November 2011
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The (fit)watcher Gets Hitched: The Best Mac 'n'... →
thefitwatcher-gets-hitched:
And if you disagree? I. Will. Fight you.
I saw this Thai Red Curry Mac ‘n’ Cheese recipe on Aarti Party (chef Aarti Sequeira’s show on Food Network) and my mouth instantly began to water while staring at the television. Aside from that, it was SO EASY for a weeknight dinner and didn’t take many…
I think this may be a cheat meal either this weekend after the...
October 2011
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i have the awesomest friends
like for real, it is unbelievable how awesome they are!! my one running partner - lets call her A has a foot injury and is unable to do the marathon or do the last long run with me. we both have the day off on Friday though to do the 20miler - since she can’t run it she is going to meet me about half way on her bike with some more water and stuff and then do an impossibly slow 10 mile bike...
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i think my doc is smoking crack
seriously i ran on my foot 4 miles and somehow i found the all up hill route - how is that even possible??!?!?!? right now, my foot is hurting! like i have a slight limp and i wore my compression socks which my calves liked, but my toes did not now i have a blister…but really 4 miles it hurt - how and why does he think 12-14 is a good idea on sunday….i trust him a ton though,...
This was so needed today →
Modern dance
Yeah I just don’t get it. We had a modern dance engagement at one of my venues and yeah - normally there is something I can say I like and other than the dancers having amazing bodies there was nothing I liked about it - I’m going to now watch its the great pumpkin charlie brown - that I get :)
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NSV and well ok doc...
first the NSV - i fit into the coat i bough the winter i moved to seattle - 7 years ago and the only winter it fit was that one….guess what????? it fits again!! i can button it and breath in it!
went to the doc for my foot today and i was like, i don’t know if i am going to be able to do the marathon, i haven’t really run in almost 3 weeks and my longest run so far was 16miles...
thefameofhealthandfitness asked: TMI! What makes you a stronger person this year over last? And... list one goal you have for yourself for 2012.
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i don't know what to do
i’m supposed to run 18miles today. i ran somewhere between 3-4 yesterday and my foot hurt during, after and still does some now (depending on how i walk on it). right now it isn’t too bad - after the 4 miles yesterday it hurt to walk all day and i found i was walking funky on it. right now all i want to do is finish the marathon, i have no time goals, i just want to finish it. it is...
Got the legs going
Went for a run not 18miles but a run don’t know how far or how long it was somewhere between 3-4miles no idea of time - foots feeling ok still a little pain, but better running than walking - yeah that’s odd - run was with a friend and it was so awesome to just run to run for fun…tomorrow rain or shine will be the super serious run, the who the hell signed me up for a f’n...
Dear weather
You suck - really why do you have to rain today, you’ve been misting the last few and today you pick rain?!!?!!??!!! You suck!
Edit: and now it’s just pouring!
Edit 2: long run postponed until Sunday. Pouring rain + 18miles + 5hrs sleep = postponement
18!!!
I’m going to Ryan Adams tonight and then am getting up at 5am and running 18 miles - I realized yesterday that I was running 18 miles and that I probably haven’t been eating enough carbs - I had rice macaroni and cheese :) for dinner and then tomorrow we run - well I run, mostly on my own for this one too.
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been a bit MIA recently
work has been busy and i was sick for a couple of days - but have no fear i went to spin this morning and my favorite instructor was back from vaca and he kicked my butt :) i’ve got 18miles planned for saturday and i’m going to a concert tomorrow night, yikes! hopefully it won’t end too late as i’m planning on starting my run crazy early…i mean it’s 18miles and...
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the best laid plans...
of mice and men…and i learned to today that the correct quote is: “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley” it’s from a Scottish poem, i love Scotland….anywho, back to why i am saying this, because it is true. I set out for a 13.1 mile run from my house this morning a little over 6.5miles and we were done. well i was done, well my right...
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i've been a cooking fool recently
and today i made these Espresso Chocolate Bars and they are amazing!!! I substituted raw cacao powder for the cocoa powder - seriously make these, you will not regret it - who needs the larabar when you can make your own and honestly i think these are crazy better than any larabar i have ever had…
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um - that's green and white...
not green and bronze…i’m sorry Nike but you are making my Spartan’s look like the Oregon Ducks…i get where you were going with this, but Michigan State is green and white, not bronze and green and there is not white in the uniform except for the Nike swoosh and a tiny little Spartan head on the jersey…i mean they look cool and all, but put them on your Ducks not my...
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so amazing!!!
so last night i put a huge piece of meat into my slow cooker and let it sit there on low for 16hours….what was that meat you ask - well it was a 5.5lb pork shoulder/butt (apparently they are the same thing - really not sure how the shoulder and butt are the same thing, but that is what the butcher said so i’m going with it. but what you ask am i making with it…well i made Kalua...
it's been a week
and i can’t wait for it to be over - i’ve been grumpy and miserable all week. work is kicking my ass, but i did get up this am and get my ass kicked in a different way at spin class - it’s the kind of ass kicking i prefer. off to work in a bit to get through this thursday and then one more day until the weekend, i can do this!!
so tired...
i got up - went to the gym rowed 4 x 500m did some weight, ate, showered went to work was there at 9:30am-left work at 6pm, came home ate dinner, sat on couch with lap top and continued to work…it is not 8pm…time to put the computer down and stop working for the day…
oh, yeah i decided to do this again
So as i may have mentioned earlier this week here that i signed up to do a not intimidating at all (note: read with a hint of sarcasm) 1/2 Ironman on cinco de mayo called Wildflower (seriously click the link and go look at the bike course profile - what the?!?!?!!!!??) i am again doing it with Team in Training, woot!! here comes the fundraising pitch - for the last 5 years i have fundraised for...
what i learned today
that if i don’t eat something every 3ish hours i am just starving and then i need to eat a lot more….
The truth about chrissie Wellingtons injuries →
robindoesrunning:
This woman is hardcore.
She didn’t reveal the extent of her injuries and still went on to her 4th Iromnan championship.
she is just so f’n awesome!!!!
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well hmmmm...
got my ass up and went to the gym for a short speed workout - did 6 x400 @ 8:20ish pace with 90 seconds rest in between. i have this annoying pain in my foot on saturday after the run i cracked my big toe, you know like you crack a knuckle and now it feels like it needs to be cracked back :/ it kinda hurts a bit when i run on it - not too much that i need to stop but it sure is uncomfortable -...
rain and sinuses
i have the worst sinus headache going on right now and it is making me dizzy and it’s raining and is supposed to for the next 6-9 months - ok, fine the weather only goes out like 5 days, but it says cloudy and rain and well it is seattle. although rain and cooler temps means that soon, very soon there will be snow in the mountains and i can snowboard again!!
oh and last night i kinda sorta...
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16miler recap
first off who was the idiot that signed me up for a marathon? oh, right, that was me :/ anywho…16 miles is really, really far!!
the first 6 were ok, kinda hard - they always seem hard to me…then between mile 6 and 8.5 we must of fell into some sort space time continuum cause it took us like 40minutes to do like 2.5-3miles - after that we were then back on track once we got out of the...
Whew! 16 miles
More on that later - now I fall into coma
