm

The Air is Crisp

MISSION: 10k PR

Week 2

  • long run (7 miles)
  • 1-2 speed workouts (30-45 minute run with sprint intervals)
  • easy run (4-5 miles)
  • 3 days yoga
  • 2 Pilates workouts

Yesterday Tate and I went on a great 4.26 mile run (my “easy run” for the week).  The air was just a little chilly and smelled straight up like fall, yum!  I was still a little sore from Saturday’s dance class but after the run and a noontime vinyasa class I was feeling much better.

Tate and I headed by bike to Kath and Matt’s mid-afternoon to keep Matt company while he made a batch of homebrew.  They invited us stay for a delicious early dinner and we were home by 7pm and in bed by 9:30!

The chilly weather this week has reminded me that it is naturally time to make some shifts in my schedule.   As it gets darker earlier, dinner comes earlier, bed comes earlier, and waking up comes earlier.  I love fall but a few years ago I recognized that my body has a challenging time during this season.  My eyes are a little puffy when I wake up, I need more sleep, and I usually get a cold or at least feel run down as the weather starts to change.

This fall I am taking precautions to avoid that cold/run-down feeling.  Here are some tips to stay healthy and strong as we transition into the dark slumber of winter

  • go to bed half an hour earlier
  • suppliment vitamin C
  • decrease intake of coffee, alcohol, and sugar
  • eat more fermented foods
  • drink more water
  • pay extra attention to eating dark leafy greens, garlic, and ginger
  • note how your exercise routine is making you feel- energized? rundown? needing more? a change in the seasons is an excellent time to change up your routine!

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August 21, 2010 · 2:51 am

The Fair

The West Virginia State Fair!

The food

Just to give you an idea of scale that is a 20 ounce soda behind those chips!

Oh no! Oh dear me NO!

Yes, that is a doughnut on bottom and another one on top with a giant burger with all the fixin’s in the middle.  Wowza.

I ate a pear I picked this morning and a little later on a Luna bar and an apple.  I also had a few bites of my sister’s piece of cheese pizza.

Tate saw someone chowing on one of these when we first arrived and…

Have I mentioned that my husband is not a vegetarian?

He ate about 4/5ths of the MEAT (and only complained a little about feeling ill from it 🙂 ) He recovered quickly from his meat coma.

Oh no, you can have the meat and dough but spare the vegetables!

This is more my scene, the prize-winning vegetables!

What makes a first place potato?

My niece and her BFF made this hilarious “funny produce” entry, it’s a yellow squash giving a pepper a tattoo! And they won first place!

Yep, that’s a wall of prize-winning hay…that’s West Virginia!

And so is this


I ADORE good ol’ WV, I really do.  It’s just that I fit into the counter-culture much more than the mainstream around these parts and going to the State Fair is like stepping into a stereo-type.

The rides

My niece and sister got unlimited ride passes and went nuts!

I snuck on the last two rides with Zenya (well, actually the nice carnies let me on 🙂 ).  It was fun but just two little rides made me a bit queasy.

We were there for 5 hours and by the time we got to the car I was hungry and my feets were tired!  Time to hit the proverbial (prize-winning) hay, I will leave you with this,

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